Patents by Inventor Buford L. Bruce

Buford L. Bruce 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: 7617297
    Abstract: A data processing system for providing archiving of individual mail content while maintaining a single copy mail store can include a mail application enabled to maintain a single copy mail store, a primary data store configured for high data throughput and acting as a single copy mail store for the mail application, and a secondary data store configured for mass storage and having a lower data throughput than the primary data store. The system further can include at least one archive implementation of an archive interface, the archive interface defining an archive task and a restore task. In one aspect of the embodiment, the system can include each of a content table, a content map table and a restore queue. Furthermore, the system can include a map view of archived content for a specified user, the map view providing a user interface for activating the restore task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Buford L. Bruce, Peter C. Kim, Michael Levi, Albert Silliman, Joseph T. Wissmann, Christopher Zaremba