Patents by Inventor John S. Mysak
John S. Mysak 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: 11651242Abstract: Text is received from a first user. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second user. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, James E. Carey, Jenny S. Li, John S. Mysak
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Patent number: 11586940Abstract: Text is received from a first user. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second user. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the first user.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, James E. Carey, Jenny S. Li, John S. Mysak
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Patent number: 10043024Abstract: Method to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a set of input devices, data of an environment surrounding a computing device, determining a current context of a discussion based on the data and a timing schedule specifying a list of planned contexts, receiving a request to perform an operation on the computing device, determining a context of the requested operation, determining a measure of relatedness between the contexts, and upon determining the measure of relatedness does not exceed a predefined threshold, restricting execution of the operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Patent number: 10019672Abstract: Text is received from a first client. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second client. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. The question answering system generates the candidate answers based on a plurality of data sources, including at least one personalized data source and at least one informational data source. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the second client. Each of the candidate answers provided to the second client is selectable.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, James E. Carey, Jenny S. Li, John S. Mysak
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Patent number: 10019673Abstract: Text is received from a first client. The text is associated with an electronic communication tool for communication to a second client. Candidate answers are generated based on the text using a question answering system. The question answering system generates the candidate answers based on a plurality of data sources, including at least one personalized data source and at least one informational data source. At least one of the candidate answers is provided to the second client. Each of the candidate answers provided to the second client is selectable.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Corville O. Allen, James E. Carey, Jenny S. Li, John S. Mysak
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Patent number: 9923898Abstract: A computer system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The processor is configured to collect context information for a presentation from a set of monitoring devices stationed in a presentation environment where the presentation is performed; determine, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group for the presentation; and generate a set of access rules for a set of network devices in the presentation environment based on the context information for the presentation. The processor is further configured to identify, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources relevant to the subject matter group; and restrict access of the set of network devices to resources not included in the first set of resources during performance of the presentation based on the set of access rules.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Patent number: 9886591Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a set of input devices, data of an environment surrounding a computing device, determining a current context of a discussion based on the data and a timing schedule specifying a list of planned contexts, receiving a request to perform an operation on the computing device, determining a context of the requested operation, determining a measure of relatedness between the contexts, and upon determining the measure of relatedness does not exceed a predefined threshold, restricting execution of the operation.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Patent number: 9888006Abstract: A method comprises collecting context information for a presentation using a set of monitoring devices stationed in the presentation environment where the presentation is performed; determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group for the presentation; and generating a set of access rules for a set of network devices based on the context information for the presentation. The method further comprises identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources relevant to the subject matter group; and restricting access to resources not included in the first set of resources during performance of the presentation based on the set of access rules.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20170026377Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward managing resources in a presentation environment. Aspects are directed toward collecting, using a set of monitoring devices, context information with respect to a presentation. Aspects are also directed toward determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group and a set of access rules for the set of network devices. Aspects are also directed toward identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources. Aspects are also directed toward establishing, based on the set of access rules and the first set of resources, a first subset of the first set of resources for the set of network devices of the presentation environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20170026471Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward managing resources in a presentation environment. Aspects are directed toward collecting, using a set of monitoring devices, context information with respect to a presentation. Aspects are also directed toward determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group and a set of access rules for the set of network devices. Aspects are also directed toward identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources. Aspects are also directed toward establishing, based on the set of access rules and the first set of resources, a first subset of the first set of resources for the set of network devices of the presentation environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Patent number: 9525693Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward managing resources in a presentation environment. Aspects are directed toward collecting, using a set of monitoring devices, context information with respect to a presentation. Aspects are also directed toward determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group and a set of access rules for the set of network devices. Aspects are also directed toward identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources. Aspects are also directed toward establishing, based on the set of access rules and the first set of resources, a first subset of the first set of resources for the set of network devices of the presentation environment.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Patent number: 9519719Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward managing resources in a presentation environment. Aspects are directed toward collecting, using a set of monitoring devices, context information with respect to a presentation. Aspects are also directed toward determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group and a set of access rules for the set of network devices. Aspects are also directed toward identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources. Aspects are also directed toward establishing, based on the set of access rules and the first set of resources, a first subset of the first set of resources for the set of network devices of the presentation environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20160358489Abstract: Method to perform an operation comprising identifying, in a corpus comprising a plurality of items of content, a subset of the plurality of items of content having a concept matching a concept in a learning environment, wherein each item of content comprises a set of attributes, computing an assistance score for each item of content in the subset based on the set of attributes of the respective item of content in the subset and a set of attributes of a user in the learning environment, and upon determining that a first item of content, of the subset of items of content, has as an assistance score greater than the assistance scores of the other items in the subset, returning the first item of content to the user as a learning supplement for the concept in the learning environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Alexander J. CANTER, Adam T. CLARK, John S. MYSAK, Aspen L. PAYTON, John E. PETRI, Michael D. PFEIFER
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Publication number: 20160358488Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising identifying, in a corpus comprising a plurality of items of content, a subset of the plurality of items of content having a concept matching a concept in a learning environment, wherein each item of content comprises a set of attributes, computing an assistance score for each item of content in the subset based on the set of attributes of the respective item of content in the subset and a set of attributes of a user in the learning environment, and upon determining that a first item of content, of the subset of items of content, has as an assistance score greater than the assistance scores of the other items in the subset, returning the first item of content to the user as a learning supplement for the concept in the learning environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Alexander J. CANTER, Adam T. CLARK, John S. MYSAK, Aspen L. PAYTON, John E. PETRI, Michael D. PFEIFER
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Publication number: 20160232243Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward managing resources in a presentation environment. Aspects are directed toward collecting, using a set of monitoring devices, context information with respect to a presentation. Aspects are also directed toward determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group and a set of access rules for the set of network devices. Aspects are also directed toward identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources. Aspects are also directed toward establishing, based on the set of access rules and the first set of resources, a first subset of the first set of resources for the set of network devices of the presentation environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20160234223Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward managing resources in a presentation environment. Aspects are directed toward collecting, using a set of monitoring devices, context information with respect to a presentation. Aspects are also directed toward determining, based on the context information for the presentation, a subject matter group and a set of access rules for the set of network devices. Aspects are also directed toward identifying, based on the subject matter group, a first set of resources. Aspects are also directed toward establishing, based on the set of access rules and the first set of resources, a first subset of the first set of resources for the set of network devices of the presentation environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20160232245Abstract: Method to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a set of input devices, data of an environment surrounding a computing device, determining a current context of a discussion based on the data and a timing schedule specifying a list of planned contexts, receiving a request to perform an operation on the computing device, determining a context of the requested operation, determining a measure of relatedness between the contexts, and upon determining the measure of relatedness does not exceed a predefined threshold, restricting execution of the operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Adam T. CLARK, John S. MYSAK, Aspen L. PAYTON, John E. PETRI, Michael D. PFEIFER
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Publication number: 20160232368Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a set of input devices, data of an environment surrounding a computing device, determining a current context of a discussion based on the data and a timing schedule specifying a list of planned contexts, receiving a request to perform an operation on the computing device, determining a context of the requested operation, determining a measure of relatedness between the contexts, and upon determining the measure of relatedness does not exceed a predefined threshold, restricting execution of the operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Adam T. CLARK, John S. MYSAK, Aspen L. PAYTON, John E. PETRI, Michael D. PFEIFER
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Publication number: 20160188572Abstract: The present disclosure describes evaluating presentation data. Presentation data is collected from a presentation using a set of monitoring devices. Context information is extracted from the presentation data. Based on the context information, a subject matter topic for the presentation and a presentation technique for the presentation are determined. By comparing the presentation technique and a corpus of presentation techniques for the subject matter topic, an evaluation of the presentation technique pertaining to the subject matter topic is generated. In response to generating an evaluation of the presentation technique for a subject matter topic, a curriculum for a subject matter topic is calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer
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Publication number: 20160189556Abstract: The present disclosure describes evaluating presentation data. Presentation data is collected from a presentation using a set of monitoring devices. Context information is extracted from the presentation data. Based on the context information, a subject matter topic for the presentation and a presentation technique for the presentation are determined. By comparing the presentation technique and a corpus of presentation techniques for the subject matter topic, an evaluation of the presentation technique pertaining to the subject matter topic is generated. In response to generating an evaluation of the presentation technique for a subject matter topic, a curriculum for a subject matter topic is calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Adam T. Clark, John S. Mysak, Aspen L. Payton, John E. Petri, Michael D. Pfeifer