Patents by Inventor STEPHEN P. KRUGER

STEPHEN P. KRUGER 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: 11823209
    Abstract: Notifying a user about relevant data for opportunities includes obtaining, from a database, opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the database, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, analyzing the metadata associated with the opportunities to identify patterns for the opportunities, identifying, based on the patterns, correlations for the opportunities, and notifying, based on the correlations, the user about relevant data for the opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Martins Pereira da Silva
  • Publication number: 20230237500
    Abstract: Notifying a user about relevant data for opportunities includes obtaining, from a database, opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the database, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, analyzing the metadata associated with the opportunities to identify patterns for the opportunities, identifying, based on the patterns, correlations for the opportunities, and notifying, based on the correlations, the user about relevant data for the opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Martins Pereira da Silva
  • Patent number: 11694209
    Abstract: Notifying a user about relevant data for opportunities includes obtaining, from a database, opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the database, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, analyzing the metadata associated with the opportunities to identify patterns for the opportunities, identifying, based on the patterns, correlations for the opportunities, and notifying, based on the correlations, the user about relevant data for the opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Martins Pereira da Silva
  • Patent number: 11461809
    Abstract: Notifying a user of an instant message (IM) service about a modification made to an opportunity includes receiving at least one modification to an opportunity stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, the opportunity representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, identifying a first user associated with the modification made to the opportunity stored in the CRM system, determining, from a list of users associated with the opportunity, a second user associated with the first user through an IM service, and sending an alert to the second user on the IM service, the alert indicating to the second user the modification made to the opportunity by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Patent number: 11188922
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10762510
    Abstract: Modifying a number of opportunities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from a CRM system, a number of opportunities, the opportunities representing a complex record structure in the CRM system, in which each of the opportunities captures a number of fields of metadata, comparing the metadata associated with the opportunities with a number of archived opportunity templates to create a comparison, analyzing the comparison to identify a number of patterns for the opportunities, and modifying, based on the number of patterns for the opportunities, the opportunities to create at least one new opportunity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Patent number: 10140667
    Abstract: The method includes receiving a target customer relationship management (CRM) opportunity from a social customer relationship management application. The method also includes extracting one or more structural elements from the target CRM opportunity. The method also includes extracting one or more structural attributes of each structural element responsive to extracting the one or more structural elements. The method also includes storing the one or more structural elements and the one or more structural attributes associated with each structural element in a template database. The method also includes creating a template from the one or more structural elements and the structural attributes in the template database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano M. P. da Silva
  • Patent number: 10127559
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10115168
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20180293588
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9762514
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for the interaction between a CRM system and a instant messaging system. According to an implementation, a computer-implemented method may include identifying, by one or more processors, one or more individuals associated with an opportunity included within a CRM system. The method may also include creating, by the one or more processors, an instant message buddy list group associated with the opportunity. The method may also include populating, by the one or more processors, the instant message buddy list group with at least a portion of the one or more individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano M. P. da Silva
  • Patent number: 9665701
    Abstract: Providing a challenge response test associated with a computer resource includes generating a challenge response test image including providing a first substantially well-formed image, including a first masked image having a visible portion entirely composed of portions of a first well-formed image, and a first plurality of image elements; and providing at least one ill-formed image, each at least one ill-formed image including a second masked image having at least one first ill-formed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen P. Kruger, Olgierd S. Pieczul
  • Publication number: 20170124572
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9626727
    Abstract: Integrating metadata from applications used for social networking into a customer relationship management (CRM) system includes obtaining, from applications used for social networking, metadata associated with users of the applications, analyzing the metadata from the applications to infer opportunities, relationships for mapping clients, structures, and subject matter experts, and integrating the opportunities, the relationships for mapping the clients, the structures, and the subject matter experts into a CRM system to populate the CRM system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Luciano Silva, Patrick J. O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9621494
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for the interaction between a CRM system and a instant messaging system. According to an implementation, a computer-implemented method may include identifying, by one or more processors, one or more individuals associated with an opportunity included within a CRM system. The method may also include creating, by the one or more processors, an instant message buddy list group associated with the opportunity. The method may also include populating, by the one or more processors, the instant message buddy list group with at least a portion of the one or more individuals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano M. P. da Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034926
    Abstract: Determining a monetary value for an outcome based on a user's activity includes monitoring activities of a user utilizing a number of applications associated with a customer relationship management (CRM) system, determining, based on monitoring the activities of the user utilizing the number of applications, outcomes for the activities of the user, the outcomes being associated with opportunities stored in the CRM system, assigning a contribution value to the outcome based on the activities of the user, and determining, based on the contribution value, a monetary value for the outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034832
    Abstract: Determining a monetary value for an outcome based on a user's activity includes monitoring activities of a user utilizing a number of applications associated with a customer relationship management (CRM) system, determining, based on monitoring the activities of the user utilizing the number of applications, outcomes for the activities of the user, the outcomes being associated with opportunities stored in the CRM system, assigning a contribution value to the outcome based on the activities of the user, and determining, based on the contribution value, a monetary value for the outcomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034833
    Abstract: Reassigning a business hierarchy of roles associated with an opportunity in a social customer relationship management (CRM) system includes receiving modifications, the modifications representing an adjustment to a business hierarchy of roles, identifying, in a social CRM system, an opportunity associated with the business hierarchy of roles, and reassigning, based on the modifications, the opportunity associated with the business hierarchy of roles, in which reassigning, based on the modifications, the business hierarchy of roles associated with the opportunity includes adding or deleting a member or a department from the business hierarchy of roles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034904
    Abstract: Determining a policy change for an outcome related to an opportunity includes monitoring factors and outcomes associated with opportunities stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, extracting the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities stored in the CRM system into a queryable database, analyzing, via a queryable database, the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities to identify patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, and determining, based on the patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, a policy change to improve the outcomes related to the opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva
  • Publication number: 20160034831
    Abstract: Determining a policy change for an outcome related to an opportunity includes monitoring factors and outcomes associated with opportunities stored in a customer relationship management (CRM) system, extracting the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities stored in the CRM system into a queryable database, analyzing, via a queryable database, the factors and the outcomes associated with the opportunities to identify patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, and determining, based on the patterns related to the outcomes of the opportunities, a policy change to improve the outcomes related to the opportunities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jorge A. Arroyo, Stephen P. Kruger, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Luciano Silva