Catherine Wolf

US Patent:

6829603, Dec 7, 2004

Filed:

Feb 2, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/496615

Inventors:

Joyce Yue Chai - Elmsford NY
Sunil Subramanyam Govindappa - Pleasantville NY
Nandakishore Kambhatla - Elmsford NY
Tetsunosuke Fujisaki - Armonk NY
Catherine G. Wolf - Katonah NY
Dragomir Radkov Radev - Ann Arbor MI
Yiming Ye - White Plains NY
Wlodek Zadrozny - Tarrytown NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1730

US Classification:

707 5, 707 10, 704 9

Abstract:

This patent describes a novel system, method, and program product that are used in interactive natural language dialog. One or more presentation managers operating on a computer system present information from the computer system to one or more users over network interface(s) and accept queries from the users using one or more known input/output modalities (e. g. Speech, typed in text, pointing devices, etc. ). A natural language parser parses one or more natural language phrases received over one or more of the network interfaces by one or more of the presentation managers into one or more logical forms (parsed user input), each logical form having a grammatical and structural organization. A dialog manager module maintains and directs interactive sessions between each of the users and the computer system. The dialog manager receives logical forms from one or more of the presentation managers and sends these to a taxonomical mapping process which matches the items of interest to the user against the content organization in the content database to match business categories and sends modified logical forms back to the dialog manager.

US Patent:

20040153453, Aug 5, 2004

Filed:

Oct 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/971793

Inventors:

Carolyn Brodie - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Ernest Legrand - New Rochelle NY, US
Maroun Touma - Redding CT, US
Charles Tresser - New York NY, US
Catherine Wolf - Katonah NY, US
Steven Woodward - Paris, FR

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707/010000

Abstract:

A business method is disclosed that uses a new type of alert system, with push technology, and furthermore provides one or more necessary tools for a user to respond to the alert. Some of these tools may include collaboration, access to web page, computational tools, dictionary, search results, translation tools, etc.

US Patent:

20050177555, Aug 11, 2005

Filed:

Feb 11, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/776734

Inventors:

Sherman Alpert - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Yurdaer Doganata - Chestnut Ridge NY, US
Lev Kozakov - Stamford CT, US
John Vergo - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Catherine Wolf - Katonah NY, US

International Classification:

G06F017/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A system and method for organizing document search results include identifying words having an association with search query terms. Features of the words are categorized in relation to the search query terms. The results of the document search are presented in at least one category in accordance with the features.

US Patent:

20050256848, Nov 17, 2005

Filed:

May 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/844996

Inventors:

Sherman Alpert - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Thomas Cofino - Rye NY, US
John Karat - Greenwich CT, US
John Vergo - Yorktown Heights NY, US
Catherine Wolf - Katonah NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are disclosed for ranking the results of a document search by identifying a prior, similar search and assigning a weight to each document based on whether the document was selected by a user of the prior search. The assigned weights are utilized to rank the documents identified by the document search in order of their relevance to the search terms. The search terms of the document search and information describing the selections made by a user of the document search are then stored to facilitate the assignment of weights to documents in future searches. According to another aspect of the invention, the weight assigned to a document is correlated to a degree of closeness of search terms of a prior search and search terms of a new document search. For example, a degree of closeness measurement is defined that correlates to a number of synonyms common between the search terms of a prior search and the search terms of a new document search.

US Patent:

20060041436, Feb 23, 2006

Filed:

Aug 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/919845

Inventors:

Carolyn Brodie - Briarcliff Manor NY, US
Maroun Touma - Redding CT, US
Charles Tresser - Brooklyn NY, US
Catherine Wolf - Katonah NY, US
Joel Wolf - Goldens Bridge NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705001000

Abstract:

A system, method, service method, and program product for defining and/or managing entitlements and/or authentication entitlements to resources in a computer networking environment is disclosed. Upon receiving one or more dynamic events, the invention verifies one or more users (a selected user) has (entitlement) attributes that satisfy one or more access criteria to access one or more resources. The invention then permits and/or provides access to one or more resources for the selected user over one or more networks without revealing the identity of the selected user to the resource provider.

US Patent:

55111351, Apr 23, 1996

Filed:

Nov 29, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/159008

Inventors:

James R. Rhyne - New Canaan CT
Nicos J. Anthony - Purdys NY
Stephen E. Levy - Valhalla NY
Catherine G. Wolf - Katonah NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 903

US Classification:

382187

Abstract:

The invention relates to a stylus-based user interface for computers. It describes a process for separating a stylus-based application program from the procedures used to implement stylus-based, user driven error correction processes. This separation allows error correction procedures to be used by many applications, providing consistency in the user interface and saving application development costs through reuse of these procedures.

US Patent:

56152841, Mar 25, 1997

Filed:

Jun 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/466923

Inventors:

James R. Rhyne - New Canaan CT
Nicos J. Anthony - Purdys NY
Stephen E. Levy - Valhalla NY
Catherine G. Wolf - Katonah NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06K 903

US Classification:

382187

Abstract:

The invention relates to a computer program product for a stylus-based user interface for computers. The invention is a process for separating a stylus-based application program from the procedures used to implement stylus-based, user driven error correction processes. This separation allows error correction procedures to be used by many applications, providing consistency in the user interface and saving application development costs through reuse of these procedures.