Patents by Inventor Pamela A. Nesbitt
Pamela A. Nesbitt 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).
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Patent number: 10587423Abstract: A cognitive psychology authentication in a multi-factor authentication system. A request is received to access a secure resource associated with a user. A set of cognitive psychology questions are selected from a plurality of cognitive psychology questions for transmission to a client device associated with the request. A set of responses corresponding to the set of cognitive psychology questions are received and cognitive psychology data is generated based on the set of responses. A cognitive psychology profile associated with the user is retrieved from a database. An authentication score is calculated based on comparing the cognitive psychology data to the cognitive psychology profile. An authentication success notification is transmitted when the authentication score compares favorably to an authentication threshold. An authentication failure notification is transmitted when the authentication score compares unfavorably to the authentication threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Nataraj Nagaratnam, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Sasikanth Eda
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Patent number: 10587556Abstract: Technical solutions are described for a seller to bypass a spam filter. An example method includes sending, by a message preempting apparatus, for receipt by a server corresponding to the seller, a transaction identifier in response to a transaction between a user and the seller. The method also includes sending, by the message preempting apparatus, for receipt by a messaging server, the transaction identifier, where the messaging server, in response, bypasses a spam filter for a message that is associated with the transaction identifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steve Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Publication number: 20200067997Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to managing a collaborated environment. A set of editing rules are configured for a shared document. A first edit is received at a first time at a first location of the shared document. A second edit is received at a second time at the first location of the shared document which attempts to overwrite a portion of the first edit. A determination is made whether at least one editing rule of the set of editing rules is violated. In response to determining that at least one editing rule of the set of editing rules is violated, an alert action can be issued to a user associated with the second edit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Patent number: 10551209Abstract: Embodiments for providing navigation routes by one or more processors are described. An indication of a destination is received. A selection of a route initiating event is received. The route initiating event is detected. After the route initiating event is detected, a navigation route from a current location of a user to the destination is determined. An indication of the determined navigation route is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Patent number: 10540483Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for implementing a personalized training recommendation system. A request is received from a user to generate a personalized training regimen for a specified athletic event and event information is identified comprising characteristics of one or more geographical segments of the specified athletic event. Based on the event information, one or more portions of a geographical region are identified that approximate one or more characteristics of the one or more geographical segments within a predetermined tolerance. A training course is generated at least by combining a selected set of the portions of the geographical region based on an evaluation of a level of matching, for each portion, of characteristics of the portion to the one or more physical characteristics associated with the one or more geographical segments of the specified athletic event, which is then presented to the user as the personalized training regimen for the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Kathy A. McGroddy-Goetz, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Patent number: 10505979Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a computer-implemented method of identifying an imposter web page. The method includes extracting, using a processor system, visited web page data from a visited web page. The method further includes determining, using the processor system, that the visited web page is an imposter web page, based at least in part on determining, using the processor system, that website location data of the visited web page does not match website location data of at least one legitimate web page, as well as determining that text data associated with image data of the visited web page matches text data associated with image data of the at least one legitimate web page.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Patent number: 10498686Abstract: Notifying a user about a previous conversation includes based on an analysis of the previous conversation between a first user and second user determining a characterization between the first user and the second user, in response to the first user selecting, via a user device, an option to open a subsequent conversation with the second user, notifying the first user via an alert as to the characterization of the previous conversation that the first user had with the second user before reengaging the second user in a subsequent conversation, and based on an analysis of the subsequent conversation between the first user and the second user, updating the characterization to a current characterization in a database.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Pamela A. Nesbitt
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Patent number: 10466696Abstract: Embodiments for managing drones by a processor are described. A drone is detected traveling toward a regulated space. During the detecting of the drone, the drone is being controlled by a first control system. The control of the drone by the control system is interrupted such that the drone does not travel into the regulated space while being controlled by the first control system. The drone is controlled with a second control system such that the drone travels into the regulated space.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Patent number: 10424092Abstract: A system or computer usable program product for representing a piece of a road as a first ordered series of line segments connected in an end-to-end fashion; representing the piece of the road as a second ordered series of line segments connected in an end-to-end fashion; for each given pair of two consecutive points of the second ordered series of points, determining a corresponding plurality of in-between points from the first ordered series of points; for each given line segment of the second ordered series of line segments, determining a first traffic characteristic value corresponding to the given line segment and a portion of the piece of the road which the given line segment represents; and presenting a visual representation of the piece of the road.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Liam J. Murphy, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Shane O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 10417408Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for authenticating access to a user device using tactile-based feedback provided to a user of the device. A user device may include a display layer and a tactile layer. The user device may be configured to selectively activate portions of the tactile layer to cause opposing regions of a surface of the display layer to become raised relative to other regions of the display surface. A user may be required to specify a sequence of directional movements corresponding to a correct passcode pattern by traversing a path along the raised regions. The particular arrangement of raised regions may change each time access to the user device is requested by activating different portions of the tactile layer, thereby giving the appearance to a third party that a different passcode pattern is being entered each time, and thus, minimizing likelihood of unauthorized passcode detection.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Publication number: 20190279752Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating medical treatment adherence improvement protocols associated with a target patient. A hierarchical map is received. A query is received to generate an improvement protocol. A patient adherence profile associated with the target patient is generated based on target patient data and corresponding one or more dimensions. An influence value is applied to each corresponding one or more dimensions based on the generated patient adherence profile. A set of dimensions is identified of the corresponding one or more dimensions associated with an influence value crossing a threshold. One or more goals are identifying associated with the target patient. An adherence improvement protocol is generated based on identified one or more goals. User input is received, in response to communicating the generated adherence improvement protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Edward Vitkin, Alex Melament, Yardena L. Peres, Yevgenia Tsimerman, Igor Kostirev-Kronos, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Gigi Yuen-Reed, Navot Naor
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Patent number: 10397172Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for identifying attribute information of at least a first wearable associated with an outfit of a user. Information about an event may be received. An electronic message may be sent about whether at least a portion of the outfit is recommended for wearing at the event based upon, at least in part, the attribute information of at least the first wearable and the information about the event.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lydia M. Do, Jenny S. Li, Pamela A. Nesbitt
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Patent number: 10397171Abstract: Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for managing content disclosure on social networking sites. In some embodiments, labels associated with a social network connection of a user can be associated with the social network connection based on the reactions of the social network connection to different social network posts. Content from a user device associated with the user can be received. The content can be processed to identify content types to associate with the content. A recommendation can be generated to share or not share the content with the social network connection based on the reactions to content posted by the user. An indication from the user to share the content with the social network connection can be received. The content can be shared with the social network connection based on the indication.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hardee, Steven R. Joroff, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Scott E. Schneider
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Publication number: 20190219978Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to food freshness management. A freshness triggering event may be identified for a food item. The freshness triggering event may indicate that a criterion related to the food item has been achieved. A food freshness management action may be determined. The food freshness management action may be determined to respond to the freshness triggering event for the food item. The food freshness management action may be initiated. The food freshness management action may be carried-out with respect to the freshness triggering event for the food item.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Jenny S. Li, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Xinlin Wang
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Publication number: 20190212714Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to food freshness management. A freshness triggering event may be identified for a food item. The freshness triggering event may indicate that a criterion related to the food item has been achieved. A food freshness management action may be determined. The food freshness management action may be determined to respond to the freshness triggering event for the food item. The food freshness management action may be initiated. The food freshness management action may be carried-out with respect to the freshness triggering event for the food item.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Jenny S. Li, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Xinlin Wang
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Patent number: 10324439Abstract: Disclosed aspects relate to food freshness management. A freshness triggering event may be identified for a food item. The freshness triggering event may indicate that a criterion related to the food item has been achieved. A food freshness management action may be determined. The food freshness management action may be determined to respond to the freshness triggering event for the food item. The food freshness management action may be initiated. The food freshness management action may be carried-out with respect to the freshness triggering event for the food item.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt, Jenny S. Li, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Xinlin Wang
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Publication number: 20190166130Abstract: An approach is provided that registers a wearable device in response to receiving a registration request that includes a set of acceptable user states and a corresponding set of acceptable times to perform a set of actions. When the approach receives a request from the user of the network-accessible site to perform a selected one of the set of actions, the approach transmits an inquiry to the wearable device registered to the user. Then, the approach receives a current state of the user from the wearable device responding to the transmitted state inquiry and determines a current time. In turn, the approach performs the selected action at the network-accessible site in response to determining that the received current state of the user matches one of the set of acceptable states and the current time matches one of the set of acceptable times.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Nataraj Nagaratnam, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Sandeep R. Patil, Sachin C. Punadikar
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Publication number: 20190158477Abstract: A cognitive psychology authentication in a multi-factor authentication system. A request is received to access a secure resource associated with a user. A set of cognitive psychology questions are selected from a plurality of cognitive psychology questions for transmission to a client device associated with the request. A set of responses corresponding to the set of cognitive psychology questions are received and cognitive psychology data is generated based on the set of responses. A cognitive psychology profile associated with the user is retrieved from a database. An authentication score is calculated based on comparing the cognitive psychology data to the cognitive psychology profile. An authentication success notification is transmitted when the authentication score compares favorably to an authentication threshold. An authentication failure notification is transmitted when the authentication score compares unfavorably to the authentication threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Nataraj Nagaratnam, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Sasikanth Eda
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Publication number: 20190109722Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to question and answer management in a collaborative environment, and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for synchronizing questions and answers in an instant messaging session. In one embodiment of the invention, a method of synchronizing questions and answers in an instant messaging session can be provided. The method can include maintaining an instant messaging session between first and second participants, identifying questions and answers in the instant messaging text, matching each of the answers to a corresponding one of the questions, and displaying the matched questions and answers supplementally to the displaying of the chat transcript, ensuring that a participant does not overlook a question where response on their part is required.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Belinda Y. Chang, Shruti Gandhi, Angela Richards Jones, Pamela A. Nesbitt
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Patent number: 10243961Abstract: An approach is provided for securing a network-accessible site such as a bank, financial institution, or a user's home system. A request is received from a user of the network-accessible site. While the request is from a user, the system further verifies that the user is the authorized user and not an imposter, such as a hacker. To this end, the approach transmits a state inquiry to a wearable device registered to the user. The current state of the user is received from the wearable device, such as whether the user is sitting, standing, walking, sleeping, etc. If the system determines that the current user state allows the action to be performed at the site by the user, then the action is performed. Likewise, if the system determines that the current user state disallows the action, then the system inhibits, or otherwise prevents, the action from being performed.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Nataraj Nagaratnam, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Sandeep R. Patil, Sachin C. Punadikar