Patents by Inventor Nathan CULLEN

Nathan CULLEN 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: 10303755
    Abstract: Updating a document relating to updates of a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. An example method includes identifying one or more images in a screenshot of an existing graphical user interface (GUI) and in a screenshot of a new GUI modified from the existing GUI; extracting image text associated with one or more component images from the existing GUI and the new GUI; identifying, in the new GUI, text and image differences between the component images from the existing GUI and the new GUI; identifying, in a document, document text associated with the text and image differences; and modifying the associated document text according to the identified text and image differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nathan Cullen, Paul B. French, James Young
  • Patent number: 10223137
    Abstract: A method of identifying topics which a user requires help with when using a software program is described. For each of a plurality of help documents, the help document is associated with a set of topics and their relative prevalence within the help document. User access to the help documents is tracked during use of the software program. Topics in relation to which help was required during use of the software program are identified based on an amount of access to one or more of the help documents and the relative prevalence of topics within the accessed help documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony T. Brew, Nathan Cullen, Fuguo Huang, Vinh Tuan Thai
  • Patent number: 9922057
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for constructing a dynamic knowledge base of software usage patterns. A user action is monitored to identify one or more user action sequences. A common action sequence for the user action is identified, based on the one or more user action sequences. An instructional information resource is identified that corresponds to the common action resource, wherein the instructional information resource is accessed by the user. A database is constructed based on the common action sequence. The database organizes the common action sequences and instruction information resource. The instructional information resource is determined to be above a threshold based on the number of times the user consults the instructional information resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony T. Brew, Nathan Cullen, Vinh Tuan Thai, Mark N. Wegman
  • Publication number: 20170228401
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for constructing a dynamic knowledge base of software usage patterns. A user action is monitored to identify one or more user action sequences. A common action sequence for the user action is identified, based on the one or more user action sequences. An instructional information resource is identified that corresponds to the common action resource, wherein the instructional information resource is accessed by the user. A database is constructed based on the common action sequence. The database organizes the common action sequences and instruction information resource. The instructional information resource is determined to be above a threshold based on the number of times the user consults the instructional information resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony T. Brew, Nathan Cullen, Vinh Tuan Thai, Mark N. Wegman
  • Publication number: 20170160876
    Abstract: A method of identifying topics which a user requires help with when using a software program is described. For each of a plurality of help documents, the help document is associated with a set of topics and their relative prevalence within the help document. User access to the help documents is tracked during use of the software program. Topics in relation to which help was required during use of the software program are identified based on an amount of access to one or more of the help documents and the relative prevalence of topics within the accessed help documents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Anthony T. Brew, Nathan Cullen, Fuguo Huang, Vinh Tuan Thai
  • Publication number: 20160103811
    Abstract: Updating a document relating to updates of a graphical user interface (GUI) is provided. An example method includes identifying one or more images in a screenshot of an existing graphical user interface (GUI) and in a screenshot of a new GUI modified from the existing GUI; extracting image text associated with one or more component images from the existing GUI and the new GUI; identifying, in the new GUI, text and image differences between the component images from the existing GUI and the new GUI; identifying, in a document, document text associated with the text and image differences; and modifying the associated document text according to the identified text and image differences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Nathan CULLEN, Paul B. FRENCH, James YOUNG