Patents by Inventor Cody J. Schaff

Cody J. Schaff 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: 9251507
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for supporting email message size reduction. Example operations may include identifying a first email recipient that is to receive a full version of an email message (full email message), identifying a second email recipient representing a new class of email recipient that is to receive a summary version of the email message (summary email message), and performing an action to facilitate the full email message being sent to the first email recipient and the summary email message being automatically generated from the full email message and sent to the second email recipient. The foregoing operations may be performed in one way by an email client and in another way by an email server. The email client and the email server may share responsibility for reducing email message size. Alternatively, the email client (or another implementing entity) may act alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Jensen, Arun K. Sar, Cody J. Schaff, Robert L. Welgan
  • Patent number: 8903924
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products may aggregate data in electronic communications. The method may include detecting, by a computer system, receipt of one or more text-based electronic communications, and identifying, by the computer system, first data of interest with a predetermined characteristic in the text-based electronic communications. The method may additionally include extracting, by the computer system, the identified first data of interest from the text-based electronic communications, and obtaining, by the computer system, an initial first set of associated data that is associated with the extracted first data of interest from at least one electronic resource external to the computer system. The method may further include displaying, by the computer system and independently of the text-based electronic communications and the at least one electronic resource, the extracted first data of interest with the obtained initial first set of associated data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Jensen, Arun K. Sar, Cody J. Schaff, Robert L. Welgan
  • Patent number: 8560623
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for supporting email message size reduction. Example operations may include identifying a first email recipient that is to receive a full version of an email message (full email message), identifying a second email recipient representing a new class of email recipient that is to receive a summary version of the email message (summary email message), and performing an action to facilitate the full email message being sent to the first email recipient and the summary email message being automatically generated from the full email message and sent to the second email recipient. The foregoing operations may be performed in one way by an email client and in another way by an email server. The email client and the email server may share responsibility for reducing email message size. Alternatively, the email client (or another implementing entity) may act alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Jensen, Arun K. Sar, Cody J. Schaff, Robert L. Welgan
  • Publication number: 20130151631
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products may aggregate data in electronic communications. The method may include detecting, by a computer system, receipt of one or more text-based electronic communications, and identifying, by the computer system, first data of interest with a predetermined characteristic in the text-based electronic communications. The method may additionally include extracting, by the computer system, the identified first data of interest from the text-based electronic communications, and obtaining, by the computer system, an initial first set of associated data that is associated with the extracted first data of interest from at least one electronic resource external to the computer system. The method may further include displaying, by the computer system and independently of the text-based electronic communications and the at least one electronic resource, the extracted first data of interest with the obtained initial first set of associated data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter M. Jensen, Arun K. Sar, Cody J. Schaff, Robert L. Welgan
  • Publication number: 20120191794
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for supporting email message size reduction. Example operations may include identifying a first email recipient that is to receive a full version of an email message (full email message), identifying a second email recipient representing a new class of email recipient that is to receive a summary version of the email message (summary email message), and performing an action to facilitate the full email message being sent to the first email recipient and the summary email message being automatically generated from the full email message and sent to the second email recipient. The foregoing operations may be performed in one way by an email client and in another way by an email server. The email client and the email server may share responsibility for reducing email message size. Alternatively, the email client (or another implementing entity) may act alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter M. Jensen, Arun K. Sar, Cody J. Schaff, Robert L. Welgan
  • Publication number: 20120110090
    Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for supporting email message size reduction. Example operations may include identifying a first email recipient that is to receive a full version of an email message (full email message), identifying a second email recipient representing a new class of email recipient that is to receive a summary version of the email message (summary email message), and performing an action to facilitate the full email message being sent to the first email recipient and the summary email message being automatically generated from the full email message and sent to the second email recipient. The foregoing operations may be performed in one way by an email client and in another way by an email server. The email client and the email server may share responsibility for reducing email message size. Alternatively, the email client (or another implementing entity) may act alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter M. Jensen, Arun K. Sar, Cody J. Schaff, Robert L. Welgan
  • Publication number: 20080148190
    Abstract: A method and a computer program product for directing users to locations within multi-level interfaces are provided. The method and the computer program product provide for graphically displaying an expandable hierarchical tree structure interface to a user, the expandable hierarchical tree structure interface comprising a plurality of nodes, identifying a target location within the expandable hierarchical tree structure interface responsive to an event, determining a path within the expandable hierarchical tree structure interface leading to the target location, the path being a traversal through a subset of the plurality of nodes within the expandable hierarchical tree structure interface, and visually highlighting each node in the path to direct the user to the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Cody J. Schaff