Patents by Inventor Michael G. Alexander

Michael G. Alexander 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: 9600457
    Abstract: Personalized metadata may be selected from a group of tags, where the tags include annotations, synopsis, references, etc. and owner controlled rules for visibility and control options such as removal, combining, weighting, adding, sharing, privatizing, assigning etc. are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael G. Alexander, Jose L. Lopez, Matthew S. Rosno
  • Patent number: 9594734
    Abstract: Personalized metadata may be selected from a group of tags, where the tags include annotations, synopsis, references, etc. and owner controlled rules for visibility and control options such as removal, combining, weighting, adding, sharing, privatizing, assigning etc. are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael G. Alexander, Jose L. Lopez, Matthew S. Rosno
  • Publication number: 20150242378
    Abstract: Personalized metadata may be selected from a group of tags, where the tags include annotations, synopsis, references, etc. and owner controlled rules for visibility and control options such as removal, combining, weighting, adding, sharing, privatizing, assigning etc. are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael G. Alexander, Jose L. Lopez, Matthew S. Rosno
  • Publication number: 20150242466
    Abstract: Personalized metadata may be selected from a group of tags, where the tags include annotations, synopsis, references, etc. and owner controlled rules for visibility and control options such as removal, combining, weighting, adding, sharing, privatizing, assigning etc. are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael G. Alexander, Jose L. Lopez, Matthew S. Rosno
  • Publication number: 20130230248
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for ensuring that the tags accurately describe a resource referenced by a bookmark in a collaborative bookmarking system. A user bookmarking an Internet resource that is referenced by a bookmark is detected. The user provides a description of the bookmark in the form of metadata, which includes tags, to be associated with the bookmark. The Internet resource is analyzed to determine its meaning. A second user bookmarking the same Internet resource that is referenced by the bookmark is detected. The second user provides a description of the bookmark in the form of metadata, which includes tags. The Internet resource is analyzed a second time to determine its meaning If the relatedness of these meanings is beyond a threshold limit, then the original bookmark metadata is invalidated and the invalidated tags are replaced with the tags provided by the second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael G. Alexander, Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Beth Anne M. Collopy, Robert E. Loredo