Patents by Inventor Ann M. Maynard

Ann M. Maynard 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: 7912803
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session log for a computing device being studied for usability by a plurality of usability experts that include: displaying, by a usability engine to a plurality of usability experts, a usability observation video of a user interacting with a computing device during a usability session for studying the usability of the device; detecting, by an event listener on the computing device, an event generated as a result of user interaction with the device; notifying, by the event listener, the usability engine of the event; recording, by the usability engine, a description of the event in a session log; receiving, by the usability engine from at least one of the usability experts, usability observations regarding the usability of the device; and recording, by the usability engine, the usability observations in the session log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, Ann M. Maynard, Derral C. Thorson
  • Patent number: 7822702
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session log for studying usability of one or more computing devices used for social networking that include: receiving, by a usability engine from at least one usability expert, usability observations observed by the usability expert during a usability session for studying interaction support provided by one or more computing devices to a plurality of users interacting within a social network through the computing devices; recording, by the usability engine, the usability observations in a session log; detecting, by an event listener on at least one of the computing devices, an event generated by the computing device as a result of an interaction among the plurality of users within the social network; notifying, by the event listener, the usability engine of the event; and recording, by the usability engine, a description of the event in the session log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, Ann M. Maynard, Derral C. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20090006983
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session log for a computing device being studied for usability by a plurality of usability experts that include: displaying, by a usability engine to a plurality of usability experts, a usability observation video of a user interacting with a computing device during a usability session for studying the usability of the device; detecting, by an event listener on the computing device, an event generated as a result of user interaction with the device; notifying, by the event listener, the usability engine of the event; recording, by the usability engine, a description of the event in a session log; receiving, by the usability engine from at least one of the usability experts, usability observations regarding the usability of the device; and recording, by the usability engine, the usability observations in the session log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, Ann M. Maynard, Derral C. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20090006306
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session log for studying usability of one or more computing devices used for social networking that include: receiving, by a usability engine from at least one usability expert, usability observations observed by the usability expert during a usability session for studying interaction support provided by one or more computing devices to a plurality of users interacting within a social network through the computing devices; recording, by the usability engine, the usability observations in a session log; detecting, by an event listener on at least one of the computing devices, an event generated by the computing device as a result of an interaction among the plurality of users within the social network; notifying, by the event listener, the usability engine of the event; and recording, by the usability engine, a description of the event in the session log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, Ann M. Maynard, Derral C. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20090006108
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a session log for a computing device being studied for usability that include: recording, by a usability expert in a session log, usability observations observed by the usability expert during a usability session for studying the interaction of a user with a computing device; detecting, by an event listener on the computing device, an event generated as a result of user interaction with the device; notifying, by the event listener, a usability engine of the event; and recording, by the usability engine, a description of the event in the session log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, Ann M. Maynard, Derral C. Thorson
  • Publication number: 20090006966
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for creating a usability observation video for a computing device being studied for usability that include: recording, by a digital video recorder as a usability observation video, a user interacting with a computing device during a usability session for studying the usability of the device; detecting, by an event listener on the computing device, an event generated as a result of user interaction with the device; notifying, by the event listener, a usability engine of the event; and supplementing, by the usability engine, the usability observation video with a description of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: William K. Bodin, Ann M. Maynard, Derral C. Thorson