Patents by Inventor Prasad L. Imandi

Prasad L. Imandi 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: 11115358
    Abstract: Systems and methods for insertion of contact profile images into messages are disclosed. The images can be received from a public profile of a social media website, or from locally stored content. The images may be selected based on a context, such as the recipient and/or sender address, or context of the message. The selected image is inserted into the message instead of, or in addition to the contact name. The recipient then receives a message that includes the inserted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Publication number: 20200036664
    Abstract: Systems and methods for insertion of contact profile images into messages are disclosed. The images can be received from a public profile of a social media website, or from locally stored content. The images may be selected based on a context, such as the recipient and/or sender address, or context of the message. The selected image is inserted into the message instead of, or in addition to the contact name. The recipient then receives a message that includes the inserted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Patent number: 10491553
    Abstract: Systems and methods for insertion of contact profile images into messages are disclosed. The images can be received from a public profile of a social media website, or from locally stored content. The images may be selected based on a context, such as the recipient and/or sender address, or context of the message. The selected image is inserted into the message instead of, or in addition to the contact name. The recipient then receives a message that includes the inserted image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Patent number: 10268780
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for intelligently learning hashtag relevance may include monitoring, with a relevance engine, a target's access to a plurality of hashtag-annotated content comprising a first content, updating, using the relevance engine, an access record with information indicative of a number of times the target is presented with the first content and the first content remains unselected by the target, determining a relevance of the plurality of hashtag-annotated content based on the access record, and presenting a second hashtag-annotated content based on the relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Patent number: 10210274
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for filtering audience viewing of uniform resource locator (URL) data utilizing hashtags including: identifying a hashtag input by a first user; identifying at least one user preference of the first user, the at least one user preference related to data sharing preferences of the first user on an electronic platform; generating a uniform resource locator (URL) based on the identified hashtag and the identified at least one user preference of the first user; and using the URL, filtering data communication on the electronic platform, thereby displaying a privatized stream of data when the first user accesses the identified hashtag, the privatized stream of data accessible by a second user, the second user being authorized to view the privatized stream of data based on the data sharing preferences of the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Patent number: 9930168
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for determining proper name spelling in a text message from a sender to a receiver is described. The method may include evaluating text from a sender to a receiver to identify a proper name, comparing the text against a repository containing one or more proper names, determining a confidence ranking related to the accuracy of spelling of the proper name using shared contacts between the sender and receiver, and outputting a specific spelling of the proper name based on a highest confidence ranking of the confidence ranking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Publication number: 20170346772
    Abstract: Systems and methods for insertion of contact profile images into messages are disclosed. The images can be received from a public profile of a social media website, or from locally stored content. The images may be selected based on a context, such as the recipient and/or sender address, or context of the message. The selected image is inserted into the message instead of, or in addition to the contact name. The recipient then receives a message that includes the inserted image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Publication number: 20170193126
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for filtering audience viewing of uniform resource locator (URL) data utilizing hashtags including: identifying a hashtag input by a first user; identifying at least one user preference of the first user, the at least one user preference related to data sharing preferences of the first user on an electronic platform; generating a uniform resource locator (URL) based on the identified hashtag and the identified at least one user preference of the first user; and using the URL, filtering data communication on the electronic platform, thereby displaying a privatized stream of data when the first user accesses the identified hashtag, the privatized stream of data accessible by a second user, the second user being authorized to view the privatized stream of data based on the data sharing preferences of the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Publication number: 20170171377
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method for determining proper name spelling in a text message from a sender to a receiver is described. The method may include evaluating text from a sender to a receiver to identify a proper name, comparing the text against a repository containing one or more proper names, determining a confidence ranking related to the accuracy of spelling of the proper name using shared contacts between the sender and receiver, and outputting a specific spelling of the proper name based on a highest confidence ranking of the confidence ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Trudy L. Hewitt, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Publication number: 20170103071
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for intelligently learning hashtag relevance may include monitoring, with a relevance engine, a target's access to a plurality of hashtag-annotated content comprising a first content, updating, using the relevance engine, an access record with information indicative of a number of times the target is presented with the first content and the first content remains unselected by the target, determining a relevance of the plurality of hashtag-annotated content based on the access record, and presenting a second hashtag-annotated content based on the relevance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Shadi E. Albouyeh, James E. Fox, Prasad L. Imandi
  • Publication number: 20120323806
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to product and associate product materials, and maintaining compliance with rules and regulations to support interstate and international commerce. As rules and regulations change associated with products and/or raw materials that comprise the product, those changes or messages are monitored and communicated in real-time in order to support continued compliance in the stream of commerce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Jacklin A. Adams, Louis R. Ferritti, JR., Prasad L. Imandi, Angela Richards Jones, Kenneth S. Lyjak, Sheau Li Ng, Fabio D. White