Patents by Inventor Steven Groeger

Steven Groeger 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: 8898731
    Abstract: A method for associating service policies based on application of message content filters to messages sent by a consumer may include receiving a message in which the message relates to a service accessible via a network and access to the service is restricted by a policy enforcement runtime. The method may further include applying at least one message content filter to the message content received to extract information indicative of a message flow associated with a configured policy attachment and correlating the message flow to a selected policy regarding consumer access to the service. The method may further include enforcing the selected policy relative to access to the service by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steven Groeger, Heather Marie Kreger, Robert G. Laird, Arnaud J. Le Hors
  • Patent number: 8893218
    Abstract: A method for associating service policies based on application of message content filters to messages sent by a consumer may include receiving a message in which the message relates to a service accessible via a network and access to the service is restricted by a policy enforcement runtime. The method may further include applying at least one message content filter to the message content received to extract information indicative of a message flow associated with a configured policy attachment and correlating the message flow to a selected policy regarding consumer access to the service. The method may further include enforcing the selected policy relative to access to the service by the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steven Groeger, Heather M. Kreger, Robert G. Laird, Arnaud J. Le Hors
  • Patent number: 8707171
    Abstract: A selection of a service domain policy definition is received in a service repository. A service policy document is created from the service domain policy definition. At least one user change to the service policy document is received in accordance with the selected service domain policy definition. The service policy document is saved in the service repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Duncan G. Clark, Steven Groeger, Evan G. Jardine-Skinner, Samuel J. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130340029
    Abstract: A method for associating service policies based on application of message content filters to messages sent by a consumer may include receiving a message in which the message relates to a service accessible via a network and access to the service is restricted by a policy enforcement runtime. The method may further include applying at least one message content filter to the message content received to extract information indicative of a message flow associated with a configured policy attachment and correlating the message flow to a selected policy regarding consumer access to the service. The method may further include enforcing the selected policy relative to access to the service by the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Mario E. De ARMAS, Steven Groeger, Heather Marie Kreger, Robert G. Laird, Arnaud J. Le Hors
  • Publication number: 20130340026
    Abstract: A method for associating service policies based on application of message content filters to messages sent by a consumer may include receiving a message in which the message relates to a service accessible via a network and access to the service is restricted by a policy enforcement runtime. The method may further include applying at least one message content filter to the message content received to extract information indicative of a message flow associated with a configured policy attachment and correlating the message flow to a selected policy regarding consumer access to the service. The method may further include enforcing the selected policy relative to access to the service by the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mario E. De Armas, Steven Groeger, Heather M. Kreger, Robert G. Laird, Arnaud J. Le Hors
  • Publication number: 20120144295
    Abstract: A selection of a service domain policy definition is received in a service repository. A service policy document is created from the service domain policy definition. At least one user change to the service policy document is received in accordance with the selected service domain policy definition. The service policy document is saved in the service repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Duncan G. Clark, Steven Groeger, Evan G. Jardine-Skinner, Samuel J. Smith
  • Patent number: 7706512
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for voice message editing, particularly a method and apparatus for splicing voicemails sections together. A system, method and computer program product are described for forming a voice message on an interactive voice response system (IVR) spoken by a user including recording a first voice message where the user speaks the first voice message but makes an error in a last portion of the first voice message. A second voice message is recorded where the user speaks the last portion again without the error. Splice points are determined in the first and second voice messages. The first and second voice messages are spliced at the splice points such that the spliced first and second voice message is a continuous voice message including the last portion but not including the error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Groeger, Stuart John Hayton, Jamie Lister, Timothy David Poultney
  • Patent number: 7636661
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for improved speech recognition in a telephonically challenging speakerphone in-car environment. The method includes receiving a signal from a microphone representative of speech to be recognized, performing detection of a transition in the signal indicative of switch on of the microphone, and, in response to the detection, performing speech recognition on the signal with reduced contribution from an initial portion thereof. The initial portion may be treated as optional speech, the speech recognition may be performed with a predetermined redundant sound, and a user may be requested to speak the predetermined redundant sound when speech recognition has fallen below a predetermined threshold. Thus, recognition may be made possible when otherwise it would not be possible, recognition match scoring will be increased as the low weighting given by deleted initial sounds will be eliminated and therefore confusion of the recognized phrase will be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Pieter De Leeuw, Steven Groeger, Stuart John Hayton
  • Publication number: 20060182238
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for voice message editing, particularly a method and apparatus for splicing voicemails sections together. A system, method and computer program product are described for forming a voice message on an interactive voice response system (IVR) spoken by a user including recording a first voice message where the user speaks the first voice message but makes an error in a last portion of the first voice message. A second voice message is recorded where the user speaks the last portion again without the error. Splice points are determined in the first and second voice messages. The first and second voice messages are spliced at the splice points such that the spliced first and second voice message is a continuous voice message including the last portion but not including the error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Groeger, Stuart Hayton, Jamie Lister, Timothy Poultney
  • Publication number: 20060004573
    Abstract: A method and arrangement for improved speech recognition in a telephonically challenging speakerphone in-car environment. The method includes receiving a signal from a microphone representative of speech to be recognised, performing detection of a transition in the signal indicative of switch on of the microphone, and, in response to the detection, performing speech recognition on the signal with reduced contribution from an initial portion thereof. The initial portion may be treated as optional speech, the speech recognition may be performed with a predetermined redundant sound, and a user may be requested to speak the predetermined redundant sound when speech recognition has fallen below a predetermined threshold. Thus, recognition may be made possible when otherwise it would not be possible, recognition match scoring will be increased as the low weighting given by deleted initial sounds will be eliminated and therefore confusion of the recognised phrase will be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam De Leeuw, Steven Groeger, Stuart Hayton