Patents Examined by Jospeh H. Feild
  • Patent number: 6592627
    Abstract: A user can easily organize computerized document folders by associating a few sample documents in the document database with each folder. The present invention learns folder profiles based on the sample documents and moves the remaining documents into the folders accordingly. In this way, the user can construct new folders, or rearrange existing folders, or cause the computer to automatically rearrange and maintain the folders. This is particularly useful for managing a database of perhaps thousands of emails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rakesh Agrawal, Roberto Javier Bayardo, Dimitrios Gunopulos, Ching-Tien Howard Ho, Sunita Sarawagi, John Christopher Shafer, Ramakrishnan Srikant
  • Patent number: 6012071
    Abstract: A design and layout tool defines regions within an electronic publication and provides instructions to a viewer for obtaining and formatting information to be displayed by the viewer within each region. The viewer may execute on a client computer system connected to a computer network. The viewer obtains information, pursuant to the instructions, from one or more server computer systems that are also connected to the computer network and displays the information to a user. The viewer is also responsive to user interactions and timer events to obtain and display the information. The design and layout tool may also generate secure font file names for the fonts associated with the information to be displayed by the viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: FutureTense, Inc.
    Inventors: B. C. Krishna, Julie Melbin, Daniel E. Latham
  • Patent number: 5880724
    Abstract: A form handling or processing system, such as a computer or mobile client system, in which data relevant to a form being completed is drawn from fields in the form into a title bar or line for the form, thereby facilitating recognition by a user of the linkage of the form to a particular data record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randal Lee Bertram, David Frederick Champion