Patents by Inventor Sandra Kearney

Sandra Kearney 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).

  • System and method for constructing a social network from multiple disparate, heterogeneous data sources
    Patent number: 7512628
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of constructing a social network, the method including constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein at least one of the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a user generated data source; identifying a plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and linkages based on a plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources, wherein the plurality of disparate, heterogenous data sources includes a combination of the user generated data source and at least one non-user generated source, wherein the attributes include at least one of a deterministic attribute, a probabilistic attribute, and a dynamic attribute; populating a mathemetical decision-making model based on the plurality of nodes and linkages, and the determined attributes of the plurality of nodes and linkages; determining attributes of the nodes and links at a second point in time; re-populating the mathematical decision-making m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine Anne Chess, Kate Ehrlich, Mary Elizabeth Helander, Sandra Kearney, Ching-Yung Lin, Sue Ann Medeiros, Katherine Penchuk
  • System and method for constructing a social network from multiple disparate, heterogeneous data sources
    Publication number: 20070255721
    Abstract: A system and method (and method of deploying computing infrastructure) of constructing a social network, which includes constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources, in which at least one of the data sources includes a user generated data source. A plurality of nodes and linkages are identified and attributes for the nodes and linkages are determined based on the plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine Chess, Kate Ehrlich, Mary Helander, Sandra Kearney, Ching-Yung Lin, Sue Medeiros, Katherine Penchuk