Patents by Inventor Sharon M. Trewin
Sharon M. Trewin 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: 11163751Abstract: A resource exploitation management system, method and a computer program product therefor. A description of new geological evidence for a geological resource is received, e.g., as one or more triples describing the evidence. Keywords in the description are matched against keywords in representations in a geological resource database. Geological relations are inferred from the descriptions and matched against predefined geological relations from the geological resource database. Consistent triple matches are merged with the geological resource database. The confidence level for merged matches is updated in the geological resource database.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sonia Mariette Embid Droz, Cristina Ibanez-Llano, Giorgio De Paola, Ruben Rodriguez Torrado, Akiko Suzuki, Mustafa Canim, Yuan-Chi Chang, Robert Farrell, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 11113326Abstract: A method of extracting jargon from a document corpus stored in a database using a processor and a user interface is described herein. A sub-domain input is entered through the user interface to initiate a review of the document corpus stored in the database. The processor separates the document corpus into at least one sub-corpus and a remainder corpus. The at least one sub-corpus is defined by the sub-domain input. A first topic model and a second topic model are built to generate respective topic similarity scores for at least one term extracted from the at least one sub-corpus and at least one corresponding term extracted from the remainder corpus. The respective topic similarity scores are compared by the processor to identify jargon terms and thereby provide a list of jargon terms through the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Md Faisal M. Chowdhury, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 10778353Abstract: Providing real-time awareness of an audience to a presenter during the presentation. In response to presenting a presentation to an audience, information is automatically collected about the audience from sensors positioned amongst the audience. The collected information about the audience is analyzed and, during the presentation, recommendations are made to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Bhavna Agrawal, Ruchi Mahindru, Karin Murthy, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20200244380Abstract: Providing real-time awareness of an audience to a presenter during the presentation. In response to presenting a presentation to an audience, information is automatically collected about the audience from sensors positioned amongst the audience. The collected information about the audience is analyzed and, during the presentation, recommendations are made to the presenter for improving the presentation based on the collected information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Bhavna Agrawal, Ruchi Mahindru, Karin Murthy, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20200233851Abstract: A resource exploitation management system, method and a computer program product therefor. A description of new geological evidence for a geological resource is received, e.g., as one or more triples describing the evidence. Keywords in the description are matched against keywords in representations in a geological resource database. Geological relations are inferred from the descriptions and matched against predefined geological relations from the geological resource database. Consistent triple matches are merged with the geological resource database. The confidence level for merged matches is updated in the geological resource database.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicants: REPSOL, S. A., International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sonia Mariette Embid Droz, Cristina Ibanez-Llano, Giorgio De Paola, Ruben Rodriguez Torrado, Akiko Suzuki, Mustafa Canim, Yuan-Chi Chang, Robert Farrell, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 10614729Abstract: A method and system for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. A selected part of the physical document is identified and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fernando Incertis Carro, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20190236206Abstract: A method of extracting jargon from a document corpus stored in a database using a processor and a user interface is described herein. A sub-domain input is entered through the user interface to initiate a review of the document corpus stored in the database. The processor separates the document corpus into at least one sub-corpus and a remainder corpus. The at least one sub-corpus is defined by the sub-domain input. A first topic model and a second topic model are built to generate respective topic similarity scores for at least one term extracted from the at least one sub-corpus and at least one corresponding term extracted from the remainder corpus. The respective topic similarity scores are compared by the processor to identify jargon terms and thereby provide a list of j argon terms through the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2018Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Md Faisal M. Chowdhury, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20190189028Abstract: A method and system for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. A selected part of the physical document is identified and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Fernando Incertis Carro, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 10282537Abstract: A request for authentication from a user of a computer system is received. An authentication prompt is transmitted to the user, wherein the authentication prompt corresponds to a plurality of stored authentication responses, and wherein each of the plurality of stored authentication responses is used to authenticate the user. A first user authentication response is received. Whether to accept the first user authentication response based on a degree of similarity between the first user authentication response is determined and a stored authentication response from the plurality of stored authentication responses. Responsive to accepting the first user authentication response, a security score is calculated representing a level of confidence with respect to verifying the user for authentication, based on a type of authentication response for the first user authentication response. Responsive to determining that the security score is greater than an authentication score the user is authenticated.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Calvin B. Swart, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 10276065Abstract: A method and system for accessing information related to a physical document. An electronic copy of an existing physical document is identified and located. The electronic copy of the physical document is an exact replica of the physical document. A selected part of the physical document is identified and in response, data related to the selected part of the physical document is retrieved from the electronic copy of the physical document. The retrieved data is presented visually to a visually impaired person or orally to a blind person on the user system, which enables the visually impaired person to see or hear, respectively, the retrieved data.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fernando Incertis Carro, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 10091181Abstract: Dynamic risk communication associated with a computer device may include automatically detecting one or more security risk factors for the computer device based on current context information associated with the computer device. Whether an attempt is being made via the computer device to manipulate the one or more risk factors in an attempt to reduce a security level of a computer-implemented authentication procedure may be determined. Responsive to determining that the attempt is being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, a new challenge for additional identification may be communicated for presentation on a user interface device of the computer device while suppressing one or more security risk factors from being presented on the user interface device. Responsive to determining that an attempt is not being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, the new challenge and one or more security risk factors may be communicated.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pau-Chen Cheng, Lawrence Koved, Kapil K. Singh, Calvin B. Swart, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 10013160Abstract: Detecting user input based on multiple gestures is provided. One or more interactions are received from a user via a user interface. An inferred interaction is determined based, at least in part, on a geometric operation, wherein the geometric operation is based on the one or more interactions. The inferred interaction is presented via the user interface. Whether a confirmation has been received for the inferred interaction is determined.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rachel K. E. Bellamy, Bonnie E. John, Peter K. Malkin, John T. Richards, Calvin B. Swart, John C. Thomas, Jr., Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 9984219Abstract: A device receives a first input for authenticating a user and determines the first input fails to authenticate the user. One or more errors are identified in the input which match a tremor pattern for the user and the one or more errors are corrected to generate a corrected input. The user is authenticated using the corrected input.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jarir K. Chaar, Robert G. Farrell, John C. Hartley, Dimitri Kanevsky, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20180082052Abstract: A request for authentication from a user of a computer system is received. An authentication prompt is transmitted to the user, wherein the authentication prompt corresponds to a plurality of stored authentication responses, and wherein each of the plurality of stored authentication responses is used to authenticate the user. A first user authentication response is received. Whether to accept the first user authentication response based on a degree of similarity between the first user authentication response is determined and a stored authentication response from the plurality of stored authentication responses. Responsive to accepting the first user authentication response, a security score is calculated representing a level of confidence with respect to verifying the user for authentication, based on a type of authentication response for the first user authentication response. Responsive to determining that the security score is greater than an authentication score the user is authenticated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Inventors: Calvin B. Swart, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 9782069Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for post-hoc correction of calibration errors in eye tracking data, which take into consideration calibration errors that result from changes in user position during a user session in which the user's fixations on a display screen are captured and recorded by an eye tracking system, and which take into consideration errors that occur when the user looks away from a displayed target item before selecting the target item.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rachel K. E. Bellamy, Bonnie E. John, John T. Richards, Calvin B. Swart, John C. Thomas, Jr., Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 9781095Abstract: Dynamic risk communication associated with a computer device may include automatically detecting one or more security risk factors for the computer device based on current context information associated with the computer device. Whether an attempt is being made via the computer device to manipulate the one or more risk factors in an attempt to reduce a security level of a computer-implemented authentication procedure may be determined. Responsive to determining that the attempt is being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, a new challenge for additional identification may be communicated for presentation on a user interface device of the computer device while suppressing one or more security risk factors from being presented on the user interface device. Responsive to determining that an attempt is not being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, the new challenge and one or more security risk factors may be communicated.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Pau-Chen Cheng, Lawrence Koved, Kapil K. Singh, Calvin B. Swart, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20170279787Abstract: Dynamic risk communication associated with a computer device may include automatically detecting one or more security risk factors for the computer device based on current context information associated with the computer device. Whether an attempt is being made via the computer device to manipulate the one or more risk factors in an attempt to reduce a security level of a computer-implemented authentication procedure may be determined. Responsive to determining that the attempt is being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, a new challenge for additional identification may be communicated for presentation on a user interface device of the computer device while suppressing one or more security risk factors from being presented on the user interface device. Responsive to determining that an attempt is not being made to manipulate the one or more risk factors, the new challenge and one or more security risk factors may be communicated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Pau-Chen Cheng, Lawrence Koved, Kapil K. Singh, Calvin B. Swart, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 9747734Abstract: A device receives a first input for authenticating a user and determines the first input fails to authenticate the user. One or more errors are identified in the input which match a tremor pattern for the user and the one or more errors are corrected to generate a corrected input. The user is authenticated using the corrected input.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: International Busines Machines CorporationInventors: Jarir K. Chaar, Robert G. Farrell, John C. Hartley, Dimitri Kanevsky, Sharon M. Trewin
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Publication number: 20170242989Abstract: A device receives a first input for authenticating a user and determines the first input fails to authenticate the user. One or more errors are identified in the input which match a tremor pattern for the user and the one or more errors are corrected to generate a corrected input. The user is authenticated using the corrected input.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Jarir K. Chaar, Robert G. Farrell, John C. Hartley, Dimitri Kanevsky, Sharon M. Trewin
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Patent number: 9740398Abstract: Detecting user input based on multiple gestures is provided. One or more interactions are received from a user via a user interface. An inferred interaction is determined based, at least in part, on a geometric operation, wherein the geometric operation is based on the one or more interactions. The inferred interaction is presented via the user interface. Whether a confirmation has been received for the inferred interaction is determined.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rachel K. E. Bellamy, Bonnie E. John, Peter K. Malkin, John T. Richards, Calvin B. Swart, John C. Thomas, Jr., Sharon M. Trewin