Patents by Inventor LEE PARNELL

LEE PARNELL 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: 9552396
    Abstract: A method for prioritizing comments is disclosed. Some embodiments quantify comments by allowing other respondents to agree and identify priorities among comments left by others. In some embodiments, the method for prioritizing comments includes steps for selecting a set of comments, presenting the set of comments, and receiving one or more respondent-initiated responses to the set of comments. In some embodiments, the method further includes entering a starting set of comments into the pool of all comments prior to select the comments. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving an input to add a comment and incorporating the new comments into the pool of all comments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Inventors: Gene Cook Hall, Mahalingeshwara Bhat Saravu, Lee Parnell
  • Patent number: 9443000
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a novel method for categorizing open-ended comments. The method relies on a person who originally made a comment to put the comment into a category. In some embodiments, the method receives a comment in response to an open-ended question, displays a set of categories that have been evaluated and determined to be likely to match a category for the received comment, receives a respondent-determined category for the comment, and categorizes the comment based on the respondent-determined category. This captures the category immediately after the comment is made with a high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventors: Gene Cook Hall, Mahalingeshwara Bhat Saravu, Lee Parnell
  • Publication number: 20150278337
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a novel method for categorizing open-ended comments. The method relies on a person who originally made a comment to put the comment into a category. In some embodiments, the method receives a comment in response to an open-ended question, displays a set of categories that have been evaluated and determined to be likely to match a category for the received comment, receives a respondent-determined category for the comment, and categorizes the comment based on the respondent-determined category. This captures the category immediately after the comment is made with a high degree of accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: GENE COOK HALL, MAHALINGESHWARA BHAT SARAVU, LEE PARNELL
  • Publication number: 20150193793
    Abstract: A method for sampling respondents for surveys is disclosed. The method surveys a group of potential respondents who have not been available for survey invitations before. This reduces inherent bias present in previous survey methods. In some embodiments, the method provides an opportunity for a new set of respondents to offer personal opinions associated with the survey. When opinions are offered by the new set of respondents, the method of some embodiments includes the opinions with the survey results. As a result of including the opinions of the new set of respondents, the survey results produced by the method for sampling respondents are stronger in comparison to survey results obtained by previous survey methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: GENE COOK HALL, MAHALINGESHWARA BHAT SARAVU, LEE PARNELL
  • Publication number: 20150193442
    Abstract: A method for prioritizing comments is disclosed. Some embodiments quantify comments by allowing other respondents to agree and identify priorities among comments left by others. In some embodiments, the method for prioritizing comments includes steps for selecting a set of comments, presenting the set of comments, and receiving one or more respondent-initiated responses to the set of comments. In some embodiments, the method further includes entering a starting set of comments into the pool of all comments prior to select the comments. In some embodiments, the method further includes receiving an input to add a comment and incorporating the new comments into the pool of all comments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: GENE COOK HALL, MAHALINGESHWARA BHAT SARAVU, LEE PARNELL
  • Patent number: 8452853
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for providing an offline version of an online application. In one embodiment, the process initiates an online application on a connected client device using a specific operating environment associated with the online application. In response to detecting the online application going to an offline status, a determination is made as to whether a native application on the client device is present that is supportive of the online application. In response to a determination that the native application is present, the native application is executed using the specific operating environment associated with the online application. The specific operating environment associated with the online application on a server is transferred to an environment associated with the native application on the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nikhil Kumar Batra, Yasmary Hernandez, Nathan Shlomo Marz, Robert Ross Peterson, Lee Parnell Thompson
  • Patent number: 8050389
    Abstract: A system for automatically selecting an outgoing message for an incoming call. In response to receiving an incoming call, a calling party is identified. The identified calling party is compared against call log data to determine that the identified calling party has previously heard a first outgoing message. In response to determining that the identified calling party has not previously heard the first outgoing message, the first outgoing message is played as a selected outgoing message for the incoming call. In response to determining that the identified calling party has previously heard the first outgoing message, a second outgoing message is played as the selected outgoing message for the incoming call. Then, the call log data is updated to identify the selected outgoing message played for the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yasmary Hernandez, Nathan Shlomo Marz, Michael A. Paolini, Lee Parnell Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080235677
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for providing an auto-completion assist box comprising different views of selectable method and field information, thereby allowing a user to easily locate desired information. A list of methods for an object is provided to one or more view plug-ins in the auto-completion system, wherein each view plug-in manages the list of methods according to a function of the view plug-in to form a managed view. Responsive to receiving a managed view from each view plug-in, an auto-completion assist box is created which comprises the managed views. The auto-completion assist box is then presented to a user, wherein the user selects a managed view to locate a method for the object for code assistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Chris Aniszczyk, Nikhil Kumar Batra, Yasmary Hernandez, Nathan Shlomo Marz, Lee Parnell Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080222628
    Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for providing an offline version of an online application. In one embodiment, the process initiates an online application on a connected client device using a specific operating environment associated with the online application. In response to detecting the online application going to an offline status, a determination is made as to whether a native application on the client device is present that is supportive of the online application. In response to a determination that the native application is present, the native application is executed using the specific operating environment associated with the online application. The specific operating environment associated with the online application on a server is transferred to an environment associated with the native application on the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Nikhil Kumar Batra, Yasmary Hernandez, Nathan Shlomo Marz, Robert Ross Peterson, Lee Parnell Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080198982
    Abstract: A system for automatically selecting an outgoing message for an incoming call. In response to receiving an incoming call, a calling party is identified. The identified calling party is compared against call log data to determine that the identified calling party has previously heard a first outgoing message. In response to determining that the identified calling party has not previously heard the first outgoing message, the first outgoing message is played as a selected outgoing message for the incoming call. In response to determining that the identified calling party has previously heard the first outgoing message, a second outgoing message is played as the selected outgoing message for the incoming call. Then, the call log data is updated to identify the selected outgoing message played for the incoming call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Yasmary Hernandez, Nathan Shlomo Marz, Michael A. Paolini, Lee Parnell Thompson