Patents by Inventor Angela Richards Jones

Angela Richards Jones 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: 8893047
    Abstract: A system, method and program product for collecting image data from within a metaverse. A system is provided that includes: a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to install and administer a camera within the metaverse; a system for collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera; and a system for storing or delivering the image data for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ulysses L. Cannon, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle, Susan Stanford McVey
  • Patent number: 8756514
    Abstract: A system and method for dynamically scheduling a meeting time in association with an instant messaging client. The system includes a chat server, a grid scheduling server, a local instant messaging client, a remote instant messaging client, and a grid scheduling client. The instant messaging client facilitates a chat session in conjunction with the chat server. The grid scheduling server generates a representation of scheduling information from a scheduling matrix including a list of times arranged transversely to a list of participants to the meeting. The grid scheduling client in conjunction with the grid scheduling server hosts a grid scheduling session in real-time on the local and remote instant messaging clients and schedules the meeting time according to real-time input from participants on the local and remote instant messaging clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angela Richards Jones, Pamela A. Nesbitt, Lisa A. Seacat
  • Patent number: 8661351
    Abstract: A communication apparatus which facilitates inline comments includes a client processing unit and an electronic memory device. The client processing unit receives an electronic communication and generates a reply communication for response to the electronic communication in an inline comment mode. The reply communication includes a copy of original content from the electronic communication. The electronic memory device is coupled to the client processing unit. The electronic memory device stores a plurality of inline comment rules. The inline comment rules facilitate adjoining comment content to the copy of original content within the reply communication according to user commands. The comment content is uniquely identified from standard response content according to the inline comment rules in effect during the inline comment mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Angela Richards Jones
  • Patent number: 8649962
    Abstract: Planning a route for a convoy of automobiles, including: identifying a plurality of automobiles included in a convoy; planning, for the convoy by a route planning module, a route from an origin to a destination in dependence upon current automobile traffic between the origin and the destination, automobile characteristics of the convoy, and aggregate user preferences of convoy automobile users; and providing for display, by the route planning module to a route display module of each automobile in the convoy, the convoy's route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michelle Davis, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 8589880
    Abstract: A solution for identifying a software developer based on debugging information includes an identification module configured to identify a developer of a line of source code, a determination module configured to determine a developer contact tag for the developer, an encoding module configured to encode the developer contact tag, a tagging module configured to automatically tag the line of source code with the developer contact tag associated with the developer. The solution also includes a debug module configured to provide debug information, a decoding module configured to decrypt the developer contact tag, and a presentation module configured to present the debug stack trace in human readable form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angela Richards Jones, Kaushik Patel
  • Patent number: 8589493
    Abstract: Managing the sending of electronic mail (email) messages and responding to requests from indirect recipients for related information. An email message is originated with a first recipient and a recipient request prompt, which comprises a unique recipient request identifier (ID) linking it to the originator's email address. An empty recipient request list is generated, likewise linked to the recipient request ID. The message is then sent to a first recipient, who in turn forwards it to a second recipient. The recipient response prompt is displayed to the second recipient, who uses it to generate a recipient request for related information. The recipient request ID of the originated message and the second recipient's email address are appended to the recipient request, which is then sent to the message originator. The recipient request is received by the email system and parsed. The second recipient's email address is then appended to the recipient request list corresponding to the parsed recipient request ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Meli Henri Fouotsop, Angela Richards Jones, Andrew Lewis Schirmer, Yingxin Xing, Tong Yu
  • Publication number: 20130158845
    Abstract: Planning a route for a convoy of automobiles, including: identifying a plurality of automobiles included in a convoy; planning, for the convoy by a route planning module, a route from an origin to a destination in dependence upon current automobile traffic between the origin and the destination, automobile characteristics of the convoy, and aggregate user preferences of convoy automobile users; and providing for display, by the route planning module to a route display module of each automobile in the convoy, the convoy's route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michelle Davis, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 8468178
    Abstract: A method, information processing system, and virtual environment, provide location information to users in the virtual environment. A first user is determined to be communicating with a second user in a virtual environment. One of the first user and the second user is determined to have entered a character set substantially matching a keyword in a database entry. Location information associated with the keyword is identified. The location information indicates a location within the virtual environment. The location information is linked to the character set. The character set is visually changed to indicate to the first user and the second user that location information has been linked to the character set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ulysses L. Cannon, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Publication number: 20130024205
    Abstract: Automatically updating an electronic medical record in response to an exposure to a communicable disease is disclosed. A system receives data indicating a common reference point of exchange for a first person and for a second person. The system further detects an update to an electronic medical record of the first person where the update includes a diagnosis of a communicable disease. The data indicating the common reference point and the communicable disease is used to determine an exposure of the second person to the communicable disease. Upon determining such exposure, an electronic medical record for the second person is updated to reflect the exposure to the disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Cynthia E. Barber-Mingo, Angela Richards Jones, David B. Lection
  • Publication number: 20120323806
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to product and associate product materials, and maintaining compliance with rules and regulations to support interstate and international commerce. As rules and regulations change associated with products and/or raw materials that comprise the product, those changes or messages are monitored and communicated in real-time in order to support continued compliance in the stream of commerce.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary W. Abrams, Jacklin A. Adams, Louis R. Ferritti, JR., Prasad L. Imandi, Angela Richards Jones, Kenneth S. Lyjak, Sheau Li Ng, Fabio D. White
  • Patent number: 8321796
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to C&S e-meeting scheduling and provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic agenda updating in a C&S system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic agenda updating based upon presenter participation in an e-meeting can be provided. The method can include creating a new e-meeting in a collaborative computing environment for attendees and presenters selected from amongst the attendees. The method also can include generating an invite with an agenda for the new e-meeting including a time block and time slots for presentations by different ones of the presenters. Finally, the method can include dynamically changing a view to the agenda for viewing ones of the attendees to reflect changes in the time slots resulting from replies to the invite received by individual ones of the presenters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruhie D. Lyle, Angela Richards Jones
  • Publication number: 20120239425
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering a patient in a hospital. Embodiments include identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of rooms available, and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cynthia E. Barber-Mingo, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 8239774
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for determining the behavioral mood of an electronic messaging system user. User input is provided through one or more input receptors of an electronic device. The user input is collected by the mood identification system. The collected input is processed to generate behavioral biometrics, which are in turn correlated to predetermined behavioral moods, each of which has a corresponding behavioral mood indicator. The behavioral mood of the recipient user is indicated by applying text attributes to the user's identifier (ID) or by displaying an icon proximate to the user's ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shruti Gandhi, Angela Richards Jones, Pamela Ann Nesbitt, Lisa Anne Seacat
  • Publication number: 20120116793
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for administering a patient in a hospital. Embodiments include identifying, by a room optimizer module, upon the patient checking into the hospital, a set of patient attributes, each patient attribute describing an aspect of the health of the patient; selecting, by the room optimizer module, an optimized room for the patient in dependence upon the patient attributes and a set of room attributes of a plurality of rooms available, and indicating, by the room optimizer module, the selection of the optimized room to a hospital administrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cynthia E. Barber-Mingo, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 8165991
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to online simulations. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing recorded data for an online simulation can be provided. The method can include determining that a first experience of a user of the online simulation shall be recorded. The method can further include generating a recording of the first experience and associating metadata with the recording. The method can further include reading metadata of a second experience of the user of the online simulation and determining that the metadata of the second experience matches the metadata of the first experience. The method can further include notifying the user that the recording is associated with the second experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 8090777
    Abstract: A method for managing instant messaging interruptions may include comparing at least one term in an instant message to a plurality of terms in a no-response-required (NRR) library. The method may also include representing the instant message as an instant message agent character (IMAC) in response to a match between at least one term in the instant message and at least one of the plurality of terms in the NRR library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fonda J. Daniels-Farrar, Kent Filmore Hayes, Jr., Angela Richards Jones, Kalena Charisee Kelly, John Michael Lake, Ruthie D. Lyle, Robert T. Uthe
  • Patent number: 8015485
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for managing the spatial coordinates and visual attributes of objects within a user interface (UI). A Web UI ruler is executed within a UI comprising a plurality of objects. A first object and second object are selected. The Web UI Ruler then collects the spatial coordinate and visual attribute values for the first and second object and their relationship values are determined. The spatial coordinate and visual attribute values for the first and second objects, along with their corresponding relationship values, are modified and the modifications are applied to the target objects. The values are then stored in the Web UI ruler. These values can then be subsequently applied to one or more target objects. Alternatively, the stored values are exported as a cascading style sheet (CSS) class, which can then likewise be subsequently applied to one or more target objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yingxin Xing, Angela Richards Jones, Henri Fouotsop Meli, Stephanie Lee Walter, Tong Yu
  • Publication number: 20110161816
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to online simulations. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for managing recorded data for an online simulation can be provided. The method can include determining that a first experience of a user of the online simulation shall be recorded. The method can further include generating a recording of the first experience and associating metadata with the recording. The method can further include reading metadata of a second experience of the user of the online simulation and determining that the metadata of the second experience matches the metadata of the first experience. The method can further include notifying the user that the recording is associated with the second experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle
  • Patent number: 7970840
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for associating a virtual instant messaging client, of an avatar, with a standard instant messaging account. When a communication transcript is completed in a virtual instant messaging session, the communication transcript is stored. Wherein the stored communication transcript is an archived virtual world (VW) communication transcript. The archived VW communication transcript is associated with one or more instant messaging clients. A request is received to continue communication, with one or more avatars, when a virtual instant messaging session is completed. When the request is received a graphical user interface (GUI) is automatically displayed. One or more of the following selections are enabled: communicate via the instant messaging session or do not communicate via the instant messaging session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ulysses Lamont Cannon, Angela Richards Jones, Ruthie D. Lyle-Cannon
  • Patent number: 7970837
    Abstract: A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for initiating a session in a virtual world. An instant messaging system (IMS) comprises a registry of IMS user identifiers cross-referenced to their corresponding virtual world user identifiers. A first IMS user implements a virtual world invitation module as a result of an IMS session to invite a second IMS user to participate in a virtual world session. The first IMS user selects the IMS user identifier of the second IMS user, followed by selection of a target virtual world and a virtual world identifier. Once completed, the invitation is sent the IMS user identifier of the second IMS user, who receives the invitation and signifies their acceptance or declination. If accepted, the cross-referenced virtual world user identifiers of the first and second IMS users are used to log them into the agreed-upon virtual world venue and initiate a virtual world session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Ulysses Lamont Cannon, Angela Richards Jones, Susan Stanford McVey