Patents by Inventor John Dowling

John Dowling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10891443
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Patent number: 10891442
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Publication number: 20200050664
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Publication number: 20200050665
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Patent number: 10528673
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Patent number: 10528672
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Publication number: 20180365214
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Publication number: 20180365215
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Patent number: 10152475
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Patent number: 10140290
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation. A message or a group of messages are retrieved between a sender entity and a recipient entity. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the retrieved message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Publication number: 20180081872
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation between entities in an organization. A message or a group of messages are intercepted between a sender entity and a recipient entity in an organization. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities in the organization and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the intercepted message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities of the organization and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Publication number: 20180081873
    Abstract: A method, computer program product and system for message tone evaluation between entities in an organization. A message or a group of messages are intercepted between a sender entity and a recipient entity in an organization. Text content for the message or group of messages is extracted and the analysis of the tone of the text content is obtained. A graph is referenced in which nodes represent entities in the organization and edges between the nodes have tone weightings for a tone for a communication relationship between the entities. The graph is updated with a tone weighting for the intercepted message or group of messages by setting or updating an edge tone weighting between the nodes for the sender entity and the recipient entity. The graph is analyzed to obtain analysis of one or more entities of the organization and the tone weightings of their communication relationships.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
  • Patent number: 8540071
    Abstract: A conveyor roller support arrangement includes a frame having a pair of opposed end-frames, each end-frame including a mounting support for mounting a respective end of a conveyor roller, wherein at least one of the mounting supports is displaceable relative to the frame between an operative position in which the roller is mounted for rotation and a removable position in which the roller is free for removal from the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventor: John Dowling
  • Publication number: 20130140144
    Abstract: A conveyor roller support arrangement includes a frame having a pair of opposed end-frames, each end-frame including a mounting means for mounting a respective end of a conveyor roller, wherein at least one of the mounting means is displaceable relative to the frame between an operative position in which the roller is mounted for rotation and a removable position in which the roller is free for removal from the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventor: John Dowling
  • Patent number: 8186651
    Abstract: A conveyor belt lifting device for use on a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure includes an inflatable bag and is operable between a retracted condition in which the inflatable bag is deflated and an operative condition in which the inflatable bag is inflated and its operably upper surface adopts a shape generally to conform to an underside of the conveyor belt. The invention extends to a method for providing access to components of a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: John Dowling
  • Publication number: 20100224845
    Abstract: A conveyor belt lifting device for use on a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure includes an inflatable bag and is operable between a retracted condition in which the inflatable bag is deflated and an operative condition in which the inflatable bag is inflated and its operably upper surface adopts a shape generally to conform to an underside of the conveyor belt. The invention extends to a method for providing access to components of a belt-type conveyor comprising a conveyor belt supported by a support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventor: John Dowling
  • Patent number: 7614493
    Abstract: A roller assembly for supporting a moving belt and including at least one roller mounted for rotation about a roller axis; and a support arrangement, the roller assembly being mounted on the support arrangement for pivotal displacement about a pivot point, characterized in that the belt tracking regulator includes guide means operable, in use, to constrain the pivotal displacement of the roller assembly to move in a plane containing the pivot and tilted at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane defined through the pivot point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Inventors: John Dowling, Stefanus Petrus Bezuidenhout
  • Publication number: 20080073182
    Abstract: A roller assembly for supporting a moving belt and including at least one roller mounted for rotation about a roller axis; and a support arrangement, the roller assembly being mounted on the support arrangement for pivotal displacement about a pivot point, characterized in that the belt tracking regulator includes guide means operable, in use, to constrain the pivotal displacement of the roller assembly to move in a plane containing the pivot and tilted at an acute angle with respect to a horizontal plane defined through the pivot point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: John Dowling, Stefanus Petrus Bezuidenhout
  • Publication number: 20080034994
    Abstract: A web offset printing press for printing a web is provided including a bearerless plate cylinder having a plate cylinder gap for receiving a printing plate; a bearerless blanket cylinder having a blanket cylinder gap for receiving a blanket; a first reference ring located on a plate cylinder axial end; and a second reference ring located on a blanket cylinder axial end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.
    Inventor: John Dowling
  • Publication number: 20070135481
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating macular degeneration and other forms of retinal disease whose etiology involves the accumulation of A2E and/or lipofuscin, and, more specifically, for preventing the formation and/or accumulation of A2E are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Jordan, John Dowling