Patents by Inventor Martin G. Keen

Martin G. Keen 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: 20220187902
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for customizing a mixed reality experience based on the experiential state of users in a queue to join the mixed reality experience or immersed in the mixed reality experience is provided. The present invention may include modeling the experiential state of the at least one user participating in the mixed-reality experience; modeling one or more relationships between the experiential state of the at least one user and one or more physical or virtual experience parameters comprising the mixed-reality experience; based on the one or more modeled relationships, predicting one or more alterations to the one or more physical or virtual experience parameters to enhance the experiential state of the at least one user; and operating a mixed reality system to perform one or more remedial actions to execute the one or more predicted alterations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Hernan A. Cunico, John M. Ganci, JR., Martin G. Keen
  • Publication number: 20220188750
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for product safety is provided. The present invention may include scanning a product inventory. The present invention may include classifying one or more products within the product inventory based on an expiration evaluation. The present invention may include applying a price discount or a display modification notification based on a classification of the one or more products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, John M. Ganci, JR., Hernan A. Cunico, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11361769
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes analyzing a voice command or request from a user, received at an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system, for identifying a possibly incorrect or misunderstood voice command or request. A first user is identified and associated to a first user profile, in response to receiving an audio input, including a question or command, at an AI system. A possible defect or error is identified, in whole or in part, of the question or the command, based on the first profile of the first user and a knowledge corpus. A response by the AI system is determined based on the analysis of the content and the user profile for the first user. A possible alternative content is generated, in whole or in part, for the question or the command, and communicated the response including the possible alternative content to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen
  • Publication number: 20220180008
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for selecting methods of interfacing between a smart headset and a user based on privacy risk is provided. The present invention may include determining a privacy context of the smart headset based on the location, surrounding environment, and content associated with a smart headset, selecting at least one output method and at least one input method compatible with the smart headset based on the security of the output method and the input method within the privacy context, and operating the smart headset to interface with a user using the at least one output method and the at least one input method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, John M. Ganci, JR., Hernan A. Cunico, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11334634
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: receiving conversation data of a user from a data source, the data source being provided be a voice enabled personal assistant (VEPA); processing the conversation data to return a sentiment parameter value and a topic parameter value for the conversation data; updating one or more functional setting of a computing environment in dependence on the sentiment parameter value and the topic parameter value; receiving subsequent conversation data from the data source; and processing the subsequent conversation data in accordance with the updated one or more functional setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron K. Baughman, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11334383
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, computer system, and computer program product for processing requests. Overlapping requests are received by a computer system from users using a shared client device. The overlapping requests are requests for which responses have not been sent to the shared client device. Priorities for the overlapping requests are determined by the computer system based on a set of priority considerations for the overlapping requests and using request information derived from the overlapping requests in which the request information includes at least one of an emotional state or an urgency. The overlapping requests are processed by the computer system based on the priorities determined for the overlapping requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20220147867
    Abstract: An approach for identifying training data to exclude from being sent to an AI system from a simulation based on the confidence level that the simulation produced accurate data is disclosed. The approach can generate simulation data to include conditions from historical data captured in the physical world and utilize responses from the physical world as a benchmark. The approach can compare similar simulation and benchmark responses to generate a confidence level for the simulation data and exclude data with low level of confidence from flowing to the AI system training.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Michael Bender, Craig M. Trim, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11330251
    Abstract: A method, system and computer readable program storage device for controlling placement of a holographic object in a specified area. In an embodiment, the method comprises identifying, by one or more processors, at least one person in a specified area; determining by the one or more processors, a sight zone in the specified area for the identified at least one person; creating, by a holographic projector, a holographic object in the specified area; and controlling, by the one or more processors, a location of the holographic object to keep the holographic object out of said determined sight zone. In an embodiment, a group of persons are identified in the specified area as having no interest or a low interest in the holographic object, and an aggregate sight zone is determined for this group of persons. An allow zone, outside this aggregate sight zone, is determined for the holographic object, and the controlling a location of the holographic object includes keeping the holographic object in the allow zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, James E. Bostick, Martin G. Keen, John M. Ganci, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11328031
    Abstract: In an approach for automatically generating and adding a timestamp to a comment left by a user on a media post based on a specific part of the media post referenced in the comment, responsive to receiving a comment on a media post, a processor completes a visual analysis and linguistic analysis of the media post. A processor completes a linguistic analysis of the comment. A processor performs a linguistic intent correlation analysis to determine a part of the media post that correlates to the comment. A processor determines a timestamp for the part of the media post. A processor adds the timestamp to the comment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Martin G. Keen, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Publication number: 20220138886
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for ride sharing is provided. The present invention may include requesting destination details from a user. The present invention may include determine one or more potential micro-hubs. The present invention may include ranking the one or more potential micro-hubs by a machine learning model. The present invention may include presenting one or more potential micro-hubs to the user based on the ranking. The present invention may include receiving user feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Shikhar Kwatra, Michael Bender, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11321084
    Abstract: By analyzing execution of a set of transactions by an application, a set of actual code execution paths of the application are determined. From the set of actual code execution paths, a set of predicted execution paths of the application are predicted using an execution prediction model. The set of predicted execution paths includes the set of actual code execution paths. By determining that paths in the set of predicted execution paths have above a threshold similarity to each other, a cluster of predicted execution paths is identified. The cluster of predicted execution paths is recommended, using a recommendation model, for implementation as a single execution path in a revised version of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig M. Trim, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11315544
    Abstract: A method includes: determining, by a computer device, a current context associated with a user that is the target audience of an unprompted verbal output of an interactive computing device; determining, by the computer device, one or more parameters that are most effective in getting the attention of the user for the determined current context; and modifying, by the computer device, the unprompted verbal output of the interactive computing device using the determined one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Bender, Rhonda L. Childress, Craig M. Trim, Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11317268
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining emergency event data and user data of a mobile device user, wherein the user data of the mobile device user includes user biometric data obtained from a mobile device of the mobile device user; examining data of the emergency event data and data of the user data; and responsively to the examining, automatically outputting one or more text based status message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen, Sarbajit Rakshit
  • Patent number: 11310296
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: identifying a user and a mobile device registered for the user in a user profile in a viewing area for a streaming content by a stationary device. The viewing behavior of the user is monitored and multicasting onto the mobile device is determined based on a class of the streaming content, an attentiveness score of the user, and a multicasting threshold condition on the attentiveness score. A mobile streaming content including a display configuration is generated and sent to the mobile device for multicasting, upon detecting a triggering event for multicasting on the user in relation with the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen, James E Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11310236
    Abstract: Systems and methods for deriving confidence scores based on device sharing are disclosed. In embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, sharing event data from a remote computing device in a comparative confidence environment, the sharing event data including usage data regarding the sharing of an electronic device between a first participant and a second participant obtained by the remote computing device during a sharing event; calculating, by the computing device, a comparative confidence score for the first participant and the second participant based on the sharing event data; and enabling, by the computing device, the first participant to gain access to a resource of the second participant based on the comparative confidence score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Craig M. Trim, Martin G. Keen, Shikhar Kwatra
  • Patent number: 11302208
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically providing video checkpoint questions to counter viewer distraction events are disclosed. In embodiments, a method includes: initiating, by a computing device, a viewing session of a video module at a user computer system; determining, by the computing device, a distraction event with respect to a viewer of the video module during the viewing session, wherein the distraction event is associated with content at a distraction point in the video module; dynamically generating, by the computing device, a checkpoint question for the viewer based on the content at the distraction point in the video module and in response to the determining the distraction event; and presenting, by the computing device, the checkpoint question to the viewer during the viewing session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen, John M. Ganci, Jr., James E. Bostick
  • Patent number: 11301479
    Abstract: A digital assistant that uses machine logic to choose among and between online services providers that provide various types of services, such as online ordering of physical goods, online ordering of entertainment content, online education, cloud computing services, online gaming services, news services, weather prediction services and payment services. This choice of service provider may be based upon terms and conditions under which each respective provider provides its service and/or historical data that user(s) have had with each respective service provider in the past.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Martin G. Keen, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11302027
    Abstract: Embodiments for managing virtual reality (VR) sessions by one or more processors are described. A condition associated with a user experiencing a VR session is detected. A severity of the condition is determined. The determining of the severity of the condition is performed using a cognitive analysis of a detected situation associated with the condition that will affect the user, notwithstanding whether the detected situation is currently occurring within a vicinity of the user experiencing the VR session. If the severity is above a predetermined threshold, a signal representative thereof is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin G. Keen, Richard D. Johnson, Adam Smye-Rumsby, Kimberly G. Starks
  • Patent number: 11295401
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for predicting a hotel room arrival for a guest at a hotel. The method comprises a hotel computer system receiving calendar information for the guest from a mobile device for the guest of the hotel while the guest is in the hotel. The method predicts the hotel room arrival for the guest at the hotel using the calendar information. The method performs an action in the hotel based on the hotel room arrival predicted for the guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, James E. Bostick, John M. Ganci, Jr., Martin G. Keen
  • Patent number: 11297383
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for media consumption gap filling are provided. Notification that a first user has selected a first broadcast channel to view while the first broadcast channel is showing a first program may be received. A desired program scheduled to be presented via the first broadcast channel at a time after an end of the first program may be determined. A first duration may be calculated that starts at a current time and ends at a scheduled time of commencement of the desired program. First gap-filling content that has a duration sufficient to fill the first duration may be identified. The first gap-filling content may be from a first personalized media corpus associated with the first user. The first gap-filling content may be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Clement Decrop, Zachary A. Silverstein, Martin G. Keen, Craig M. Trim