Patents by Inventor Lisa M. Bradley

Lisa M. Bradley 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: 20140129576
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for analysis of meeting content and agendas. A computer system receives meeting information of a first meeting. The computer system searches one or more second meetings matching the first meeting. The computer system retrieves meeting information of the one or more second meetings. The computer system acquires presentation documents of the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. The computer system analyzes the meeting information and presentation documents for the first meeting and the one or more second meetings. The computer system presents a comparison between the first meeting and the one or more second meetings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun
  • Publication number: 20140005922
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing route guidance to a driver of a vehicle. Based on the current location of the vehicle, the navigation system determines a route to travel from the current location of the vehicle to a destination provided by the driver. The navigation system obtains information (e.g., past driving history of other drivers on the route) which is used to assess whether a super detail mode of operation (provides additional details than traditional GPS-based navigation systems thereby lessening the likelihood that the driver will get lost) should be enacted by the navigation system. The super detail mode of operation may be triggered by the navigation system based on a road condition (e.g., missed turn ratio of route exceeds a threshold) that warrants the super detail mode of operation where such a condition is determined to have occurred using the obtained information discussed above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun
  • Publication number: 20140005923
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing lane guidance to a driver of a vehicle. Based on the current location of the vehicle, the navigation system determines a route to travel from the current location of the vehicle to a destination provided by the driver. The navigation system obtains one or more of the following types of information which is used to determine whether the navigation system should recommend a lane change: past driving patterns of the driver, driver's lane preferences, past driving history of other drivers on the route, external conditions (e.g., weather) and features of the route. The recommendation may be presented to the driver via an audio instruction and/or on a display. In this manner, the navigation system instructs the driver as to which lane in a multi-lane road the user should drive on taking into consideration the user's driving habits and preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun
  • Publication number: 20140006915
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for web browsing synchronization between computers. In a real time collaboration session including a plurality of computers in which a URL link is entered into the real time collaboration session, a first computer of the plurality of computers receives a request to access a webpage via the URL link. The webpage is displayed a webpage browsing session on the first computer. The first computer receives information that one or more of the plurality of computers exclusive of the first computer requests to access the webpage. Each of the plurality of computers exclusive of the first computer synchronize a webpage in a webpage browsing session to the position of the webpage in the webpage browsing session of the first computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, ChunHui Y. Higgins, Lin Sun
  • Publication number: 20130246116
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for scheduling a meeting with the best candidate(s). The user requests to schedule a meeting during a selected period of time. The system receives a set of rules concerning the scheduling of the meeting. Additionally, the system searches a past communication history (a past communication pattern) between the user and the individual(s) listed in a list of possible candidates. Furthermore, the system searches the calendar application for the individual(s) listed in the list to obtain scheduling information. The past communication history, calendar information and user's rules are analyzed with respect to the individual(s) listed in the list. Based on this analysis, a person deemed to be the best candidate is selected to receive a meeting invitation from the user to attend the meeting requested by the user during the selected period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun, ChunHui Yang
  • Patent number: 8484745
    Abstract: Meeting originators grant permission to update (i.e., add, change, and/or delete) a field or fields of a meeting invitation that corresponds to a calendar entry on an electronic calendar, enabling a meeting invitee to update a meeting invitation and to thereby communicate updates that can be reflected in the corresponding electronic calendar entries of other people who are invited to the meeting. Update permission may be granted to one meeting invitee, to all meeting invitees, or to a selected subset of the meeting invitees. Update permissions are associated with the particular meeting invitation, and preferably expire once the meeting time and date have passed. For recurring meetings, a particular update permission may be granted for a single instance of the meeting, or to all instances, and this permission preferably expires after the last instance of the recurring meeting has ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H Bank, Lisa M Bradley, Lin Sun, Chunhui Yang
  • Publication number: 20130117329
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for providing relevant product reviews to a user. A user's session on a website is monitored to gather information related to reviewing and writing product reviews as well as to buying and browsing habits. The actions performed by the user in connection with the monitored user session are populated in a database. Once populating the database is completed, the personality report of the user, which includes personality traits, is generated using the populated database. Also, a list of reviewers that are favored by the user is generated. By using the personality traits of the user to match reviews of interest as well as providing reviews from those reviewers favored by the user, the user can have more confidence in the usefulness or relevance of these reviews.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun, ChunHui Yang
  • Patent number: 8392973
    Abstract: A remotely located, uniquely identified resource can serve an application utilized by the Web browser. Access to the application can require authentication including a userid and password. A memory for a record associated with the application can be queried. The memory can include a set of userids and passwords indexed against unique application identifiers that are independent upon server identifiers or URLs. Responsive to querying the memory, a match between the application requiring authentication and a unique application identifier in the memory can be determined. A userid and password can be provided without manual input from a user from memory that is associated with the unique application identifier to the remotely located. The uniquely identified resource can use the userid/password as authentication to access the served application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Dimple Bhatia, Lisa M. Bradley, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20130007662
    Abstract: Application launching icons are prioritized and displayed on a mobile electronic device having a limited display area. How much time is available to a user for use of the device is determined, and any tasks that correspond to defined priorities are identified. The application launching icons are prioritized for display order in accordance with time and priorities to provide the user with a prioritized arrangement of the applications as represented by the icons in order to accomplish priority tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUDITH H. BANK, LISA M. BRADLEY, LIN SUN, CHUNHUI YANG
  • Publication number: 20120209816
    Abstract: Systems and methods of recovering a shared information source can involve identifying a first user of a shared information source in response to detection of a data loss with respect to the shared information source. One or more additional users of the shared information source may be identified based on data associated with the first user. Additionally, the shared information source can be recovered based at least in part on data associated with the one or more additional users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20120166354
    Abstract: A method for providing a customized review may include receiving, by a processing device, a request for a customized review for a product or service from a requester. The method may also include receiving, by the processing device, a consumer profile associated with the request from the requester. The method may additionally include receiving, by the processing device, at least one review for the product or service and an associated profile for a provider of each review. The consumer profile associated with the request may be compared by the processing device to the profile associated with each review for the product or service. The method may further include providing, by the processing device, the customized review to the requester. The customized review may include any reviews by review providers with profiles that substantially match the consumer profile associated with the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun, Chunhui Yang
  • Patent number: 8190693
    Abstract: A system and method of reclaiming lost Internet customers may involve detecting an outage condition associated with a host of an electronic commerce (e-commerce) web site. Customer data can be extracted from packets destined for the host, wherein the packets could be associated with transactions between customers and the web site. The extracted customer data may be stored and, upon detecting a resolution of the outage condition, a customer database can be searched based on the extracted customer data in order to identify customer contact information. A customer reclamation message may then be sent to the customer, wherein the message can incentivize the customer to return to the web site and request completion of the transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Dimple Bhatia, Lisa M. Bradley, Dana L. Price
  • Patent number: 8122433
    Abstract: A computer-implementable method and system for managing software code documentation is disclosed. The method receives computer software code and documentation selected by a user and inserts one or more association keys in the selected code and one or more association keys in the selected documentation. The association keys are used to identify a portion of computer software documentation that corresponds with the computer software code. When the user wants to see documentation for a section of code, or code that corresponds to a section of documentation, the user selects the relevant text. The method receives the selected text, retrieves the association keys inserted in the selected text, determines whether the selected text is code or documentation, searches for documentation or code with matching association keys and alters the display of the matching documentation or code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Belinda Y. Chang, Tamera L. Davis, Lin Sun, Chunhui Yang
  • Publication number: 20120004842
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for presenting a generated route with a specifiable road in a mapping system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for presenting a generated route with a specifiable road(s) in a mapping system is provided. The method includes receiving an origin and a destination in a mapping application executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also includes generating a route in the mapping application from the origin to the destination. Finally the method includes receiving a specified road(s) for the generated route and displaying the generated route and the specified road(s) in a map, wherein the specified road(s) is in a format that distinguishes the specified road(s) from the generated route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Dana L. Price
  • Publication number: 20120005114
    Abstract: A method for providing a customized review may include receiving, by a processing device, a request for a customized review for a product or service from a requester. The method may also include receiving, by the processing device, a consumer profile associated with the request from the requester. The method may additionally include receiving, by the processing device, at least one review for the product or service and an associated profile for a provider of each review. The consumer profile associated with the request may be compared by the processing device to the profile associated with each review for the product or service. The method may further include providing, by the processing device, the customized review to the requester. The customized review may include any reviews by review providers with profiles that substantially match the consumer profile associated with the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUDITH H. BANK, LISA M. BRADLEY, LIN SUN, CHUNHUI YANG
  • Publication number: 20110160999
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for verification of a generated route in computer assisted navigation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for verification of a generated route in computer assisted navigation is provided. The method includes receiving an origin and a destination in a mapping application executing in memory by a processor of a computer and generating a first route in the mapping application from the origin to the destination. The method also includes receiving a waypoint for the first route and determining whether or not the waypoint is proximate to the first route. Finally, the method includes validating the first route only if it is determined that the waypoint is proximate to the first route. In one aspect of the embodiment, the method also can include generating an alternative route to include the waypoint if it is determined that the waypoint is not proximate to the first route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun, ChunHui Yang
  • Publication number: 20110145339
    Abstract: A system and method of reclaiming lost Internet customers may involve detecting an outage condition associated with a host of an electronic commerce (e-commerce) web site. Customer data can be extracted from packets destined for the host, wherein the packets could be associated with transactions between customers and the web site. The extracted customer data may be stored and, upon detecting a resolution of the outage condition, a customer database can be searched based on the extracted customer data in order to identify customer contact information. A customer reclamation message may then be sent to the customer, wherein the message can incentivize the customer to return to the web site and request completion of the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Dimple Bhatia, Lisa M. Bradley, Dana L. Price
  • Patent number: 7860223
    Abstract: A method to provide a confirmation warning to a target sender of an electronic communication is disclosed. The confirmation warning is provided prior to transmitting the electronic communication from the target sender to a target recipient, there being an established pattern of communication between the target sender and the target recipient. In response to determining that specified details about the electronic communication are not consistent with details about the established pattern of electronic communication, setting a pattern warning flag and saving those details of the electronic communication determined to be not consistent. In response to detecting the presence of at least one of the pattern warning flag and a sensitive message flag, making available to the target sender a confirmation warning, and, in response to the target sender confirming acceptability of the target recipient to receive the electronic communication, transmitting the electronic communication to the target recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa M. Bradley, Tamera L. Davis, Helen L. Gawor, Lin Sun, Kaylee M. Thomsen, ChunHui Yang
  • Publication number: 20100306833
    Abstract: A remotely located, uniquely identified resource can serve an application utilized by the Web browser. Access to the application can require authentication including a userid and password. A memory for a record associated with the application can be queried. The memory can include a set of userids and passwords indexed against unique application identifiers that are independent upon server identifiers or URLs. Responsive to querying the memory, a match between the application requiring authentication and a unique application identifier in the memory can be determined. A userid and password can be provided without manual input from a user from memory that is associated with the unique application identifier to the remotely located. The uniquely identified resource can use the userid/password as authentication to access the served application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: JUDITH H. BANK, DIMPLE BHATIA, LISA M. BRADLEY, DANA L. PRICE
  • Publication number: 20090157466
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for scheduling appointments. Appointment requests are received via a communication service, calendar information corresponding to the proposed appointment time and day is retrieved from a calendaring system and displayed to the user without requiring the user to open the calendaring application. The appointment can be accepted, confirmed, and recorded without opening the calendaring application. Multiple appointment times and days can be proposed and accepted among several meeting attendees. Temporary blocks may be placed on proposed and accepted calendar time slots until a finalized appointment time is negotiated and accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Lisa M. Bradley, Lin Sun, Chunhui Yang