Patents by Inventor Will Spann

Will Spann 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: 20250037380
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product are configured to: obtain information associated with a user's environment; generate potential spatial and display contexts by modeling possible variations and customizations within an immersive environment based on the information associated with a user's environment, wherein the immersive environment is being viewed by the user; generate, based on the potential spatial and display contexts, a customized immersive visual display; and present the immersive visual display within the immersive environment to provide an immersive visual display experience. The user's environment includes user actions, environmental factors, and surface context within the user's field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Robert N. Redmond, Scott McCall, Brian Andrew Hull, ALICE MARIE GWIN, Paul M. Matchen, Will Spann
  • Patent number: 10776582
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for supporting combinations of intents in a conversation service. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method provides a conversation service using a set of conversation trees. Each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees comprises a list of intents that define how to answer to a certain type of user input. The computer-implemented method creates an intent graph using the list of intents of each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees. The computer-implemented method adds composite intents to the set of conversation trees using the intent graph to generate a set of updated conversation trees. The computer-implemented method configures the conversation service to use the set of updated conversation trees that comprises composite intents for supporting combinations of intents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert N. Redmond, Florian Pinel, Donna K. Byron, Will Spann
  • Publication number: 20190377790
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for supporting combinations of intents in a conversation service. In one embodiment, the computer-implemented method provides a conversation service using a set of conversation trees. Each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees comprises a list of intents that define how to answer to a certain type of user input. The computer-implemented method creates an intent graph using the list of intents of each conversation tree within the set of conversation trees. The computer-implemented method adds composite intents to the set of conversation trees using the intent graph to generate a set of updated conversation trees. The computer-implemented method configures the conversation service to use the set of updated conversation trees that comprises composite intents for supporting combinations of intents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Robert N. Redmond, Florian Pinel, Donna K. Byron, Will Spann