Patents by Inventor Gail Gilboa-Freedman

Gail Gilboa-Freedman 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).

  • Differential availability determination and notification
    Patent number: 7991721
    Abstract: A method for determining differential availability, the method including identifying a current context of a first entity, and determining a current availability value of the first entity with respect to a second entity in accordance with an availability function, where the availability function is adaptive in accordance with an adaptation process to at least one past actual availability value of the fist entity with respect to the second entity in a previous context at least partially related to the current context, and where the availability function is operative to determine the current availability value as a function of the current context.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gail Gilboa-Freedman, Natalia Marmasse, Vladimir Soroka
  • Differential availability determination and notification
    Publication number: 20070104217
    Abstract: A method for determining differential availability, the method including identifying a current context of a first entity, and determining a current availability value of the first entity with respect to a second entity in accordance with an availability function, where the availability function is adaptive in accordance with an adaptation process to at least one past actual availability value of the fist entity with respect to the second entity in a previous context at least partially related to the current context, and where the availability function is operative to determine the current availability value as a function of the current context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gail Gilboa-Freedman, Natalia Marmasse, Vladimir Soroka