Patents by Inventor Luciano Silva

Luciano Silva 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: 11461809
    Abstract: Notifying a user of an instant message (IM) service about a modification made to an opportunity includes receiving at least one modification to an opportunity stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the opportunity representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, identifying a first user associated with the modification made to the opportunity stored in the CRM system, determining, from a list of users associated with the opportunity, a second user associated with the first user through an IM service, and sending an alert to the second user on the IM service, the alert indicating to the second user the modification made to the opportunity by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Patent number: 11188922
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10762510
    Abstract: Modifying a number of opportunities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from a CRM system, a number of opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, comparing the metadata associated with the opportunities with a number of archived opportunity templates to create a comparison, analyzing the comparison to identify a number of patterns for the opportunities, and modifying, based on the number of patterns for the opportunities, the opportunities to create at least one new opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Patent number: 10743599
    Abstract: A support for mounting at least one lighting element on a safety helmet, the support comprising a body having: (i) at least one helmet attaching portion configured for directly or indirectly connecting the support to a portion of the safety helmet, and (ii) a plurality of lighting element attaching portions configured for directly or indirectly connecting the at least one lighting element to the support, wherein the plurality of lighting element attaching portions are configured to facilitate the attachment of the at least one lighting element in a corresponding plurality of positions, such that light projected from the at least one lighting element is focused or directed at a plurality of corresponding angles. An adjustable lighting system and a cable retention arrangement for a safety helmet are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MSA do Brasil Equipamentos e Instrumentos de Segurança Ltda.
    Inventors: Luciano Silva, Gabriel De Marchi, Daniel Stegun, Loren Pearson
  • Patent number: 10663940
    Abstract: This application presents a solution for measuring different physical parameters from the felt and its surrounding environment, such as: pressure, temperature, humidity, pH, airflow and the degradation of the felt. It is disclosed a monitoring system, comprising: an independent measuring unit fixed in a felt, comprising at least one of the following sensors: temperature, humidity, pH, pressure or air flow; a central acquisition unit comprising a microcontroller, a real-time clock, a communication transceiver connected to at least one independent measuring unit and a communication transceiver connected to a computing device; and a polymeric encapsulation material layer. Applications for this technology are the monitoring of the felt and its surrounding environment in, for example, dry filtration, laundries, wet filtration and other suitable applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: VALMET, LDA.
    Inventors: Raul Fernando Patrocinio Natunes Lopes, Denis Albert Marie Francois Begasse De Dhaem, Luciano Silva Amaral, Miguel Bruno Vieira Ribeiro, Joao Luis Neto Guimaraes Pereira, Jose Fernando Oliveira Da Silva
  • Patent number: 10127559
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10115168
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180293588
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180129178
    Abstract: This application presents a solution for measuring different physical parameters from the felt and its surrounding environment, such as: pressure, temperature, humidity, pH, airflow and the degradation of the felt. It is disclosed a monitoring system, comprising: an independent measuring unit fixed in a felt, comprising at least one of the following sensors: temperature, humidity, pH, pressure or air flow; a central acquisition unit comprising a microcontroller, a real-time clock, a communication transceiver connected to at least one independent measuring unit and a communication transceiver connected to a computing device; and a polymeric encapsulation material layer. Applications for this technology are the monitoring of the felt and its surrounding environment in, for example, dry filtration, laundries, wet filtration and other suitable applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Raul Fernando PATROCINIO NATUNES LOPES, Denis Albert MARIE FRANCOIS BEGASSE DEHAEM, Luciano SILVA AMARAL, Miguel Bruno VIEIRA RIBEIRO, Joao Luis NETO GUIMARAES PEREIRA, Jose Fernando OLIVEIRA DA SILVA
  • Publication number: 20170303619
    Abstract: A support for mounting at least one lighting element on a safety helmet, the support comprising a body having: (i) at least one helmet attaching portion configured for directly or indirectly connecting the support to a portion of the safety helmet, and (ii) a plurality of lighting element attaching portions configured for directly or indirectly connecting the at least one lighting element to the support, wherein the plurality of lighting element attaching portions are configured to facilitate the attachment of the at least one lighting element in a corresponding plurality of positions, such that light projected from the at least one lighting element is focused or directed at a plurality of corresponding angles. An adjustable lighting system and a cable retention arrangement for a safety helmet are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Luciano Silva, Gabriel De Marchi, Daniel Stegun, Loren Pearson
  • Publication number: 20170124572
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9626727
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20160034920
    Abstract: Modifying a number of opportunities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from a CRM system, a number of opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, comparing the metadata associated with the opportunities with a number of archived opportunity templates to create a comparison, analyzing the comparison to identify a number of patterns for the opportunities, and modifying, based on the number of patterns for the opportunities, the opportunities to create at least one new opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034833
    Abstract: Reassigning a business hierarchy of roles associated with an opportunity in a social customer relationship management (CRM) system includes receiving modifications, the modifications representing an adjustment to a business hierarchy of roles, identifying, in a social CRM system, an opportunity associated with the business hierarchy of roles, and reassigning, based on the modifications, the opportunity associated with the business hierarchy of roles, in which reassigning, based on the modifications, the business hierarchy of roles associated with the opportunity includes adding or deleting a member or a department from the business hierarchy of roles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034926
    Abstract: Determining a monetary value for an outcome based on a user's activity includes monitoring activities of a user utilizing a number of applications associated with a customer relationship management (CRM) system, determining, based on monitoring the activities of the user utilizing the number of applications, outcomes for the activities of the user, the outcomes being associated with opportunities stored in the CRM system, assigning a contribution value to the outcome based on the activities of the user, and determining, based on the contribution value, a monetary value for the outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034967
    Abstract: Notifying a user of an instant message (IM) service about a modification made to an opportunity includes receiving at least one modification to an opportunity stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the opportunity representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, identifying a first user associated with the modification made to the opportunity stored in the CRM system, determining, from a list of users associated with the opportunity, a second user associated with the first user through an IM service, and sending an alert to the second user on the IM service, the alert indicating to the second user the modification made to the opportunity by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034904
    Abstract: Determining a policy change for an outcome related to an opportunity includes monitoring factors and outcomes associated with opportunities stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, extracting the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities stored in the CRM system into a queryable database, analyzing, via a queryable database, the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities to identify patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, and determining, based on the patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, a policy change to improve the outcomes related to the opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034831
    Abstract: Determining a policy change for an outcome related to an opportunity includes monitoring factors and outcomes associated with opportunities stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, extracting the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities stored in the CRM system into a queryable database, analyzing, via a queryable database, the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities to identify patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, and determining, based on the patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, a policy change to improve the outcomes related to the opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034832
    Abstract: Determining a monetary value for an outcome based on a user's activity includes monitoring activities of a user utilizing a number of applications associated with a customer relationship management (CRM) system, determining, based on monitoring the activities of the user utilizing the number of applications, outcomes for the activities of the user, the outcomes being associated with opportunities stored in the CRM system, assigning a contribution value to the outcome based on the activities of the user, and determining, based on the contribution value, a monetary value for the outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034903
    Abstract: A method for modifying a number of opportunities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from a CRM system, a number of opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, comparing the metadata associated with the opportunities with a number of archived opportunity templates to create a comparison, analyzing the comparison to identify a number of patterns for the opportunities, and modifying, based on the number of patterns for the opportunities, the opportunities to create at least one new opportunity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva