Patents by Inventor Vagner F. Santana

Vagner F. Santana 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).

  • Assisting people with understanding charts
    Patent number: 10025980
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product. The method includes a method includes selecting a chart, and interpreting contents within the selected chart. The method also includes searching for additional sources of information, and extracting information from the additional sources of information. The method further includes combining the interpreted chart contents with the extracted information, and generating a textual description of the selected chart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ana P. Appel, Paulo R. Cavalin, Vagner F. Santana
  • ASSISTING PEOPLE WITH UNDERSTANDING CHARTS
    Publication number: 20170185835
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product. The method includes a method includes selecting a chart, and interpreting contents within the selected chart. The method also includes searching for additional sources of information, and extracting information from the additional sources of information. The method further includes combining the interpreted chart contents with the extracted information, and generating a textual description of the selected chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Ana P. Appel, Paulo R. Cavalin, Vagner F. Santana
  • ANALYZING DOCTOR-DOCTOR, PATIENT-DOCTOR, AND PATIENT-PATIENT SOCIAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20170185735
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for utilizing transactional type health care data within various types of relationships or social networks (e.g., doctor-patient) in the health care industry and for determining various patterns of data therefrom to support improved decision making based on the determined data patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Ana P. Appel, Marcia Ito, Luis G. Moyano, Vagner F. Santana