Patents by Inventor Kevin MALES

Kevin MALES 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: 20240119078
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for sorting documents according to comprehensibility scores determined for the documents. A document has sections of text associated with topics. A determination is made of familiarity scores for a user for the topics associated with the sections of text in the document. A determination is made of a comprehensibility score of the document, indicating comprehensibility of the document to the user, as a function of the determined familiarity scores for the topics in the document. The comprehensibility score for the document is used to determine an order in which to present the document to the user with a group of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Males, Alistair James Brain
  • Patent number: 11880416
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for sorting documents according to comprehensibility scores determined for the documents A determination is made of sections of text in the document associated with taxonomy topics. A determination is made of a determining a comprehensibility score of the document as a function of the sections of text and familiarity scores of the taxonomy topics associated with the sections of text in the document. Each familiarity score indicates a user familiarity with a taxonomy topic. The comprehensibility score is used for the document to determine an order in which to present the document to the user with a group of documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Males, Alister James Brain
  • Publication number: 20220121713
    Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for sorting documents according to comprehensibility scores determined for the documents A determination is made of sections of text in the document associated with taxonomy topics. A determination is made of a determining a comprehensibility score of the document as a function of the sections of text and familiarity scores of the taxonomy topics associated with the sections of text in the document. Each familiarity score indicates a user familiarity with a taxonomy topic. The comprehensibility score is used for the document to determine an order in which to present the document to the user with a group of documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin Males, Alister James Brain
  • Patent number: 10896150
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to file names. In some embodiments, a method includes reading a file name of a file associated with a download operation. The method further includes generating a readability score associated with the file name based at least in part on a combination of characters in the file name. The method further includes comparing the readability score to a predetermined readability threshold. The method further includes generating a user alert if the readability score falls below the predetermined readability threshold. The method further includes enabling a user to change the file name to be readable to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Males, Lewis Francis Dutton, Alister James Brain, Ian Philip Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20200097565
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to file names. In some embodiments, a method includes reading a file name of a file associated with a download operation. The method further includes generating a readability score associated with the file name based at least in part on a combination of characters in the file name. The method further includes comparing the readability score to a predetermined readability threshold. The method further includes generating a user alert if the readability score falls below the predetermined readability threshold. The method further includes enabling a user to change the file name to be readable to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin MALES, Lewis Francis DUTTON, Alister James BRAIN, Ian Philip KITCHEN