Patents by Inventor Lillian Y. Lei
Lillian Y. Lei 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: 10462086Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 10116607Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 10007735Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M Bradley, Lillian Y Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 10007737Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M Bradley, Lillian Y Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20180063058Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 9906478Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2014Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 9847959Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20170346774Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 9721470Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Patent number: 9704401Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20170171137Abstract: A method of analyzing social media content includes loading, into a non-volatile memory, a social profile associated with a user, sensing, through a processor, a posting to a social media topic thread, determining, through the processor, an interest level of the user in the social media topic thread, and providing, through the processor, an alert to the user to engage with the social media topic thread.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20160117925Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20160117926Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20160117384Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20160119265Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20150244587Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
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Publication number: 20150244668Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M Bradley, Lillian Y Lei, Lawrence Louie