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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018

Filed:

May. 27, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Adam T. Clark, Mantorville, MN (US);

John S. Mysak, Rochester, MN (US);

Aspen L. Payton, Byron, MN (US);

John E. Petri, St. Charles, MN (US);

Michael D. Pfeifer, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G09B 7/00 (2006.01); G09B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 17/30663 (2013.01); G06F 17/30734 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06F 17/30017 (2013.01); G06F 17/30873 (2013.01); G06F 17/30997 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01); G09B 7/00 (2013.01); G09B 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a set of input devices, data of an environment surrounding a computing device, determining a current context of a discussion based on the data and a timing schedule specifying a list of planned contexts, receiving a request to perform an operation on the computing device, determining a context of the requested operation, determining a measure of relatedness between the contexts, and upon determining the measure of relatedness does not exceed a predefined threshold, restricting execution of the operation.


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