Patents by Inventor Dana M. Norwood

Dana M. Norwood has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions
    Patent number: 8396965
    Abstract: A method and system is provided to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions. The method is implemented on a system and includes a presence manager server receiving a notification of user activity of one or more users taking place on one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem. The method further includes processing the user activity of the one or more users based on preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored in a preference repository. The method further includes sending a notification of the user activity of the one or more users to the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the participating ecosystem sites to at least one of communicate the user activity of the one or more users to one or more users and maintain a session of the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pramodh D. Narayan, Dana M. Norwood, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • System and method to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions
    Patent number: 8266226
    Abstract: A method and system is provided to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions. The method is implemented on a system and includes a presence manager server receiving a notification of user activity of one or more users taking place on one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem. The method further includes processing the user activity of the one or more users based on preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored in a preference repository. The method further includes sending a notification of the user activity of the one or more users to the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the participating ecosystem sites to at least one of communicate the user activity of the one or more users to one or more users and maintain a session of the one or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Pramodh D. Narayan, Dana M. Norwood, Sri Ramanathan, Matthew A. Terry, Matthew B. Trevathan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ENHANCE USER PRESENCE MANAGEMENT TO ENABLE THE FEDERATION OF RICH MEDIA SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20120209995
    Abstract: A method and system is provided to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions. The method is implemented on a system and includes a presence manager server receiving a notification of user activity of one or more users taking place on one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem. The method further includes processing the user activity of the one or more users based on preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored in a preference repository. The method further includes sending a notification of the user activity of the one or more users to the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the participating ecosystem sites to at least one of communicate the user activity of the one or more users to one or more users and maintain a session of the one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pramodh D. NARAYAN, Dana M. NORWOOD, Sri RAMANATHAN, Matthew A. TERRY, Matthew B. TREVATHAN
  • System and Method to Enhance User Presence Management to Enable the Federation of Rich Media Sessions
    Publication number: 20100332600
    Abstract: A method and system is provided to enhance user presence management to enable the federation of rich media sessions. The method is implemented on a system and includes a presence manager server receiving a notification of user activity of one or more users taking place on one or more participating ecosystem sites in a participant ecosystem. The method further includes processing the user activity of the one or more users based on preferences of the one or more participating ecosystem sites established during a registration process and stored in a preference repository. The method further includes sending a notification of the user activity of the one or more users to the one or more participating ecosystem sites in the participant ecosystem to enable the participating ecosystem sites to at least one of communicate the user activity of the one or more users to one or more users and maintain a session of the one or more users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pramodh D. NARAYAN, Dana M. NORWOOD, Sri RAMANATHAN, Matthew A. TERRY, Matthew B. TREVATHAN