Patents by Inventor Andrew Tibbits

Andrew Tibbits 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).

  • Patent number: 8229079
    Abstract: The subject matter of this disclosure can be implemented in, among other things, a device that includes processors, means for receiving a voicemail greeting template having a default portion and a placeholder portion, wherein the default portion is included in voicemail greetings generated based on the voicemail greeting template, and a user status propagation module executable by the one or more processors. In these examples, the user status propagation module receives status information for a user or a device, wherein the status information includes a state of the user or a state of the device, and replaces the placeholder portion of the voicemail greeting template with the received status information to generate a personalized voicemail greeting of the user that includes the default portion and the received status information, wherein output of the personalized voicemail greeting is initiated in response to an incoming phone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Tibbits
  • Publication number: 20120148033
    Abstract: The subject matter of this disclosure can be implemented in, among other things, a device that includes processors, means for receiving a voicemail greeting template having a default portion and a placeholder portion, wherein the default portion is included in voicemail greetings generated based on the voicemail greeting template, and a user status propagation module executable by the one or more processors. In these examples, the user status propagation module receives status information for a user or a device, wherein the status information includes a state of the user or a state of the device, and replaces the placeholder portion of the voicemail greeting template with the received status information to generate a personalized voicemail greeting of the user that includes the default portion and the received status information, wherein output of the personalized voicemail greeting is initiated in response to an incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Tibbits
  • Publication number: 20120147124
    Abstract: The subject matter of this disclosure can be implemented in, among other things, a device that includes processors, means for receiving a voicemail greeting template having a default portion and a placeholder portion, wherein the default portion is included in voicemail greetings generated based on the voicemail greeting template, and a user status propagation module executable by the one or more processors. In these examples, the user status propagation module receives status information for a user or a device, wherein the status information includes a state of the user or a state of the device, and replaces the placeholder portion of the voicemail greeting template with the received status information to generate a personalized voicemail greeting of the user that includes the default portion and the received status information, wherein output of the personalized voicemail greeting is initiated in response to an incoming phone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Tibbits
  • Patent number: 7934131
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer-program products are disclosed that provide a scalable system for evaluating the health of and providing status about any of a multitude of monitored computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Eduardo Pinheiro, Luiz Andre Barroso, Andrew Tibbits, Wolf-Dietrich Weber