Inventing
I've always enjoyed problem solving and inventing. This page lists some of my technical inventions. You can also view my Google Scholar profile.
On this page:
Patents
22 patents (19 granted; 3 pending)
Other (non-patented) inventions
I've also had a number of other technical inventions published on IP.com.
32 inventions
- System and method to aid a user with complex software configuration decisions and their implications(Jun 30, 2025)
- Using haptic feedback to warn users of potentially dangerous links and actions within a UI(Nov 22, 2024)
- Method to define conditions for the automatic approval of code change requests(Oct 02, 2024)
- Method to generate online collaboration prompts from cloud-based document repositories(Oct 25, 2023)
- Selective darkening of parts of a computer display based on user behaviour...(Aug 30, 2023)
- System and method for responsive UI elements that move in response to a user's intent(Jun 21, 2023)
- System to enhance messaging platform notification handling based on the current locations of individual users(Feb 09, 2023)
- A trusted personal assistant that augments questions and responses to/from other third-party assistants...(Jan 11, 2023)
- Automatically closing browser tabs that have become redundant based on event metadata(Dec 06, 2022)
- Method to automate closure of related tabs when a purchase is made in a browser(Sep 08, 2022)
- System and method for controlling access to the slides of a presentation as it is being presented(May 26, 2022)
- Method for verifying where a person lives using confidence patterns against their historical location data(May 10, 2022)
- Automatic assignment of conference call participants into multiple rounds of sub-groups(Nov 25, 2021)
- System to help users activate clickable elements of a web page(Nov 24, 2021)
- System and method for synchronizing annotated notes with discussion from temporal media(Jun 30, 2021)
- Automatically tag screen recording video output with application metadata(Jan 15, 2021)
- Scheduling meetings containing multiple segments where some attendees are only needed in some segments(Oct 09, 2020)
- System to automatically identify when new IM messages might be better suited to a thread(Sep 02, 2020)
- Use of geolocation to enhance accuracy of social media handles and hashtags suggested and used(Aug 21, 2020)
- System to determine the relevance of social media posts based on other users' responses(Jun 05, 2020)
- Detection of password-like strings based on organizational criteria(Jun 01, 2020)
- Conference call quick join for co-located participants(Jan 14, 2020)
- Method to share a link to an email with other recipients over instant messaging(Jan 14, 2020)
- Movement of autonomous vehicles to optimise availability of parking(Jul 26, 2019)
- Performance improvement to biometric authentication mechanisms(Mar 01, 2019)
- Auto placement and resizing of images across slides in a presentation software package(Jan 29, 2019)
- A method to automatically detect potentially incorrect hashtags(Oct 01, 2018)
- Method for detecting co-located devices in a distributed audio system(Sep 18, 2018)
- Smart plug to control power flow to an electrical appliance, based on user authentication(Feb 27, 2018)
- Method for users to update an email that has been sent(Apr 01, 2016)
- Enhanced file selection with keyword intelligence(Sep 08, 2015)
- 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.
