Patents by Inventor Lanette Smith

Lanette Smith 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).

  • Method and apparatus for efficient electronic document management
    Publication number: 20060117016
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for efficient electronic document management. One embodiment of the inventive method involves retrieving a user-specific administrator setup file comprising a plurality of parameters pertaining to tasks that a user is authorized to perform on electronic documents, selecting at least one authorized task for performance on a selected electronic document, in accordance with the user-specific administrator setup files, and executing the selected authorized tasks in accordance with at least one set of predefined task execution instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lanette Smith, Mary Guimond, Thomas Kwok, Charles Myers, Thao Nguyen