Patents by Inventor Carol Sue Zimmet

Carol Sue Zimmet 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: 10164922
    Abstract: A method of secure electronic message conveyance. The method can include, via a processor, receiving a request to forward an electronic message originally received by a first user to at least a second user. The method also can include, based on content contained in the electronic message, selecting from a plurality of approval entities at least one approval entity that is to determine whether the electronic message is approved to be forwarded to the at least a second user, and receiving from the selected approval entity an indication that indicates whether the electronic message is approved to be forwarded to the second user. The method further can include, responsive to the selected approval entity approving the forwarding of the electronic message to the second user, automatically forwarding the electronic message to the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colm Farrell, Liam Harpur, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9853824
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for injecting content in collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise receiving, via one or more computing devices, a request from a third party to inject content into a collaboration session between two or more users. The method may further comprise monitoring, via the one or more computing devices, one or more communication platforms to detect a qualifying event associated with the request from the third party to inject the content into the collaboration session between the two or more users. The method may additionally comprise, in response, at least in part, to detecting the qualifying event associated with the request from the third party to inject the content into the collaboration session between the two or more users, injecting, via the one or more computing devices, the content into the collaboration session between the two or more users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carol Sue Zimmet, Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat
  • Patent number: 9785711
    Abstract: Online location sharing through an internet service search engine includes: receiving in a server a query from a first user, the query identifying a second user; querying multiple internet services with the server over a network for real-time information regarding the second user; and providing a consolidated view of responses received from the plurality of internet services to the first user with the server, the server being authorized by the second user to receive all information relevant to the second user contained in the responses; wherein the consolidated view of responses indicates an online location of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Callanan, Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9715544
    Abstract: A system for online location sharing through an internet service search engine includes: a server comprising at least one processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: receive from a first user a query identifying a second user; query a plurality of internet services over a network for real-time information relevant to the second user; and provide a consolidated view of responses received from the plurality of internet services to the first user. Thee server is authorized by the second user to receive all information relevant to the second user contained in the responses. The consolidated view of responses indicates an online location of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Callanan, Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9596198
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for enabling and supporting a presence server cache are described herein. A presence server cache may receive a plurality of requests to poll a status of a contact from a plurality of clients. The presence server cache may determine the status of the contact. If the status of the contact is unavailable at the presence server cache, the presence server cache may transmit a request for the status of the contact to a presence server. The presence server cache may transmit the status of the contact of the user to the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9596199
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for enabling and supporting a presence server cache are described herein. A presence server cache may receive a plurality of requests to poll a status of a contact from a plurality of clients. The presence server cache may determine the status of the contact. If the status of the contact is unavailable at the presence server cache, the presence server cache may transmit a request for the status of the contact to a presence server. The presence server cache may transmit the status of the contact of the user to the plurality of clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9536230
    Abstract: An indication of a meeting being scheduled between a plurality of attendees is received. A first one of the attendees is designated an owner of the meeting. Ownership privileges for the meeting are associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees. The ownership privileges associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees are associated based upon, at least in part, a social network defined for the owner of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Liam Harpur, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9473363
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of service for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include monitoring a performance attribute of a computing system hosting a plurality of communication sessions. The method may also include determining that the performance attribute of the computing system exceeds a defined threshold. The method may further include adjusting a characteristic of a communication activity associated with at least one of the plurality of communication sessions to achieve a threshold quality of service associated with one or more of the communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9424559
    Abstract: A calendar event that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is generated. At least one of the plurality of recipients is designated as a first annotation recipient. A first annotation is associated with the calendar event, the first annotation addressed to the first annotation recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Robert Cameron Weir, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9317838
    Abstract: An indication of a meeting being scheduled between a plurality of attendees is received. A first one of the attendees is designated an owner of the meeting. Ownership privileges for the meeting are associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees. The ownership privileges associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees are associated based upon, at least in part, an organizational structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Liam Harpur, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet, Daniel Terlizzi
  • Patent number: 9219765
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a remote computer device, a response time goal selected by an end user. The response time goal includes an interval when a next payload is to be received at a local computer device from the remote computer device. The remote computer device dynamically adjusts content of the next payload to be delivered to the local computer device based on the response time goal selected by the end user to allow the content of the next payload to be received at the local computer device within the response time goal selected by the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9111262
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for email message association is described. A method may comprise detecting an indication of an email target of an email message. The method may further comprise determining if the email target is an intended recipient of at least a portion of the email message. The method may also comprise associating the at least a portion of the email message with the email target by adding metadata to the email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Sean Callanan, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9037992
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a graphical user interface via an operating system. The graphical user interface may be configured to permit a user to define a plurality of modes, one of the modes being a current mode. The method may also include permitting a user to select an updated mode of the plurality of modes, the updated mode being different from the current mode. The computer-implemented method may further include transmitting a message indicating that the updated mode has been selected to a configuration interface associated with at least one application running on the operating system. Numerous other variations and embodiments are also included within the scope of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sean Callanan, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Hema Srikanth, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 9003047
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for electronic communication is described. A first unified telephony session is selected. A first arbitrator associated with the first session is selected. A first set of participants associated with the first session is selected. The first arbitrator is directed to act as a proxy connection for a first channel associated with the first set of participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 8949445
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for electronic communication is described. A first unified telephony session is selected. A first arbitrator associated with the first session is selected. A first set of participants associated with the first session is selected. The first arbitrator is directed to act as a proxy connection for a first channel associated with the first set of participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Publication number: 20150016283
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of service for communication sessions. In an implementation, a method may include monitoring a performance attribute of a computing system hosting a plurality of communication sessions. The method may also include determining that the performance attribute of the computing system exceeds a defined threshold. The method may further include adjusting a characteristic of a communication activity associated with at least one of the plurality of communication sessions to achieve a threshold quality of service associated with one or more of the communication sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick J. O'Sillivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 8929529
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing voice collision in multi-party communications are generally provided. Embodiments herein may include identifying a voice collision between a first speaker and a second speaker in a multi-party call. One or more voice collision rules may be received. One of the first speaker and the second speaker to be determined to be a priority speaker based upon, at least in part, the one or more voice collision rules. Call bandwidth may be allocated to the priority speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 8903961
    Abstract: A method and computer program product includes calculating a score for one or more communication sessions on a communication device, associating the score with the one or more communication sessions, and measuring a performance metric on the communication device. The performance metric may be indicative of a load on the communication device, and may be caused, at least in part, by the one or more communication sessions. If the performance metric on the communication device falls outside an acceptable value, a number of participants in at least one of the one or more communication sessions may be reduced based on the score associated with the at least one of the one or more communication sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Sean Callanan, Ruthie D. Lyle, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 8892652
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for determining a custom summary of a web conference is described. A first input associated with a first portion of a web conference is received. A first content associated with the web conference is selected based upon, at least in part, the first input. A custom summary of the web conference is determined based upon, at least in part, the selected first content and a relation associated with a socially-connected group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Patent number: 8874648
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for determining a custom summary of a web conference is described. A first input associated with a first portion of a web conference is received. A first content associated with the web conference is selected based upon, at least in part, the first input. A custom summary of the web conference is determined based upon, at least in part, the selected first content and a relation associated with a socially-connected group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer, Carol Sue Zimmet