Patents by Inventor Tracy C. Allen

Tracy C. Allen 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: 10445776
    Abstract: An aspect of providing user-configurable settings for web-based advertising includes creating, via a computer processor, a data structure at a client browser. The data structure is created from user-inputted subjects of interest. An aspect also includes sending, during a session between the client browser and a server from a domain, information about an availability of the data structure; and receiving an advertisement from the server based on the subjects of interest in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy C. Allen, Charles J. Bryant, Ajay K. Moluguru, Eileen P. Tedesco, Cherri M. Vidmar
  • Patent number: 10438237
    Abstract: An aspect of providing user-configurable settings for web-based advertising includes creating, via a computer processor, a data structure at a client browser. The data structure is created from user-inputted subjects of interest. An aspect also includes sending, during a session between the client browser and a server from a domain, information about an availability of the data structure; and receiving an advertisement from the server based on the subjects of interest in the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy C. Allen, Charles J. Bryant, Ajay K. Moluguru, Eileen P. Tedesco, Cherri M. Vidmar
  • Patent number: 9749468
    Abstract: A method for screening an incoming call is provided. The method may include receiving a transmission of the incoming call in a user device. The method may include determining the incoming call originates from an area code of a telephone number associated with the user device. The method may include determining call information associated with a telephone number is stored within a database. The method may include determining at least one previous call from the telephone number has a call duration that does not satisfy a user preconfigured call duration threshold. The method may include determining the at least one determined previous call satisfies a maximum short call duration threshold. The method may also include determining a previous call frequency count satisfies a user preconfigured frequency threshold. The method may further include displaying the incoming call and an incorrectly dialed call notification on a display screen of the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy C. Allen, Charles J. Bryant, Kevin D. McKenzie, Ajay K. Moluguru, Eileen P. Tedesco, Cherri Vidmar
  • Publication number: 20170132661
    Abstract: An aspect of providing user-configurable settings for web-based advertising includes creating, via a computer processor, a data structure at a client browser. The data structure is created from user-inputted subjects of interest. An aspect also includes sending, during a session between the client browser and a server from a domain, information about an availability of the data structure; and receiving an advertisement from the server based on the subjects of interest in the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Tracy C. Allen, Charles J. Bryant, Ajay K. Moluguru, Eileen P. Tedesco, Cherri M. Vidmar
  • Publication number: 20170132662
    Abstract: An aspect of providing user-configurable settings for web-based advertising includes creating, via a computer processor, a data structure at a client browser. The data structure is created from user-inputted subjects of interest. An aspect also includes sending, during a session between the client browser and a server from a domain, information about an availability of the data structure; and receiving an advertisement from the server based on the subjects of interest in the data structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Tracy C. Allen, Charles J. Bryant, Ajay K. Moluguru, Eileen P. Tedesco, Cherri M. Vidmar