Patents by Inventor Maureen E. Kraft

Maureen E. Kraft 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: 11226968
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for presentation delivery. The mechanism receives a search request comprising one or more search terms from a user. The mechanism determines the current stage of a project of the user. The mechanism determines a user role and skill level of the user. The mechanism searches a corpus of information to generate search results based on the one or more search terms. The mechanism presents the search results to the user based on the current stage of the project, the user role and skill level of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susann M. Keohane, Maureen E. Kraft, Brent N. Shiver
  • Publication number: 20190243837
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for presentation delivery. The mechanism receives a search request comprising one or more search terms from a user. The mechanism determines the current stage of a project of the user. The mechanism determines a user role and skill level of the user. The mechanism searches a corpus of information to generate search results based on the one or more search terms. The mechanism presents the search results to the user based on the current stage of the project, the user role and skill level of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Susann M. Keohane, Maureen E. Kraft, Brent N. Shiver
  • Patent number: 10268728
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for presentation delivery. The mechanism receives a search request comprising one or more search terms from a user. The mechanism determines the current stage of a project of the user. The mechanism determines a user role and skill level of the user. The mechanism searches a corpus of information to generate search results based on the one or more search terms. The mechanism presents the search results to the user based on the current stage of the project, the user role and skill level of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susann M. Keohane, Maureen E. Kraft, Brent N. Shiver
  • Patent number: 10249288
    Abstract: An approach is provided that assists visually impaired users. The approach analyzes a document that is being utilized by the visually impaired user. The analysis derives a sensitivity of the document. A vocal characteristic corresponding to the derived sensitivity is retrieved. Text from the document is audibly read to the visually impaired user with a text to speech process that utilizes the retrieved vocal characteristic. The retrieved vocal characteristic conveys the derived sensitivity of the document to the visually impaired user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maureen E. Kraft, Fang Lu, Azadeh Salehi, Weisong Wang
  • Publication number: 20180301139
    Abstract: An approach is provided that assists visually impaired users. The approach analyzes a document that is being utilized by the visually impaired user. The analysis derives a sensitivity of the document. A vocal characteristic corresponding to the derived sensitivity is retrieved. Text from the document is audibly read to the visually impaired user with a text to speech process that utilizes the retrieved vocal characteristic. The retrieved vocal characteristic conveys the derived sensitivity of the document to the visually impaired user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Maureen E. Kraft, Fang Lu, Azadeh Salehi, Weisong Wang
  • Patent number: 10083684
    Abstract: An approach is provided that assists visually impaired users. The approach analyzes a document that is being utilized by the visually impaired user. The analysis derives a sensitivity of the document. A vocal characteristic corresponding to the derived sensitivity is retrieved. Text from the document is audibly read to the visually impaired user with a text to speech process that utilizes the retrieved vocal characteristic. The retrieved vocal characteristic conveys the derived sensitivity of the document to the visually impaired user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Maureen E. Kraft, Fang Lu, Azadeh Salehi, Weisong Wang
  • Publication number: 20180053498
    Abstract: An approach is provided that assists visually impaired users. The approach analyzes a document that is being utilized by the visually impaired user. The analysis derives a sensitivity of the document. A vocal characteristic corresponding to the derived sensitivity is retrieved. Text from the document is audibly read to the visually impaired user with a text to speech process that utilizes the retrieved vocal characteristic. The retrieved vocal characteristic conveys the derived sensitivity of the document to the visually impaired user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Maureen E. Kraft, Fang Lu, Azadeh Salehi, Weisong Wang
  • Publication number: 20170124157
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for presentation delivery. The mechanism receives a search request comprising one or more search terms from a user. The mechanism determines the current stage of a project of the user. The mechanism determines a user role and skill level of the user. The mechanism searches a corpus of information to generate search results based on the one or more search terms. The mechanism presents the search results to the user based on the current stage of the project, the user role and skill level of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Susann M. Keohane, Maureen E. Kraft, Brent N. Shiver
  • Patent number: 9372933
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for personalized quantitative measure of accessibility. For a given web site or web application, the mechanism accesses existing crowd sourced user ratings. The mechanism generates a crowd source score for the given web site or web application based on the crowd sourced user ratings. The mechanism generates a compliance score for the given web site or web application based on compliance data published for the given web site or web application. The mechanism obtains a static analysis score for the given web site or web application. The mechanism generates weights for a given user based on user profile information of the given user and applies the weights to the crowd source score, the compliance score, and the static analysis score to form weighted data. The mechanism generates a personalized accessibility score based on the weighted data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susann M. Keohane, Maureen E. Kraft, Holly L. Nielsen, Shunguo Yan
  • Publication number: 20150127665
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for personalized quantitative measure of accessibility. For a given web site or web application, the mechanism accesses existing crowd sourced user ratings. The mechanism generates a crowd source score for the given web site or web application based on the crowd sourced user ratings. The mechanism generates a compliance score for the given web site or web application based on compliance data published for the given web site or web application. The mechanism obtains a static analysis score for the given web site or web application. The mechanism generates weights for a given user based on user profile information of the given user and applies the weights to the crowd source score, the compliance score, and the static analysis score to form weighted data. The mechanism generates a personalized accessibility score based on the weighted data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Susann M. Keohane, Maureen E. Kraft, Holly L. Nielsen, Shunguo Yan
  • Patent number: 8201078
    Abstract: Business process enablement of electronic documents is provided. A method includes populating an electronic document supporting structured and unstructured content. The electronic document includes a description identifying a server and the content. The method further includes notifying a document processor of a submission event. The method also includes serializing a portion of the electronic document containing some of the unstructured content. The method additionally includes submitting the electronic document to the server in response to the submission event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John Boyer, Martin F. Dunn, Maureen E. Kraft, Jun Liu, Mihir R. Shah, He Feng Su, Saurabh Tiwari
  • Publication number: 20100070562
    Abstract: Business process enablement of electronic documents is provided. A method includes populating an electronic document supporting structured and unstructured content. The electronic document includes a description identifying a server and the content. The method further includes notifying a document processor of a submission event. The method also includes serializing a portion of the electronic document containing some of the unstructured content. The method additionally includes submitting the electronic document to the server in response to the submission event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Boyer, Martin F. Dunn, Maureen E. Kraft, Jun Liu, Mihir R. Shah, He Feng Su, Saurabh Tiwari