Patents by Inventor Matthew Owen Williams

Matthew Owen Williams 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).

  • Enhanced calendaring functionality in a collaboration suite
    Patent number: 7805676
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide for enhanced calendaring functionality in a collaboration suite application. A mini-calendar display in different views of the collaboration suite application provide for an easy way to view, edit and/or add appointments without needing to open of the calendar in the collaboration suite application. Email messages can be dragged onto days in the mini-calendar to create meeting proposals. Enhanced UI allows for different meetings being having different appearances based on whether they have been accepted, rejected, etc. Multiple calendars can be viewed simultaneously and their cumulative availability for any time slot can be easily seen via a calendar thermometer. Requests for sharing of calendars can be communicated via email messages, and they can be seamlessly responded to within the email message itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland J. Schemers, Ross Dargahi, Timothy W. Brennan, Jiho Hahm, Daniel Geoffrey Karp, James Andrew Clark, Matthew Owen Williams
  • Enhanced calendaring functionality in a collaboration suite
    Publication number: 20090100347
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide for enhanced calendaring functionality in a collaboration suite application. A mini-calendar display in different views of the collaboration suite application provide for an easy way to view, edit and/or add appointments without needing to open of the calendar in the collaboration suite application. Email messages can be dragged onto days in the mini-calendar to create meeting proposals. Enhanced UI allows for different meetings being having different appearances based on whether they have been accepted, rejected, etc. Multiple calendars can be viewed simultaneously and their cumulative availability for any time slot can be easily seen via a calendar thermometer. Requests for sharing of calendars can be communicated via email messages, and they can be seamlessly responded to within the email message itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Roland J. Schemers, Ross Dargahi, Timothy W. Brennan, Jiho Hahm, Daniel Geoffrey Karp, James Andrew Clark, Matthew Owen Williams