Patents by Inventor Robert E. Loredo

Robert E. Loredo 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).

  • Publication number: 20210028887
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for recasting repetitive messages is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, by a processor, a message. Embodiments may include determining, by the processor, whether the received message is repetitive. Embodiments may include rating, by the processor, an importance level of the received message. Embodiments may include determining a preference for recasting the received message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10902528
    Abstract: An approach is described for addressing propagation of inaccurate information in a social networking environment. An associated method may include identifying inaccurate information within the social networking environment, facilitating creation of countering content to address the inaccurate information, and disseminating the countering content. The countering content may be determined by identifying behavior of one or more users among a plurality of users within the social networking environment. Identifying the inaccurate information within the social networking environment may include receiving information provided within the social networking environment. Upon determining that the received information is factual and thus objectively verifiable, it may be determined whether the received information matches analogous information verified as accurate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Curran, Liam Harpur, Robert E. Loredo, Simon P. O'Doherty
  • Patent number: 10904171
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for defining, at a first computing device, at least a portion of a display area associated with the first computing device. A specialized communication from a second computing device is received at the first computing device. The specialized communication is rendered at the first computing device in at least the portion of the display area. Use of an application within at least the portion of the display is prevented at least while the specialized communication is accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Corville O. Allen, Faheem Altaf, Robert E. Loredo, Henri F. Meli
  • Publication number: 20210011954
    Abstract: Document discrepancy determination and mitigation can include marking a fragment of a first document and a corresponding fragment of a second document in response to determining a dependency between the first document and the second document. A discrepancy probability with respect to the first document and the second document can be identified based on a discrepancy measure, which can be determined by comparing the marking of the fragment of the first document and the marking of the corresponding fragment of the second document. One or more discrepancy mitigation procedures can be initiated in response to the discrepancy measure exceeding a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10887263
    Abstract: A method for creating at least one new thread associated with an online conversation is provided. The method may include monitoring the online conversation to detect a new or updated element of the online conversation. The method may also include extracting the detected new or updated element. The method may further include analyzing the online conversation and the extracted detected new or updated element to determine if a new online conversation has started. The method may include extracting a plurality of members associated with the online conversation. The method may also include extracting a plurality of content associated with the extracted detected new or updated element. The method additionally include prompting a user to determine if a new online conversation should be created. The method may also include creating the new online conversation. The method may further include notifying the plurality of extracted members about the created new online conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Dale M. Schultz
  • Publication number: 20200410029
    Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for recommending additional content to an author generating authored content is provided. The present invention may include monitoring a travel location associated with the author. The present invention may include calculating a multi-sensory region based on the travel location and a maximum sense distance value. The present invention may include selecting at least one piece of additional content from a corpus of additional content based on the multi-sensory region. The present invention may include generating a model based on the at least one piece of additional content. The present invention may include selecting a relevant piece of additional content from the data model based on determining a topic associated with the relevant piece of additional content matches an authored topic associated with the authored content. The present invention may include presenting the selected relevant piece of additional content to the author.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Robert E. Loredo, Matthew E. Broomhall
  • Publication number: 20200401636
    Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may collect message data containing one or more metadata tags from one or more collaboration and social media communication networks. The computing device may load the message data into a datastore. The computing device may determine the utility of the one or more metadata tags contained within the message data. The computing device may determine the effectiveness of the one or more metadata tags contained within the message data. The computing device may combine the calculated frequency and the calculated information gain of the one or more metadata tags using regression analysis and may activate a metadata tag management routine for the one or more metadata tags if the combined frequency and information gain falls below a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
  • Publication number: 20200396199
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to evaluating and managing communication within an organization. A message is detected that includes at least one element from an initiating user. Communication relating to the message is tracked as the message is disseminated across a plurality of users. One or more miscommunicated elements of the at least one element are identified by evaluating the communication. One or more miscommunications of the message between one or more users of the plurality of users that caused the miscommunicated element(s) is determined by evaluating how the message was disseminated across the plurality of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Robert E. Loredo, Matthew E. Broomhall
  • Publication number: 20200358737
    Abstract: A processor may analyze one or more social media messages from one or more social media platforms. Each of the one or more social media messages may include a generalized metadata tag and the one or more social media messages may be categorized as a generalized group. The processor may determine, from the generalized group, that the one or more social media messages exceeds a generalized threshold. The processor may generate a first specialized metadata tag for a first set of social media messages included in the one or more social media messages. The processor may partition, based on the first specialized metadata tag, the first set of the one or more social media messages into a specialized group within the generalized group. The processor may direct one or more users associated with the first set of social media messages to the specialized group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu, Matthew E. Broomhall
  • Patent number: 10824328
    Abstract: An optimized content navigation system includes a display device including a touch screen user interface and a navigation adjustor engine coupled to the display device. The navigation adjustor engine is configured to display navigable content on the touch screen user interface. The navigation adjustor engine is further configured to determine from the content at least one preferred path of navigation through the content. The preferred path of navigation is based on the content. The navigation adjustor engine is further configured to receive a user input that defines a path of navigation and adjust the user defined path of navigation to follow the preferred path of navigation in response to detection of the user defined path of navigation to be within a tolerance level of the preferred path of navigation. The navigation adjust engine is further configured to navigate through the content along the adjusted path of navigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Shane M. Kilmon, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10795922
    Abstract: Mechanisms for processing a corpus of information in a natural language processing system are provided. A corpus of information to process is identified and a set of author profiles associated with the corpus of information is retrieved. A content profile is generated for a portion of content of the corpus of information and the content profile is compared to the set of author profiles to generate an association of the content profile with at least one author profile in the set of author profiles. In addition, a processing operation of the natural language processing (NLP) system is controlled based on the association of the content profile with the at least one author profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu
  • Patent number: 10778616
    Abstract: The method, computer program product and computer system may include computing device which may analyze a user's online conversations for the frequency of received messages. Online conversations may be messages and postings between the user and a group of users. The group of users may communicate via devices over an electronic communications network and the online conversations and posting may be done on an online messaging platform. The computing device may determine a gap in an online conversation when the received messages is below the determined frequency of received messages. The computing device may identify an originator of the online conversation. The computing device may analyze the attributes of the online conversation and generate a message based on the attributes to alert the user of the gap in the online conversation. The computing device may send the message to prompt the originator to continue the online conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu
  • Patent number: 10764398
    Abstract: At least one interest of a user by can be determined by analyzing information about the user. Initiation of communication of at least one image to a client device of the user can be detected. At least a first portion of a plurality of portions of the image that depicts a subject corresponding to the at least one interest of the user can be identified. Responsive to identifying the first portion of the image that depicts the subject corresponding to the at least one interest of the user, communication of the first portion of the image to the client device can be initiated before communication of other of the plurality of portions of the image to the client device is initiated, or without initiating communication of the other of the plurality of portions of the image to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10757221
    Abstract: At least one interest of a user by can be determined by analyzing information about the user. Initiation of communication of at least one image to a client device of the user can be detected. At least a first portion of a plurality of portions of the image that depicts a subject corresponding to the at least one interest of the user can be identified. Responsive to identifying the first portion of the image that depicts the subject corresponding to the at least one interest of the user, communication of the first portion of the image to the client device can be initiated before communication of other of the plurality of portions of the image to the client device is initiated, or without initiating communication of the other of the plurality of portions of the image to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Jonathan Dunne, Liam Harpur, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10757052
    Abstract: Embedding actionable content in electronic communication comprises associating an embedding gadget with an electronic message and modifying the electronic message based on the embedding gadget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10742576
    Abstract: Embedding actionable content in electronic communication comprises associating an embedding gadget with an electronic message and modifying the electronic message based on the embedding gadget.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
  • Publication number: 20200242494
    Abstract: A system, computer program product, and method are provided to conduct gap probability mapping to predict presence and location of one or more gaps in a corpus. A probabilistic model is formed to represent inter-corpora associations of objects, with the model leverages to process query submissions. As queries are received and processed, the model creates an adjustment. Subject to evaluation, confidence of the adjustment is evaluated, and a response correlated to the confidence is returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael McCawley, Adriana Valido, Robert E. Loredo
  • Patent number: 10725610
    Abstract: A method for customizing a tag cloud includes assigning a score to each tag in a source of tags, the score being based on a tag attribute; temporarily increasing the score for a new tag during a time period measured from a creation of the new tag; and customizing said tag cloud in a graphical user interface by emphasizing each tag according to its score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Matthew S. Rosno
  • Patent number: 10719529
    Abstract: A method for presenting a trusted tag cloud to a user. The method includes associating a number of tags with a first user who applies the tags, calculating a weight of the tags being examined by a second user. The weight may be based on the identity of the second user, the identity of the first user, and examining the relationship between the two. The tags may then be presented to the user in accordance with the value of the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo, Dale M. Schultz
  • Patent number: 10701024
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for blinder avoidance in social networking interactions includes executing a social networking data processing system in memory of a host computing system to provide a social networking service to different users in a social network. The method also includes defining in memory of the host computing system a user interface interaction for a user interface of the social networking service, and a corresponding user interface change in connection with a presentation of a status update for a user in different streams of other users of the social networking service. In response to detecting the user interface interaction with respect to a stream of status updates presented to one of the other users, the corresponding user interface change is performed in the user interface in connection with the presentation of the status update for the user in the stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Bastide, Liam Harpur, Robert E. Loredo