Patents by Inventor Maurice M. Materise

Maurice M. Materise 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: 11120074
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for analyzing image data to create a reference. The method includes receiving a first image data. The image data is saved in a database. The image data is analyzed to determine a source of the first image data. A reference is created based on the analyzing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 10784830
    Abstract: Audio information of audio content being listened to by a user is received. An aspect of a listening environment of the user is identified. A volume preset, based on the audio information and the aspect of the listening environment, is determined to be available. A first volume of the audio content being listened to by the user is determined to be different from the volume preset. The first volume of the audio content is adjusted to a second volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 10733220
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include method, systems and computer program products for using a target similarity calculation to identify relevant content in a corpus of documents or records. The computer-implemented method includes creating, by a processor, a term frequency (TF) list for one or more documents of a corpus. The processor calculates an inverse document frequency (IDF) for each listed term. The processor calculates a TF-IDF for each listed term. The processor determines a similarity ranking for one or more documents of the corpus using a target similarity calculation using the TF-IDF for each listed term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven N. Burchfield, Steven P. Lafalce, Maurice M. Materise, James A. Oconnor
  • Patent number: 10540994
    Abstract: Aspects relate to computer implemented methods and systems for monitoring a user's hearing and comprehension. The methods and systems include receiving, by an audio capture device, a first audio input, receiving, by the audio capture device, a second audio input, converting the first and second audio inputs into respective first and second audio signals, transcribing the first and second audio signals into respective first and second transcriptions, analyzing, by a processor of the remote resource, the first and second transcriptions to determine if a content of the second transcription is related to a content of the first transcription to determine degradation of hearing of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20190244631
    Abstract: Aspects relate to computer implemented methods and systems for monitoring a user's hearing and comprehension. The methods and systems include receiving, by an audio capture device, a first audio input, receiving, by the audio capture device, a second audio input, converting the first and second audio inputs into respective first and second audio signals, transcribing the first and second audio signals into respective first and second transcriptions, analyzing, by a processor of the remote resource, the first and second transcriptions to determine if a content of the second transcription is related to a content of the first transcription to determine degradation of hearing of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 10339960
    Abstract: Aspects relate to computer implemented methods and systems for monitoring a user's hearing and comprehension. The methods and systems include receiving, by an audio capture device, a first audio input, receiving, by the audio capture device, a second audio input, converting the first and second audio inputs into respective first and second audio signals, transmitting said first and second audio signals to a remote resource, transcribing the first and second audio signals into respective first and second transcriptions, analyzing, by a processor of the remote resource, the first and second transcriptions to determine if a content of the second transcription is related to a content of the first transcription, and recording the analysis to track a hearing and comprehension ability of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20190149114
    Abstract: Audio information of audio content being listened to by a user is received. An aspect of a listening environment of the user is identified. A volume preset, based on the audio information and the aspect of the listening environment, is determined to be available. A first volume of the audio content being listened to by the user is determined to be different from the volume preset. The first volume of the audio content is adjusted to a second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20190130024
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include method, systems and computer program products for using a target similarity calculation to identify relevant content in a corpus of documents or records. The computer-implemented method includes creating, by a processor, a term frequency (TF) list for one or more documents of a corpus. The processor calculates an inverse document frequency (IDF) for each listed term. The processor calculates a TF-IDF for each listed term. The processor determines a similarity ranking for one or more documents of the corpus using a target similarity calculation using the TF-IDF for each listed term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Steven N. Burchfield, Steven P. Lafalce, Maurice M. Materise, James A. Oconnor
  • Patent number: 10277706
    Abstract: An aspect of preemptive distribution of content includes monitoring content accessed in a local cache of a computing device. A time and a location of content accesses in the local cache are tracked. Prefetching heuristics are determined based on patterns of the time and the location of the content accesses. The prefetching heuristics are applied to speculatively prefetch additional content prior to the computing device receiving a request to access the additional content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, Maurice M. Materise, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Jairo A. Pava, Salma Y. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10257305
    Abstract: An aspect of preemptive distribution of content includes monitoring content accessed in a local cache of a computing device. A time and a location of content accesses in the local cache are tracked. Prefetching heuristics are determined based on patterns of the time and the location of the content accesses. The prefetching heuristics are applied to speculatively prefetch additional content prior to the computing device receiving a request to access the additional content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, Maurice M. Materise, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Jairo A. Pava, Salma Y. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10243528
    Abstract: Audio information of audio content being listened to by a user is received. An aspect of a listening environment of the user is identified. A volume preset, based on the audio information and the aspect of the listening environment, is determined to be available. A first volume of the audio content being listened to by the user is determined to be different from the volume preset. The first volume of the audio content is adjusted to a second volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 10209772
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and computer program products for providing supplementary information with an initial visualization. To provide supplementary information, a display device can provide the initial visualization, a gaze tracker can capture gaze direction data from a user viewing the initial visualization, and a processor of a computing device can process the gaze direction data to determine a point of interest. The display device can then provide the supplementary information with the initial visualization based on the point of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20180365735
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for displaying an advertisement for a product of interest are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes identifying, by a processing device, a product of interest. The method further includes retrieving, by the processing device, information about the product of interest. The method further includes retrieving, by the processing device, an advertisement associated with the product of interest based at least in part on the information about the product of interest. The method further includes displaying, by the processing device, the advertisement associated with the product of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20180365736
    Abstract: Examples of techniques for displaying an advertisement for a product of interest are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes identifying, by a processing device, a product of interest. The method further includes retrieving, by the processing device, information about the product of interest. The method further includes retrieving, by the processing device, an advertisement associated with the product of interest based at least in part on the information about the product of interest. The method further includes displaying, by the processing device, the advertisement associated with the product of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20180278223
    Abstract: Audio information of audio content being listened to by a user is received. An aspect of a listening environment of the user is identified. A volume preset, based on the audio information and the aspect of the listening environment, is determined to be available. A first volume of the audio content being listened to by the user is determined to be different from the volume preset. The first volume of the audio content is adjusted to a second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20180157658
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method, computer system, and computer program product for analyzing image data to create a reference. The method includes receiving a first image data. The image data is saved in a database. The image data is analyzed to determine a source of the first image data. A reference is created based on the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: ELI M. DOW, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Publication number: 20180108370
    Abstract: Aspects relate to computer implemented methods and systems for monitoring a user's hearing and comprehension. The methods and systems include receiving, by an audio capture device, a first audio input, receiving, by the audio capture device, a second audio input, converting the first and second audio inputs into respective first and second audio signals, transmitting said first and second audio signals to a remote resource, transcribing the first and second audio signals into respective first and second transcriptions, analyzing, by a processor of the remote resource, the first and second transcriptions to determine if a content of the second transcription is related to a content of the first transcription, and recording the analysis to track a hearing and comprehension ability of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 9948256
    Abstract: Audio information of audio content being listened to by a user is received. An aspect of a listening environment of the user is identified. A volume preset, based on the audio information and the aspect of the listening environment, is determined to be available. A first volume of the audio content being listened to by the user is determined to be different from the volume preset. The first volume of the audio content is adjusted to a second volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu
  • Patent number: 9930134
    Abstract: A method for sending data to a user device comprises establishing a communicative connection between a first user device and a server, receiving the data at the first user device, caching the data on the first user device, establishing a communicative connection between the first user device and a second user device, determining whether the first user device is moving out of communicative range with the second user device, sending the data from the first user device to the second user device responsive to determining that the first user device is moving out of communicative range with the second user device, and caching the data on the second user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Dow, Eli M. Dow, Maurice M. Materise, Katrin Nagel, Nickalaus A. Painter, Jairo A. Pava, Salma Y. Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20180081431
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, systems, and computer program products for providing supplementary information with an initial visualization. To provide supplementary information, a display device can provide the initial visualization, a gaze tracker can capture gaze direction data from a user viewing the initial visualization, and a processor of a computing device can process the gaze direction data to determine a point of interest. The display device can then provide the supplementary information with the initial visualization based on the point of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Maurice M. Materise, Jessie Yu