Patents by Inventor Wendy S. Ark

Wendy S. Ark 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).

  • Publication number: 20100030551
    Abstract: A translation system, method and program product for an instant messaging (IM) infrastructure. The system includes a profile look-up system for determining a profile for both a first and a second user engaged in an IM session; a jargon translation profile system for building a translation profile for the first and second users, wherein the translation profile is utilized to identify jargon and associated translations for the first and second users from a jargon database; and display logic for displaying a translation for jargon being shown in an IM display window during the IM session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Wendy S. Ark, Randy S. Johnson, Geetika Tandon
  • Patent number: 6190314
    Abstract: A method and system for correlating physiological attributes including heart rate, temperature, general somatic activity (GSA), and galvanic skin response (GSR) to N emotions of a user of a computer input device, such as a mouse. Sensors are in the mouse to sense the physiological attributes, which are correlated to emotions using a correlation model. The correlation model is derived from a calibration process in which a baseline attribute-to-emotion correlation is rendered based on statistical analysis of calibration signals generated by users having emotions that are measured or otherwise known at calibration time. A vector in N dimensions, representative of a subject user's emotions, is output for subsequent subject users whose emotions are sought to be known, with the baseline being the reference in the N-dimensional space of the vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wendy S. Ark, D. Christopher Dryer