Patents by Inventor Conor Terance Boland

Conor Terance Boland 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 accessing declined event invitations
    Patent number: 7933789
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing declined invitations is provided. The method includes receiving notification of an available time slot, retrieving stored declined event invitations, and presenting the declined event invitations to a user. The user can accept of a previously declined event invitation for the available time slot. When the user receives an event invitation and declines the event invitation, the method includes saving the declined event invitation to a data store from which it may be retrieved. Stored declined event invitations are deleted once the time of the event has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Conor Terance Boland, Garreth Browne, Marie Helene Brohan Delhaye, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING DECLINED EVENT INVITATIONS
    Publication number: 20070198316
    Abstract: A method and system for accessing declined invitations is provided. The method includes receiving notification of an available time slot, retrieving stored declined event invitations, and presenting the declined event invitations to a user. The user can accept of a previously declined event invitation for the available time slot. When the user receives an event invitation and declines the event invitation, the method includes saving the declined event invitation to a data store from which it may be retrieved. Stored declined event invitations are deleted once the time of the event has passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Conor Terance Boland, Garreth Browne, Marie Helene Brohan Delhaye, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan