Patents by Inventor Allen J. Ziolkowski

Allen J. Ziolkowski 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).

  • Determining recommended recipients of a communication
    Patent number: 9002941
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for determining recommended recipients of a communication. The method may include determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group. The method may also include receiving a first list of one or more recipients to receive a communication from a sender, wherein the recipients and the sender have a relationship based on the attributes. The method may also include determining a second list of one or more recipients to receive the communication, wherein the recipients of the second list are determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first group members comply with a set of communication rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne K. Carrigan, Rafal P. Konik, Timothy J. Massaro, Allen J. Ziolkowski
  • Displaying dynamic and shareable help data for images a distance from a pointed-to location
    Patent number: 8775936
    Abstract: A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Massaro, Karen E. Paone, Allen J. Ziolkowski
  • DETERMINING RECOMMENDED RECIPIENTS OF A COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20140067942
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method for determining recommended recipients of a communication. The method may include determining one or more attributes for one or more members of a first group. The method may also include receiving a first list of one or more recipients to receive a communication from a sender, wherein the recipients and the sender have a relationship based on the attributes. The method may also include determining a second list of one or more recipients to receive the communication, wherein the recipients of the second list are determined by whether the attributes of the first list recipients, the sender, and the first group members comply with a set of communication rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayne K. Carrigan, Rafal P. Konik, Timothy J. Massaro, Allen J. Ziolkowski
  • DISPLAYING DYNAMIC AND SHAREABLE HELP DATA FOR IMAGES A DISTANCE FROM A POINTED-TO LOCATION
    Publication number: 20130151964
    Abstract: A controller is provided that provides help for applications, wherein the controller is different from all of the applications. The controller receives a command and identifies a location that a user was pointing to on a display device when the command was received. The controller finds on the display device, a first image within a predefined distance of the location where the user was pointing to on the display device when the command was received. The controller determines an identity of an application that generated the first image. The controller searches for help data based upon the identity of the application that generated the first image and based on the first image. The controller displays the help data if the searching finds the help data assigned to the first image and the application that generated the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Massaro, Karen E. Paone, Allen J. Ziolkowski