Patents by Inventor Mary Catherine McCorkindale

Mary Catherine McCorkindale 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: 9454528
    Abstract: A method for creating an ordered reading list for a set of documents includes identifying the topics among documents in a document set; clustering the document set into groups by topic; calculating a probability that a particular topic describes a given document in a cluster based upon the occurrence of the keywords in the document; determining relevant documents in a cluster based on a probability distribution; determining relevant information in a document by repeating a similar operation on the document paragraphs; generating an ordered reading list for the related documents of the cluster based on the relevance; and associating a visual que with non-redundant information in each document to indicate which paragraphs contain the relevant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. St. Jacques, Jr., Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Saurabh Prabhat
  • Patent number: 9047508
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying and acting on a handwritten action item is disclosed. The system may learn a set of user-defined symbols and associate each symbol with an action category. Then, when the system that captures a handwritten action item that includes one of the symbols, it will determine which action category that corresponds to the symbol, identify process parameters in the action item, determine a task to be performed based on the action category, and apply the process parameters to automatically perform the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. St. Jacques, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Saurabh Prabhat, Michael Robert Furst
  • Patent number: 8891125
    Abstract: A system automatically determines whether to shrink a document to be printed by determining whether various parameters of the final page of the document satisfy certain criteria. If so, the system may automatically shrink the document by using a shrink-to-fit process and/or by automatically reducing the font size of some or all content in the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Ann Sprague, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Patricia L. Swenton-Wall
  • Patent number: 8881007
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing a repository of unstructured documents into groups of ordered reading lists, i.e., document trails, comprising an ordered list of documents that relate to each by subject matter. Text analytics and natural language processing steps group documents, chose the most important/relevant documents from each group, and organize the documents into a suggested reading order. Document fragments are also analyzed by such analytic and processing steps to identify preselected fragment characteristic aspects. Documents within each document trail may be marked up or highlighted to indicate which paragraphs therein contain such aspects as novel or useful information, or information that is not useful or redundant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. St. Jacques, Jr., Mary Catherine McCorkindale
  • Patent number: 8867741
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for field level encryption of a document that provides a hardcopy having redacted sensitive information fields with multiple levels of access and an augmented reality view of the hardcopy displaying the unredacted sensitive information fields. Identification of the sensitive information fields may be accomplished via highlight color, user designation, or linguistic analysis. The identified fields are encrypted and may be stored separately, embedded in place, or embedded in a two-dimensional glyph. This information may be stored in association with a device identification of an authenticated mobile device and a document identification. A redacted hardcopy of the original document is output. A mobile device captures an image of the redacted hardcopy, decrypts the encrypted sensitive information fields, and generates an augmented reality view of the hardcopy with the previously redacted sensitive information fields visible on the display of the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Saurabh Prabhat, Michael Robert Campanelli, Vinoth Kumar Arputharaj
  • Publication number: 20140283014
    Abstract: In a mobile communication device having segregated workspaces respectively associated with a plurality of users, methods and systems are provided for confirming an authorized user in an appropriate account including a corresponding one of the segregated workspaces. Start-up processing of the device includes taking a picture of an authorized image of the authorized user with the device camera. Current activities of the device by the user are monitored relative to a predetermined set of device activities and usage rules. Certain activities are indicative of a change in user of the device from the authorized user. Upon detection of such a change, the current image of the current user of the device is acquired with the device camera. The current image is compared with the authorized image and if the comparison fails to detect a match, the current user is prompted to initiate a log-in process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Kapo Tse, Zahra Langford, Jennifer Watts-Englert, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, David Russell Vandervort, Mary Ann Sprague, Patricia Swenton-Wall
  • Publication number: 20140126823
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying and acting on a handwritten action item is disclosed. The system may learn a set of user-defined symbols and associate each symbol with an action category. Then, when the system that captures a handwritten action item that includes one of the symbols, it will determine which action category that corresponds to the symbol, identify process parameters in the action item, determine a task to be performed based on the action category, and apply the process parameters to automatically perform the task.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert J. St. Jacques, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Saurabh Prabhat, Michael Robert Furst
  • Publication number: 20130272523
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for field level encryption of a document that provides a hardcopy having redacted sensitive information fields with multiple levels of access and an augmented reality view of the hardcopy displaying the unredacted sensitive information fields. Identification of the sensitive information fields may be accomplished via highlight color, user designation, or linguistic analysis. The identified fields are encrypted and may be stored separately, embedded in place, or embedded in a two-dimensional glyph. This information may be stored in association with a device identification of an authenticated mobile device and a document identification. A redacted hardcopy of the original document is output. A mobile device captures an image of the redacted hardcopy, decrypts the encrypted sensitive information fields, and generates an augmented reality view of the hardcopy with the previously redacted sensitive information fields visible on the display of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Saurabh Prabhat, Michael Robert Campanelli, Vinothkumar Arputharaj
  • Patent number: 8467087
    Abstract: A system for performing a print job request includes a processor, a printing device, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions for receiving a print job request having a first set of one or more printing parameters, identifying a final page of the print job request, determining a measurement for the final page through the processor, determining a threshold measurement through the processor based on a second set of one or more printing parameters, determining through the processor whether to remove the final page from the print job request based on the measurement and the threshold measurement, removing the final page from the print job request in response, and performing the print job request through the printing device to yield a printed document. The print job request pertains to information displayed on a web site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Ann Sprague, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Patricia L. Swenton-Wall
  • Patent number: 8427680
    Abstract: A user of a computerized device creates an item capable of being printed and stores the item within storage of the computerized device. An instruction to perform delayed printing of the item is received from a user of a computerized device when the user is outside a predetermined physical range of at least one printing device. The computerized device detects when the computerized device is within the predetermined physical range of the printing device and, when this occurs, the computerized device provides the user a printing option to print the item on the printing device. If the user selects the printing option, the methods herein forward the item to a conversion device. The conversion device makes the item print ready so that the item can be printed using the printing device. The methods herein then cause the item to be forwarded from the conversion device to the printing device and printed on the printing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Jennifer C. Watts-Perotti, Mary Ann Sprague, Patricia Swenton-Wall, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Hua Liu
  • Publication number: 20130097494
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing a repository of unstructured documents into groups of ordered reading lists, i.e., document trails, comprising an ordered list of documents that relate to each by subject matter. Text analytics and natural language processing steps group documents, chose the most important/relevant documents from each group, and organize the documents into a suggested reading order. Document fragments are also analyzed by such analytic and processing steps to identify preselected fragment characteristic aspects. Documents within each document trail may be marked up or highlighted to indicate which paragraphs therein contain such aspects as novel or useful information, or information that is not useful or redundant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. St. Jacques, JR., Mary Catherine McCorkindale
  • Publication number: 20130097167
    Abstract: Systems and methods for organizing a repository of unstructured documents into groups of ordered reading lists, i.e., document trails, comprising an ordered list of documents that relate to each by subject matter. Text analytics and natural language processing sets group documents, chose the most important/relevant documents from each group, and organize the documents into a suggested reading order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. St. Jacques, JR., Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Saurabh Prabhat
  • Patent number: 8175634
    Abstract: This is a cell phone system that provides for use of a single phone for both business and personal calls. This system permits the user to extract personal calls from the system, thereby preserving the confidential nature of some of these personal calls without the business having to review them to determine allocation of costs to user and business.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Mary Ann Sprague, Jennifer Perotti, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Patricia Swenton-Wall
  • Publication number: 20110216349
    Abstract: A user of a computerized device creates an item capable of being printed and stores the item within storage of the computerized device. An instruction to perform delayed printing of the item is received from a user of a computerized device when the user is outside a predetermined physical range of at least one printing device. The computerized device detects when the computerized device is within the predetermined physical range of the printing device and, when this occurs, the computerized device provides the user a printing option to print the item on the printing device. If the user selects the printing option, the methods herein forward the item to a conversion device. The conversion device makes the item print ready so that the item can be printed using the printing device. The methods herein then cause the item to be forwarded from the conversion device to the printing device and printed on the printing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Jennifer C. Watts-Perotti, Mary Ann Sprague, Patricia Swenton-Wall, Arturo M. Lorenzo, Hua Liu
  • Publication number: 20110043831
    Abstract: A system automatically determines whether to shrink a document to be printed by determining whether various parameters of the final page of the document satisfy certain criteria. If so, the system may automatically shrink the document by using a shrink-to-fit process and/or by automatically reducing the font size of some or all content in the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mary Ann Sprague, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Patricia L. Swenton-Wall
  • Publication number: 20110043846
    Abstract: A system for performing a print job request includes a processor, a printing device, and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium includes one or more programming instructions for receiving a print job request having a first set of one or more printing parameters, identifying a final page of the print job request, determining a measurement for the final page through the processor, determining a threshold measurement through the processor based on a second set of one or more printing parameters, determining through the processor whether to remove the final page from the print job request based on the measurement and the threshold measurement, removing the final page from the print job request in response, and performing the print job request through the printing device to yield a printed document. The print job request pertains to information displayed on a web site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mary Ann Sprague, Mary Catherine McCorkindale, Patricia L. Swenton-Wall
  • Publication number: 20110028124
    Abstract: This is a cell phone system that provides for use of a single phone for both business and personal calls. This system permits the user to extract personal calls from the system, thereby preserving the confidential nature of some of these personal calls without the business having to review them to determine allocation of costs to user and business.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: MARY ANN SPRAGUE, JENNIFER PEROTTI, MARY CATHERINE MCCORKINDALE, PATRICIA SWENTON-WALL