Patents by Inventor William D. Dodd

William D. Dodd 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: 10706078
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Patent number: 10698928
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Publication number: 20180101593
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Publication number: 20180101592
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Patent number: 9852209
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Patent number: 9852210
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Patent number: 9276869
    Abstract: An identity provider (IdP) discovery service operative at a service provider (SP) is described. In operation, and as valid requests are received by the SP via normal IdP-initiated flows, the SP builds-up knowledge about the relationship between the IdP (that redirected the request) and the initiator of the request. The IdP instance typically is inferred from an HTTP referrer field, and information about the initiator may be ascertained from client-specific information, such as client system IP address, client DNS domain, a domain of a user e-mail address, a target URL for the incoming request, or the value associated with a particular HTTP header field. This knowledge is maintained in one or more mapping table(s) that associate request attributes-to-IdP instance data. The mappings are then used to facilitate IdP discovery for a new incoming request to the SP that has been determined to originate from other than an IdP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Dodd, William J. O'Donnell, Eduardo N. Spring, Chunlong Liang
  • Publication number: 20150293991
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring
  • Publication number: 20150293987
    Abstract: Arrangements described herein relate to collaborative environments and, more particularly, to use of a microblog to enhance communication in an organization. The present arrangements can include receiving from a first user a first microblog entry into a microblog, identifying at least one keyword associated with the first microblog entry, and assigning to the at least one keyword a tag creating an association between the at least one keyword and at least one data repository. The arrangements further can include establishing bidirectional integration between the microblog and the at least one data repository of information related to the tag creating the association between the at least one keyword and the at least one data repository.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carlos N. Andreu, Rajesh Balasubramanian, William D. Dodd, Chunlong Liang, Eduardo N. Spring