Patents by Inventor SUSAN RICERCATO

SUSAN RICERCATO 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: 10565401
    Abstract: An approach is described for sorting and displaying documents according to sentiment level in an online community. An associated method may include selecting a review topic in an online community and identifying a plurality of documents contributed for the review topic. The plurality of documents may include at least one of a product review submission, a marketing survey submission, a social network activity stream post, a discussion forum post, a weblog post, and an audiovisual sample. The method further may include obtaining sentiment data associated with each of the plurality of documents developing a sentiment model based on the obtained sentiment data. Additionally, the method may include organizing and presenting the plurality of documents in an online community interface based on the sentiment model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard E. Berube, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu, Susan Ricercato, Zi Sardone
  • Patent number: 10437912
    Abstract: An approach is described for sorting and displaying documents according to sentiment level in an online community. An associated system may include a processor and a memory storing an application program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation that may include selecting a review topic in an online community and identifying a plurality of documents contributed for the review topic. The plurality of documents may include at least one of a product review submission, a marketing survey submission, a social network activity stream post, a discussion forum post, a weblog post, and an audiovisual sample. The operation further may include obtaining sentiment data associated with each of the plurality of documents developing a sentiment model based on the obtained sentiment data. Additionally, the operation may include organizing and presenting the plurality of documents in an online community interface based on the sentiment model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard E. Berube, Robert E. Loredo, Fang Lu, Susan Ricercato, Zi Sardone
  • Publication number: 20150248409
    Abstract: An approach is described for sorting and displaying documents according to sentiment level in an online community. An associated system may include a processor and a memory storing an application program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation that may include selecting a review topic in an online community and identifying a plurality of documents contributed for the review topic. The plurality of documents may include at least one of a product review submission, a marketing survey submission, a social network activity stream post, a discussion forum post, a weblog post, and an audiovisual sample. The operation further may include obtaining sentiment data associated with each of the plurality of documents developing a sentiment model based on the obtained sentiment data. Additionally, the operation may include organizing and presenting the plurality of documents in an online community interface based on the sentiment model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: RICHARD E. BERUBE, ROBERT E. LOREDO, FANG LU, SUSAN RICERCATO, ZI SARDONE
  • Publication number: 20150248424
    Abstract: An approach is described for sorting and displaying documents according to sentiment level in an online community. An associated method may include selecting a review topic in an online community and identifying a plurality of documents contributed for the review topic. The plurality of documents may include at least one of a product review submission, a marketing survey submission, a social network activity stream post, a discussion forum post, a weblog post, and an audiovisual sample. The method further may include obtaining sentiment data associated with each of the plurality of documents developing a sentiment model based on the obtained sentiment data. Additionally, the method may include organizing and presenting the plurality of documents in an online community interface based on the sentiment model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: RICHARD E. BERUBE, ROBERT E. LOREDO, FANG LU, SUSAN RICERCATO, ZI SARDONE