Patents by Inventor Vadim V. Spivak

Vadim V. Spivak 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).

  • Systems and methods for graphically representing users of a messaging system
    Patent number: 7627828
    Abstract: In a method of graphically representing users of an integrated email and instant messaging (IM) system, the system allows a second user to associate a graphical user identifier with a first user and suggests the graphical user identifier to the first user. The first user may accept or reject the graphical user identifier. If the first user accepts the graphical user identifier, the system displays the graphical user identifier to a third user when the third user accesses any email or IM message associated with the first user. The third user can override the graphical user identifier of the first user with a different graphical user identifier including a new one uploaded into the system by the third user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Google Inc
    Inventors: Derek L. Collison, Vadim V. Spivak, Keith H. Coleman, David Chad Thornton, Adam Ross Barker