Patents by Inventor Vikrant Akavaram

Vikrant Akavaram 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: 10462086
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 10116607
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 10007735
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M Bradley, Lillian Y Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 10007737
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M Bradley, Lillian Y Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20180063058
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 9906478
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 9847959
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20170346774
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 9721470
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Patent number: 9704401
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20170171137
    Abstract: A method of analyzing social media content includes loading, into a non-volatile memory, a social profile associated with a user, sensing, through a processor, a posting to a social media topic thread, determining, through the processor, an interest level of the user in the social media topic thread, and providing, through the processor, an alert to the user to engage with the social media topic thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20160117925
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20160117926
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which an intelligent parking system receives a request from a driver of a vehicle for a parking space. The intelligent parking system identifies available parking spaces and selects a preferred parking space from the available parking spaces based upon comparing dynamic parking space properties corresponding to the available parking spaces to factors such as driver skill data corresponding to the driver or vehicle properties corresponding to the vehicle. In turn, the intelligent parking system notifies the driver of the preferred parking space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20160117384
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20160119265
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for improving social network users' interactions. The content of posts in a thread is analyzed so as to group the posts by topic. The posts directed to a specific topic are then analyzed to determine which users posted an initial post or a comment containing an ongoing question not answered. The users' profiles, liked pages and/or friends' graphs for the users involved in the analyzed posts are analyzed to determine any relationships among the users. Furthermore, past communication patterns and/or liked pages of the users are analyzed to determine the likelihood of responding to posts. The posts in the original thread are split into a new thread containing the group(s) of posts directed to a topic(s) having a group of users who would most likely participate in the new thread, where the group of users is selected based on the analysis discussed above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20150244587
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M. Bradley, Lillian Y. Lei, Lawrence Louie
  • Publication number: 20150244668
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and process are provided for tailored interpersonal communication platform management. This can include tailoring interpersonal communication methodologies across a selection of network supported interpersonal communication platforms including one-on-one social media, broadcast social media, email, SMS, and VoIP, etc. for a user, and among and between the user and enrollees or participants in one or more of various ICPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vikrant Akavaram, Lisa M Bradley, Lillian Y Lei, Lawrence Louie