Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Russo

Joseph A. Russo 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).

  • Publication number: 20160299931
    Abstract: A method for providing updates for pieces of content in a deck may include creating, by a processor, a deck. The deck may include a plurality of pieces of content. The method may also include leveraging, by the processor, a part of existing content, existing before creation of the deck, for at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck. The at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck, that leverages the part of existing content, is leveraged content and the part of the existing content is referenced content. The method may additionally include configuring, by the processor, the leveraged content for following the referenced content or ancillary content of the referenced content to obtain updates or notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20160299941
    Abstract: A method for providing updates for pieces of content in a deck may include creating, by a processor, a deck. The deck may include a plurality of pieces of content. The method may also include leveraging, by the processor, a part of existing content, existing before creation of the deck, for at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck. The at least one of the plurality of pieces of content in the deck, that leverages the part of existing content, is leveraged content and the part of the existing content is referenced content. The method may additionally include configuring, by the processor, the leveraged content for following the referenced content or ancillary content of the referenced content to obtain updates or notifications of updates to the referenced content or ancillary content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20160196263
    Abstract: A search query is received from a first user through one or more input devices. A set of results is determined from content stored on a computer system based on the search query. The set of results includes a first subset of results not accessible to the first user due to access control. A list of results is provided to the first user. The list excludes the first subset of results. A target result is identified from the first subset of results. An owner is identified with control over access to the target result. The owner is notified that the target result is not accessible to at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20160171891
    Abstract: A system or computer usable program product for dynamically managing parking space utilization including receiving a dynamic feed of available parking spaces across a set of sectors, each parking space associated with a parking control device, each sector having a preferred utilization rate; utilizing a processor to determine that a parking utilization rate of a first sector exceeds a preferred utilization rate for the first sector; upon receiving a location based parking space reservation request from a user, the request capable of being fulfilled from a plurality of sectors, providing a list of available parking spaces meeting the request including associated prices dynamically generated, wherein parking spaces in the first sector are priced higher than parking spaces in other sectors; and upon selection of one of the provided list of available parking spaces by the user, allocating the selected parking space to the user at the provided associated price and notifying the parking control device associated wi
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20160171785
    Abstract: A method for dynamically managing parking space utilization including receiving a dynamic feed of available parking spaces across a set of sectors, each parking space associated with a parking control device, each sector having a preferred utilization rate; utilizing a processor to determine that a parking utilization rate of a first sector exceeds a preferred utilization rate for the first sector; upon receiving a location based parking space reservation request from a user, the request capable of being fulfilled from a plurality of sectors, providing a list of available parking spaces meeting the request including associated prices dynamically generated, wherein parking spaces in the first sector are priced higher than parking spaces in other sectors; and upon selection of one of the provided list of available parking spaces by the user, allocating the selected parking space to the user at the provided associated price and notifying the parking control device associated with the selected parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Patent number: 9342853
    Abstract: A social networking service is provided, the social networking service having a user with a social connection to a first contact within a social network of the user and a social connection to a second contact with the social network of the user, wherein the first contact has a separate social connection to the second contact within a social network of the first contact. A computer system determines that the first contact has lowered a strength of the social connection to the second contact within the social network of the first contact. Based, at least in part, on the lowering of the strength of the social connection to the second contact within the social network of the first contact, the computer system recommends, to the user, to lower a strength of the social connection to the second contact within the social network of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Patent number: 9342856
    Abstract: A social networking service is provided, the social networking service having a user with a social connection to a first contact within a social network of the user and a social connection to a second contact with the social network of the user, wherein the first contact has a separate social connection to the second contact within a social network of the first contact. A computer system determines that the first contact has lowered a strength of the social connection to the second contact within the social network of the first contact. Based, at least in part, on the lowering of the strength of the social connection to the second contact within the social network of the first contact, the computer system recommends, to the user, to lower a strength of the social connection to the second contact within the social network of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Patent number: 9251146
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for altering relevancy of a document by adding (e.g., to an index associated with the document) one or more term relationships (which may result, for example, in adding one or more non-obvious terms). Other embodiments provide for altering relevancy of a search query by adding to the search query one or more terms based upon one or more determined term relationships (in one example, the added term(s) may be one or more non-obvious terms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Patent number: 9244921
    Abstract: Various embodiments provide for altering relevancy of a document by adding (e.g., to an index associated with the document) one or more term relationships (which may result, for example, in adding one or more non-obvious terms). Other embodiments provide for altering relevancy of a search query by adding to the search query one or more terms based upon one or more determined term relationships (in one example, the added term(s) may be one or more non-obvious terms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20150379031
    Abstract: A search query is received from a first user through one or more input devices. A set of results is determined from content stored on a computer system based on the search query. The set of results includes a first subset of results not accessible to the first user due to access control. A list of results is provided to the first user. The list excludes the first subset of results. A target result is identified from the first subset of results. An owner is identified with control over access to the target result. The owner is notified that the target result is not accessible to at least one user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20150220834
    Abstract: Presenting a marking element in a social networking interaction where the marking element includes a question specifier and an answer specifier, creating a knowledge element in response to a user activating the marking element on the social networking interaction or a portion thereof, and presenting a knowledge element indicator in the social networking interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20150222566
    Abstract: Modifying an activity stream to display recent events of a resource includes checking-in a user to a resource to provide context about the resource, specifying a time duration for which the user is checked-in to the resource, and modifying, based on the time duration, an activity stream of the user to display recent events of the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20150222718
    Abstract: Modifying an activity stream to display recent events of a resource includes checking-in a user to a resource to provide context about the resource, specifying a time duration for which the user is checked-in to the resource, and modifying, based on the time duration, an activity stream of the user to display recent events of the resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20150220651
    Abstract: Presenting a marking element in a social networking interaction where the marking element includes a question specifier and an answer specifier, creating a knowledge element in response to a user activating the marking element on the social networking interaction or a portion thereof, and presenting a knowledge element indicator in the social networking interaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Joseph A. Russo
  • Publication number: 20150196186
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is disclosed. The article of manufacture comprises a package and a disposable sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the one textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 0.5 mm to 6 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The sheet may be contained within the package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Saeed FERESHTEHKHOU, Paul Joseph RUSSO, Wilbur Cecil STRICKLAND, JR., Nicola John POLICICCHIO
  • Patent number: 9040146
    Abstract: A material having a first surface and a second surface is disclosed. The first or second surface comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 3 mm to about 16 mm, an Average Height Differential of at least 1 mm, and a Surface Topography Index from about 0.1 to about 5. The material may comprise a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
  • Patent number: 9005734
    Abstract: A sanitary article is disclosed. The sanitary article comprises a disposable, macroscopically three-dimensional sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a macroscopic three-dimensional texture. The macroscopic three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 3 mm to about 16 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to about 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.1 to about 5. The sanitary article may comprise a surfactant on the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
  • Patent number: 9005733
    Abstract: A nonwoven material is disclosed. The nonwoven material comprises a first nonwoven substrate comprising a three-dimensional texture. The three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the texture may comprise an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The first nonwoven substrate may comprise polyester. The nonwoven material comprises a second nonwoven substrate comprising a polyolefin and a surfactant applied to the first or second nonwoven substrates. The surfactant is included at an add-on level of at least 0.1%, by weight of the nonwoven material. The first nonwoven substrate is joined to the second nonwoven substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
  • Patent number: 8999489
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is disclosed. The article of manufacture comprises a package and a disposable sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the one textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The sheet may be contained within the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Saeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
  • Publication number: 20150074547
    Abstract: Managing email content in an activity stream includes receiving a selection of a number of criteria that indicate content to be presented in an activity stream, retrieving email content based on the number of criteria, and displaying the email content in an activity stream by referencing email data related to the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mustansir Banatwala, David A. Brooks, Scott H. Prager, Joseph A. Russo