Patents by Inventor Tolga Oral

Tolga Oral 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: 11687600
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for ranking search results based upon content creation trends. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends includes first receiving a set of results from a search engine produced in response to a search engine query of one or more search terms. The method additionally includes ranking the results of the result set according to at least one ranking factor. The method yet further includes retrieving trend data for terms associated with either or both of the results and/or the search terms. Finally, the method includes weighting the ranked results in the result set according to the retrieved trend data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Lloyd Herbert, Jr., Tolga Oral, Michael Whitney Sorenson
  • Patent number: 11074553
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of processing a plurality of events within a calendar application can include receiving a user input specifying a period of time within a calendar associated with a user, detecting a plurality of events occurring within the period of time, and determining at least one attribute for each of the plurality of events. An event clearing technique can be selected for each of the plurality of events according to the at least one attribute of each respective event. The specified time period can be cleared by executing the selected event clearing technique for each of the plurality of events, wherein an updated calendar is generated. The updated calendar can be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • Patent number: 10728193
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for receiving and sharing files in a group messaging environment. One or more servers in an infrastructure computing environment receive a file from a mobile device of a first user in a group of users in a session of group messaging. The one or more servers determine locations, battery levels, and data download speeds of mobile devices of the users. The one or more servers determine co-located users, based on the locations. The one or more servers select a second user from the co-located users, based on the battery levels and the data download speeds. The one or more servers send the file to a mobile device of the second user. The mobile device of the second user sends the file to mobile devices of the co-located users through a short-range communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Muhammed Fatih Bulut, Tolga Oral
  • Patent number: 10552800
    Abstract: A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • Publication number: 20190213222
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for ranking search results based upon content creation trends. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends includes first receiving a set of results from a search engine produced in response to a search engine query of one or more search terms. The method additionally includes ranking the results of the result set according to at least one ranking factor. The method yet further includes retrieving trend data for terms associated with either or both of the results and/or the search terms. Finally, the method includes weighting the ranked results in the result set according to the retrieved trend data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen L. Herbert, JR., Tolga Oral, Michael W. Sorenson
  • Publication number: 20190158440
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for receiving and sharing files in a group messaging environment. One or more servers in an infrastructure computing environment receive a file from a mobile device of a first user in a group of users in a session of group messaging. The one or more servers determine locations, battery levels, and data download speeds of mobile devices of the users. The one or more servers determine co-located users, based on the locations. The one or more servers select a second user from the co-located users, based on the battery levels and the data download speeds. The one or more servers send the file to a mobile device of the second user. The mobile device of the second user sends the file to mobile devices of the co-located users through a short-range communication medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Muhammed Fatih Bulut, Tolga Oral
  • Patent number: 10244063
    Abstract: A computer identifies data detailing usage of a first set of one or more applications by a first user and a first set of users, and information associated with usage of a second set of one or more applications by the first set of users. The computer determines one or more similarity coefficients between the first user and the first set of users and determines an overall predicted taste score for each content associated with the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more similarity coefficients. The computer determines one or more recommendations for one or more contents of the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more overall predicted taste scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Cordes, Hui W. Han, Tolga Oral, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 10229199
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends includes first receiving a set of results from a search engine produced in response to a search engine query of one or more search terms. The method additionally includes ranking the results of the result set according to at least one ranking factor. The method yet further includes retrieving trend data for terms associated with either or both of the results and/or the search terms. Finally, the method includes weighting the ranked results in the result set according to the retrieved trend data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Michael W. Sorenson
  • Patent number: 10223451
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and computer program product for ranking search results based upon content creation trends. In an embodiment of the invention, a computer program product for ranking search results based upon content creation trends includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code for first receiving a set of results from a search engine produced in response to a search engine query of one or more search terms, for ranking the results of the result set according to at least one ranking factor, for retrieving trend data for terms associated with either or both of the results and/or the search terms, and for weighting the ranked results in the result set according to the retrieved trend data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen L. Herbert, Jr., Tolga Oral
  • Patent number: 10040195
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a location of a robotic device includes collecting first environmental data corresponding to a first current location of the robotic device, generating a first location signature based on the first environmental data, driving the robotic device to enter a standby mode at a first time, driving the robotic device to wake up from the standby mode after a predetermined time elapses at a second time after the driving the robotic device to enter the standby mode, collecting second environmental data corresponding to a second current location of the robotic device, generating the second location signature generated based on the second environmental data, comparing the first and second location signatures, and determining whether a location of the robotic device has been changed between the first and second times based on a comparison result between the first and second location signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edward T. Geraghty, Steven L. Lubars, John C. Nelson, Tolga Oral
  • Publication number: 20180196922
    Abstract: A computer system, method, and computer readable product are provided for providing a context to a person's health-related time series data. In various embodiments, a computing system determines a health data about a person from an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor device. The computing system determines whether there is an abnormality of the health data relative to a baseline data about the person's health. In response to determining that there is an abnormality, the system uses a rules engine or cognitive system to determine a context present when the first health data was present for the first person. Then, the system securely stores an association between the context and the first health data in a computer memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Muhammed F. Bulut, Tolga Oral
  • Publication number: 20180183887
    Abstract: A computer identifies data detailing usage of a first set of one or more applications by a first user and a first set of users, and information associated with usage of a second set of one or more applications by the first set of users. The computer determines one or more similarity coefficients between the first user and the first set of users and determines an overall predicted taste score for each content associated with the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more similarity coefficients. The computer determines one or more recommendations for one or more contents of the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more overall predicted taste scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Cordes, Hui W. Han, Tolga Oral, Bin Zhu
  • Patent number: 9936031
    Abstract: A computer identifies data detailing usage of a first set of one or more applications by a first user and a first set of users, and information associated with usage of a second set of one or more applications by the first set of users. The computer determines one or more similarity coefficients between the first user and the first set of users and determines an overall predicted taste score for each content associated with the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more similarity coefficients. The computer determines one or more recommendations for one or more contents of the second set of one or more applications based on the determined one or more overall predicted taste scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Cordes, Hui W. Han, Tolga Oral, Bin Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170361463
    Abstract: A method for recognizing a location of a robotic device includes collecting first environmental data corresponding to a first current location of the robotic device, generating a first location signature based on the first environmental data, driving the robotic device to enter a standby mode at a first time, driving the robotic device to wake up from the standby mode after a predetermined time elapses at a second time after the driving the robotic device to enter the standby mode, collecting second environmental data corresponding to a second current location of the robotic device, generating the second location signature generated based on the second environmental data, comparing the first and second location signatures, and determining whether a location of the robotic device has been changed between the first and second times based on a comparison result between the first and second location signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Edward T. Geraghty, Steven L. Lubars, John C. Nelson, Tolga Oral
  • Publication number: 20170221012
    Abstract: A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • Patent number: 9720985
    Abstract: A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • Publication number: 20170161646
    Abstract: Computer implemented methods and systems to recommend a relocation of a user based on user preferences including receiving, by a processor, user information including at least one user-define threshold related to one or more environmental characteristics and a user's location, receiving environmental data from one or more sensors related to the user's location, the environmental data related to the one or more environmental characteristics, determining the environmental data exceeds the at least one user-defined threshold, and generating a relocation recommendation to indicate a recommended location different from the user's location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Tamer E. Abuelsaad, Edward T. Geraghty, JR., Tolga Oral
  • Patent number: 9626657
    Abstract: A system for clustering electronic calendar schedules in an event scheduling user interface displays the availability of invitee clusters that each include invitees with sufficiently similar availability during a target period. An invitee cluster list includes an invitee cluster entry for each invitee cluster, such that each invitee cluster entry displays the availability for all invitees contained in the corresponding cluster, as well as the number of invitees contained in the cluster. Invitees that do not belong to any cluster are listed as individual outlier entries, such that each outlier entry displays the availability for the corresponding outlier invitee and the invitee's name. The names of invitees contained in an invitee cluster are displayed in response to user selection of the cluster entry. A degree of similarity required for invitees to be clustered together, and/or a permitted total number of clusters, may be input from a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew L. Schirmer, Tolga Oral
  • Publication number: 20160378841
    Abstract: A calendared event may be visually indicated. A proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and each of a plurality of event participants can be associated with the calendared event. For each of the participants, a local time of the participant that corresponds to the proposed time for the calendared event can be identified and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • Patent number: 9477755
    Abstract: Methods, products, apparatus, and systems may identify one or more relevant social communities for one or more questions. Additionally, a user-question affinity value between a user and a question may be determined. In addition, a user-community affinity value between the user and each of a plurality of candidate social communities may be determined. Moreover, a question-community affinity value between the question and each of the plurality of candidate social communities may be determined based on the user-question affinity value and the user-community affinity value. The question-community affinity value determination may involve calculating a running average using the user-question affinity value and the user-community affinity value. The question-community affinity value may identify the one or more relevant social communities from the plurality of candidate social communities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tolga Oral, Daniel Rucci, Thomas Schaeck, Meggan H. Todd, Sara B. Weber