Patents by Inventor Zendre Necole Simmons

Zendre Necole Simmons 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).

  • Security considerations for outgoing communications
    Patent number: 9807122
    Abstract: A method includes determining a topic and a media type of a communication to be sent from a sending communication device to a designated receiving communication device, assigning one or more security requirements to the communication based on the topic and the media type, identifying a security state of the receiving communication device for receiving the communication via the media type, and transmitting the communication from the sending communication device to the receiving communication device only in response to the security state of the receiving communication device satisfying the one or more security requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singpore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Joseph F. Herman, J. Mark Weber, Christine Marie Stamm-Nettleship, Zendre Necole Simmons
  • SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR OUTGOING COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20170078291
    Abstract: A method includes determining a topic and a media type of a communication to be sent from a sending communication device to a designated receiving communication device, assigning one or more security requirements to the communication based on the topic and the media type, identifying a security state of the receiving communication device for receiving the communication via the media type, and transmitting the communication from the sending communication device to the receiving communication device only in response to the security state of the receiving communication device satisfying the one or more security requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gary D. Cudak, Joseph F. Herman, J. Mark Weber, Christine Marie Stamm-Nettleship, Zendre Necole Simmons
  • Use tagging in television programs for scene filtering and alerts
    Patent number: 7540009
    Abstract: A method and system for using tagging in programming such as television programming, movie DVDs and streaming video, and establishing personalized tag alerts for objectionable programming. The invention includes the user inputting a desired class of objectionable programming, and then the user inputting a desired action for that class of objectionable programming. Content codes are mapped to the user inputs. The invention reads the tags of the programming, and then the required user action is performed based on the user inputs for that tag, which may entail skipping a scene, playing a scene, outputting alerts, or altering a scene. The user may also pre-review tagging on the frames and scenes and adjust the warnings or other actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raquel Benita Bryant, Veronique Le Shan Tice Moses, Zendre Necole Simmons, Johnissia Raymonde Stevenson