Patents by Inventor Andrea L. Snow-Weaver

Andrea L. Snow-Weaver 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 creating programmable reply functions for an instant messaging client
    Patent number: 8230021
    Abstract: A method for adding a customizable reply function to an interface in an instant messaging (IM) client, including the steps of identifying a string of characters to be associated with the reply function, choosing an action of the IM client to be associated with the reply function, selecting presentation characteristics of a representation of the reply function in the interface of the IM client, and incorporating the reply function into the interface of the IM client, where a subsequent user selection of the incorporated representation of the reply function in the IM client interface instructs the IM client to output the string of characters associated with the reply function and to perform an action associated with the reply function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Sumner, Andrea L. Snow-Weaver
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING PROGRAMMABLE REPLY FUNCTIONS FOR AN INSTANT MESSAGING CLIENT
    Publication number: 20080129469
    Abstract: A method for adding a customizable reply function to an interface in an instant messaging (IM) client, including the steps of identifying a string of characters to be associated with the reply function, choosing an action of the IM client to be associated with the reply function, selecting presentation characteristics of a representation of the reply function in the interface of the IM client, and incorporating the reply function into the interface of the IM client, where a subsequent user selection of the incorporated representation of the reply function in the IM client interface instructs the IM client to output the string of characters associated with the reply function and to perform an action associated with the reply function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Sumner, Andrea L. Snow-Weaver