Patents by Inventor Ciaran A. DellaFera

Ciaran A. DellaFera 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).

  • Method and system for managing electronic mail
    Patent number: 8918472
    Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be performed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC MAIL
    Publication number: 20120297000
    Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be performed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
  • Method and system for managing electronic mail
    Patent number: 8280965
    Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
  • Ergonomics-based health facilitator for computer users
    Patent number: 8024202
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating ergonomics-based health in a user of a computer workstation is presented. The method includes the steps of detecting an ergonomics problem for a user of a computer workstation, wherein the ergonomics problem is directly related to a current real-time body position of the user, and wherein the ergonomics problem would likely cause an injury to the user if left uncorrected. A user health protection algorithm is then executed to generate an ergonomic recommendation. The user health protection algorithm utilizes user work parameters as inputs. The ergonomic recommendation, which will correct the ergonomics problem, is then presented to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph W. Carroll, Ciaran A. Dellafera, Pamela K. Isom
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC MAIL
    Publication number: 20100146059
    Abstract: A method and system for managing email between a sender and a recipient wherein the method and system provide the recipient with control over routing an email message, wherein the control includes predefining directions to be executed upon the receipt of an email message, and wherein the directions are dependent upon the properties of the email message. The recipient may enable or disable the control at any time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Tom O. Rojahn
  • ERGONOMICS-BASED HEALTH FACILITATOR FOR COMPUTER USERS
    Publication number: 20100094645
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for facilitating ergonomics-based health in a user of a computer workstation is presented. The method includes the steps of detecting an ergonomics problem for a user of a computer workstation, wherein the ergonomics problem is directly related to a current real-time body position of the user, and wherein the ergonomics problem would likely cause an injury to the user if left uncorrected. A user health protection algorithm is then executed to generate an ergonomic recommendation. The user health protection algorithm utilizes user work parameters as inputs. The ergonomic recommendation, which will correct the ergonomics problem, is then presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: RANDOLPH W. CARROLL, CIARAN A. DELLAFERA, PAMELA K. ISOM
  • Method of managing requests in a transaction processing system
    Patent number: 5404523
    Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for managing user requests throughout a distributed processing system permits the tracking and managing of a request as it propagates throughout a transaction processing (TP) system; and provides a method and mechanism for communication between an end-user client and any server working as a result of the end-user client's initial request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Ciaran A. DellaFera, Yun-Ping Hsu