Patents by Inventor Craig Swearingen

Craig Swearingen 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 authorizing a restricted callable status in an instant messaging system
    Publication number: 20050223075
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product are presented for managing availability status values in an instant messaging application. A user of the instant messaging application is able to select a “do not disturb” status that is to be associated with the user, thereby preventing most users from being able to initiate an instant messaging session with the user. In addition, the user of the instant messaging application can selectively authorize a subset of users to have the privilege of being able to start instant messaging sessions with the user while maintaining an indication to all other users that the user is in a “do not disturb” status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Craig Swearingen, Alan Tannenbaum
  • Method, system, and apparatus for generating weblogs from interactive communication client software
    Publication number: 20050132056
    Abstract: A method of sharing instant messaging transcripts can include establishing an instant messaging session. The method can also include receiving a user request to publish a transcript of the session to a Weblog and publishing the transcript to the Weblog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Creamer, Bill Hilf, Neil Katz, Craig Swearingen