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).
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Patent number: 10891443Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Patent number: 10891442Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Publication number: 20200050664Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Publication number: 20200050665Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Patent number: 10528673Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Patent number: 10528672Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Publication number: 20180365214Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Publication number: 20180365215Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Patent number: 10152475Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Patent number: 10140290Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Publication number: 20180081872Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Publication number: 20180081873Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Sergio F. Carmena, John Dowling, Alex Martinelli, Daniele Riccardelli
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Patent number: 8540071Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Inventor: John Dowling
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Publication number: 20130140144Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: June 6, 2013Inventor: John Dowling
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Patent number: 8186651Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Inventor: John Dowling
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Publication number: 20100224845Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventor: John Dowling
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Patent number: 7614493Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2007Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Inventors: John Dowling, Stefanus Petrus Bezuidenhout
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Publication number: 20080073182Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2007Publication date: March 27, 2008Inventors: John Dowling, Stefanus Petrus Bezuidenhout
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Publication number: 20080034994Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2007Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: Goss International Americas, Inc.Inventor: John Dowling
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Publication number: 20070135481Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: June 14, 2007Inventors: Thomas Jordan, John Dowling