Patents by Inventor Roberto Battaglini
Roberto Battaglini 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: 10060578Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for monitoring for and detecting a leak in a line where a mobile detector having an audio sensor and an odor sensor transiting along the line. A sample audio reading is obtained by the audio sensor; and, a sample odor reading is obtained by the odor sensor. A processor compares the sample audio reading to a baseline audio reading to determine whether the line is leaking. The processor compares the sample odor reading to a baseline odor reading to determine whether the line is leaking. The location of the mobile detector is identified by a GPS device on the mobile detector when the processor determines that the line is leaking. The location of the mobile detector, the sample audio reading, and the sample odor reading is sent to a central monitoring center by a communications device on the mobile detector.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Jeremy R. Fox, Leo Kluger, William J. Reilly
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Publication number: 20180005279Abstract: An emotionally intelligent advertising method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium, include characterizing a first content based on a topic type and an emotional index value, determining if the emotional index value is greater than a threshold emotional index value, and creating a suppression record to suppress a type of advertisement related to the topic type of the first content from being advertised following the first content when the determining determines that the emotional index value is greater than the threshold emotion index value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Roberto Battaglini, Jeremy Ray Fox, Leo Kluger, William J. Reilly
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Publication number: 20170328522Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a method for monitoring for and detecting a leak in a line where a mobile detector having an audio sensor and an odor sensor transiting along the line. A sample audio reading is obtained by the audio sensor; and, a sample odor reading is obtained by the odor sensor. A processor compares the sample audio reading to a baseline audio reading to determine whether the line is leaking. The processor compares the sample odor reading to a baseline odor reading to determine whether the line is leaking. The location of the mobile detector is identified by a GPS device on the mobile detector when the processor determines that the line is leaking. The location of the mobile detector, the sample audio reading, and the sample odor reading is sent to a central monitoring center by a communications device on the mobile detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Jeremy R. Fox, Leo Kluger, William J. Reilly
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Patent number: 9571617Abstract: A method for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, and the telephone device and a computer program product that implements the method. The method includes: while the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processes sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activates an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Brian P. Singer
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Publication number: 20160277553Abstract: A method for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, and the telephone device and a computer program product that implements the method. The method includes: while the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processes sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activates an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Roberto Battaglini, Brian P. Singer
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Patent number: 9413864Abstract: A telephone device and a method and for controlling a mute function in the telephone device. While the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processes sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activates an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active. The voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Brian P. Singer
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Publication number: 20140270151Abstract: A telephone device and a method and for controlling a mute function in the telephone device. While the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processes sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activates an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active. The voice recognition software was trained, prior to the sound having been detected, to differentiate the one or more specific words spoken by the specific person from the same one or more specific words spoken by other people.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Brian P. Singer
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Patent number: 8787866Abstract: System, method and program for controlling a mute function on a telephone device. While the mute function is active, sound reaching a telephone or other communication device is sensed, and a determination is made if the sound includes a word. If so, an alarm is activated to alert a user that the mute function is active. If not, the alarm is not activated. In accordance with an optional feature of the present invention, speech recognition software is trained to recognize the voice or speech pattern of a specific user, and the alarm is activated only if the word was spoken by the specific user.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Brian Patrick Singer
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Publication number: 20070037536Abstract: System, method and program for controlling a mute function on a telephone device. While the mute function is active, sound reaching a telephone or other communication device is sensed, and a determination is made if the sound includes a word. If so, an alarm is activated to alert a user that the mute function is active. If not, the alarm is not activated. In accordance with an optional feature of the present invention, speech recognition software is trained to recognize the voice or speech pattern of a specific user, and the alarm is activated only if the word was spoken by the specific user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2005Publication date: February 15, 2007Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Roberto Battaglini, Brian Singer