Patents by Inventor Rodney Edward Shepard, III

Rodney Edward Shepard, III 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).

  • Active removal of e-mail recipient from replies and subsequent threads
    Patent number: 7945629
    Abstract: A data processing system, computer implemented method, and a computer program product prevents the delivery of undesired e-mail message. A remove request is received from a non-desiring client. The remove request identifies a first subject line or a first body text from a previous e-mail message. An active request is updated with the remove request. Responsive to updating the active requests, the non-desiring client is redacted from a previously received message within a message file. The previously received message includes a second subject line that matches the first subject line, or a second body text that matches the first body text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Alan Kritt, Thomas S. Mazzeo, Rodney Edward Shepard, III