Patents by Inventor Liam R. Harpur

Liam R. Harpur 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: 11928611
    Abstract: In an approach for conversational interchange optimization, a processor monitors conversations in a communication system. A processor generates a list of topics in the conversations. A processor determines a flow for each topic based on length of time, number of participants, and sentiment associated to each topic. The flow is the progress of interactions and shifts for each topic. A processor builds a statistical model for each topic based on the flow to predict success or failure of a topic progression for an incoming conversation. A processor updates the topic progression for the incoming conversation based on the predicted success or failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Liam S. Harpur, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 11194788
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a transaction request for a first transaction into a blockchain network, determining one or more potentially linked transactions subsequent to the first transaction, determining one or more nodes required for the first transaction and the one or more potentially linked transactions, determining an availability for the one or more nodes, for example, by analyzing social network usage at the respective nodes, and determining, from the availability of the one or more nodes, a preferred time to initiate the first transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fox, Liam R. Harpur, Chris Kau, John Rice
  • Publication number: 20200151270
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of receiving a transaction request for a first transaction into a blockchain network, determining one or more potentially linked transactions subsequent to the first transaction, determining one or more nodes required for the first transaction and the one or more potentially linked transactions, determining an availability for the one or more nodes, for example, by analyzing social network usage at the respective nodes, and determining, from the availability of the one or more nodes, a preferred time to initiate the first transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy R. Fox, Liam R. Harpur, Chris Kau, John Rice