Patents by Inventor Megan D. Kostick

Megan D. Kostick 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).

  • Automated selection of settings for an ironing device
    Patent number: 10689794
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • AUTOMATED SELECTION OF SETTINGS FOR AN IRONING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180251935
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • Automated selection of settings for an ironing device
    Patent number: 9994993
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • Conversation advisor
    Patent number: 9904673
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting the authoring of electronic messages are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal, Wendel G. Voigt
  • Automated selection of settings for an ironing device
    Patent number: 9879373
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • Enlarging a selection region associated with selected information in a document displayed on a screen of a computing device
    Patent number: 9600156
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for enhancing a selection region for select information associated within a document. A document is analyzed to determine one or more pieces of information in the document that are likely to be selected by the user, wherein the one or more pieces of information are less than all of the information in the document. Responsive to the document failing to have been analyzed before, a selection region associated with each piece of information in the one or more pieces of information is enlarged by a first predetermined size amount thereby forming a respective region enlargement value for each piece of information in the one or more pieces of information. The region enlargement value for each piece of information in the one or more pieces of information is then recorded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cary L. Bates, Megan D. Kostick
  • AUTOMATED SELECTION OF SETTINGS FOR AN IRONING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160319477
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • Conversation Advisor
    Publication number: 20160182410
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting the authoring of electronic messages are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal, Wendel G. Voigt
  • AUTOMATED SELECTION OF SETTINGS FOR AN IRONING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160145794
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and device that enables automatic selection of settings for ironing one or more pieces of fabric. A digital camera on an ironing device captures an image of a fabric. A wireless communication device on the ironing device communicates the image to a remote computing system for digital image processing to determine a fabric type and to select a set of settings based on the fabric type. The wireless communication device receives the set of settings from the remote computing system. The set of settings are applied to the ironing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Janani Janakiraman, Megan D. Kostick, Dany R. Madden, Meenakshi Sripal
  • Enlarging a Selection Region Associated with Selected Information in a Document Displayed on a Screen of a Computing Device
    Publication number: 20160092017
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for enhancing a selection region for select information associated within a document. A document is analyzed to determine one or more pieces of information in the document that are likely to be selected by the user, wherein the one or more pieces of information are less than all of the information in the document. Responsive to the document failing to have been analyzed before, a selection region associated with each piece of information in the one or more pieces of information is enlarged by a first predetermined size amount thereby forming a respective region enlargement value for each piece of information in the one or more pieces of information. The region enlargement value for each piece of information in the one or more pieces of information is then recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Cary L. Bates, Megan D. Kostick