Patents by Inventor Afua A. N. Bruce

Afua A. N. Bruce 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 OF DEFINING EMAIL IMPORTANCE BASED ON RECIPIENT
    Publication number: 20090254629
    Abstract: A system and method for efficient electronic communication, which allows the user to address an electronic communication to a plurality of recipients each having a corresponding email address, wherein each of said recipients is assigned to one of a plurality of categories of recipients, and assign a delivery priority to each category of recipients without regard to the identity and number of recipients in each category of recipients, wherein a user is not required to assign a delivery priority to individual recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Afua A. N. Bruce, Michael Reed, Robert V. Williamson