Patents by Inventor Orla Daly

Orla Daly 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).

  • Postponing an instant messaging session
    Patent number: 7774407
    Abstract: A method of operating an instant messaging application comprises running an instant messaging dialogue session across a plurality of participant devices. When a user wishes to postpone the session, the application receives a postponement signal from a participant device, determines a future restart time and future participant devices, terminates the current instant messaging dialogue session, and initiates a new instant messaging dialogue session at the restart time for the future participant devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Orla Daly, Sonya Purcell, Cora Clerkin, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan
  • POSTPONING AN INSTANT MESSAGING SESSION
    Publication number: 20070266096
    Abstract: A method of operating an instant messaging application comprises running an instant messaging dialogue session across a plurality of participant devices. When a user wishes to postpone the session, the application receives a postponement signal from a participant device, determines a future restart time and future participant devices, terminates the current instant messaging dialogue session, and initiates a new instant messaging dialogue session at the restart time for the future participant devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventors: Orla Daly, Sonya Purcell, Cora Clerkin, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan