Patents by Inventor Saurabh Dua

Saurabh Dua 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: 9367537
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting authors in composing suitable messages or documents for intended recipients. A profile to be used in analyzing the message/document is obtained, where the profile contains a set of corrections and correlations to be applied to the message/document for the intended recipients of the message/document. The content of the message/document is analyzed using the obtained profile to assess for any language that may be misunderstood or offensive to the intended recipients. Upon identifying words, phrases, sentences or images in the message/document as being potentially misunderstood or offensive to the recipients, suggestions are provided to modify such language. In this manner, the author of the message/document is able to assess the content and context of the message/document based on the intended recipients prior to sending the message/document thereby reducing the likelihood that the recipients will interpret the message/document in an untoward manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dua, Mario A. Maldari, Paul A. Smith, Jarett Stein, Sahdevsinh P. Zala
  • Patent number: 9367538
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting authors in composing suitable messages or documents for intended recipients. A profile to be used in analyzing the message/document is obtained, where the profile contains a set of corrections and correlations to be applied to the message/document for the intended recipients of the message/document. The content of the message/document is analyzed using the obtained profile to assess for any language that may be misunderstood or offensive to the intended recipients. Upon identifying words, phrases, sentences or images in the message/document as being potentially misunderstood or offensive to the recipients, suggestions are provided to modify such language. In this manner, the author of the message/document is able to assess the content and context of the message/document based on the intended recipients prior to sending the message/document thereby reducing the likelihood that the recipients will interpret the message/document in an untoward manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dua, Mario A. Maldari, Paul A. Smith, Jarett Stein, Sahdevsinh P. Zala
  • Publication number: 20160019741
    Abstract: When a first vending machine fails to dispense a purchased item to a consumer, the first vending machine requests a fail-over vending machine designation and transfer of credit to the fail-over vending machine. A server receives the request, finds a candidate vending machine in proximity to the first vending machine which also has the item in stock, creates a credit token, and places the item on hold at the second vending machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Saurabh Dua, Mario Alessandro Maldari, Paul Anthony Smith, Jarett Stein, Sahdevsinh P. Zala
  • Publication number: 20150278196
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting authors in composing suitable messages or documents for intended recipients. A profile to be used in analyzing the message/document is obtained, where the profile contains a set of corrections and correlations to be applied to the message/document for the intended recipients of the message/document. The content of the message/document is analyzed using the obtained profile to assess for any language that may be misunderstood or offensive to the intended recipients. Upon identifying words, phrases, sentences or images in the message/document as being potentially misunderstood or offensive to the recipients, suggestions are provided to modify such language. In this manner, the author of the message/document is able to assess the content and context of the message/document based on the intended recipients prior to sending the message/document thereby reducing the likelihood that the recipients will interpret the message/document in an untoward manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Saurabh Dua, Mario A. Maldari, Paul A. Smith, Jarett Stein, Sahdevsinh P. Zala
  • Publication number: 20150278175
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for assisting authors in composing suitable messages or documents for intended recipients. A profile to be used in analyzing the message/document is obtained, where the profile contains a set of corrections and correlations to be applied to the message/document for the intended recipients of the message/document. The content of the message/document is analyzed using the obtained profile to assess for any language that may be misunderstood or offensive to the intended recipients. Upon identifying words, phrases, sentences or images in the message/document as being potentially misunderstood or offensive to the recipients, suggestions are provided to modify such language. In this manner, the author of the message/document is able to assess the content and context of the message/document based on the intended recipients prior to sending the message/document thereby reducing the likelihood that the recipients will interpret the message/document in an untoward manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Saurabh Dua, Mario A. Maldari, Paul A. Smith, Jarett Stein, Sahdevsinh P. Zala
  • Patent number: 8782534
    Abstract: A method for allowing independent viewing of web conference content may include enumerating a plurality of windows of content of a web conference to allow caching of visible and non-visible portions of each enumerated window by a client computer device of a participant to provide independent viewing of each enumerated window by the participant in the web conference. The method may also include forming a bitmap of visible and non-visible portions of each enumerated window. The method may further include transmitting the bitmap of each enumerated window to the client computer device of the participant in the web conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Erik S. Bryant, Saurabh Dua, Jaymin S. Patel, Paul A. Smith, Vladimir Soroka
  • Publication number: 20120089928
    Abstract: A method for allowing independent viewing of web conference content may include enumerating a plurality of windows of content of a web conference to allow caching of visible and non-visible portions of each enumerated window by a client computer device of a participant to provide independent viewing of each enumerated window by the participant in the web conference. The method may also include forming a bitmap of visible and non-visible portions of each enumerated window. The method may further include transmitting the bitmap of each enumerated window to the client computer device of the participant in the web conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erik S. Bryant, Saurabh Dua, Jaymin S. Patel, Paul A. Smith, Vladimir Soroka