Inventing

I've always enjoyed problem solving and inventing. This page lists some of my technical inventions.

• Patents
• Other (non-patented) inventions
• An IBM Master Inventor

Patents

I currently have 16 issued patents, with a further 3 pending. My Google Scholar profile can be found here.

Other (non-patented) inventions

I've also had a number of other technical inventions published on IP.com.

1. Using haptic feedback to warn users of potentially dangerous links and actions within a UI(Nov 22, 2024)
2. Method to define conditions for the automatic approval of code change requests(Oct 02, 2024)
3. Method to generate online collaboration prompts from cloud-based document repositories(Oct 25, 2023)
4. Selective darkening of parts of a computer display based on user behaviour...(Aug 30, 2023)
5. System and method for responsive UI elements that move in response to a user's intent(Jun 21, 2023)
6. System to enhance messaging platform notification handling based on the current locations of individual users(Feb 09, 2023)
7. A trusted personal assistant that augments questions and responses to/from other third-party assistants...(Jan 11, 2023)
8. Automatically closing browser tabs that have become redundant based on event metadata(Dec 06, 2022)
9. Method to automate closure of related tabs when a purchase is made in a browser(Sep 08, 2022)
10. System and method for controlling access to the slides of a presentation as it is being presented(May 26, 2022)
11. Method for verifying where a person lives using confidence patterns against their historical location data(May 10, 2022)
12. Automatic assignment of conference call participants into multiple rounds of sub-groups(Nov 25, 2021)
13. System to help users activate clickable elements of a web page(Nov 24, 2021)
14. System and method for synchronizing annotated notes with discussion from temporal media(Jun 30, 2021)
15. Automatically tag screen recording video output with application metadata(Jan 15, 2021)
16. Scheduling meetings containing multiple segments where some attendees are only needed in some segments(Oct 09, 2020)
17. System to automatically identify when new IM messages might be better suited to a thread(Sep 02, 2020)
18. Use of geolocation to enhance accuracy of social media handles and hashtags suggested and used(Aug 21, 2020)
19. System to determine the relevance of social media posts based on other users' responses(Jun 05, 2020)
20. Detection of password-like strings based on organizational criteria(Jun 01, 2020)
21. Conference call quick join for co-located participants(Jan 14, 2020)
22. Method to share a link to an email with other recipients over instant messaging(Jan 14, 2020)
23. Movement of autonomous vehicles to optimize availability of parking(Jul 26, 2019)
24. Performance improvement to biometric authentication mechanisms(Mar 01, 2019)
25. Auto placement and resizing of images across slides in a presentation software package(Jan 29, 2019)
26. A method to automatically detect potentially incorrect hashtags(Oct 01, 2018)
27. Method for detecting co-located devices in a distributed audio system(Sep 18, 2018)
28. Smart plug to control power flow to an electrical appliance, based on user authentication(Feb 27, 2018)
29. Method for users to update an email that has been sent(Apr 01, 2016)
30. Enhanced file selection with keyword intelligence(Sep 08, 2015)
31. If keyboard locale has changed, warn user when they enter their password(Sep 04, 2015)

An IBM Master Inventor

In October 2021 I was awarded the honorary title of IBM Master Inventor in recognition of my ongoing contribution to IBM's patent portfolio and inventing community. (Link to this verified digital credential.)