Patents by Inventor Darshak P. Shah

Darshak P. Shah 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).

  • Displaying or hiding folders in an e-mail client based on user defined timings
    Patent number: 7904525
    Abstract: Techniques for managing electronic mail. Folder rules for associating electronic mail messages with folders are received. The folders are managed by an electronic mail client and stored in a computer usable memory. Electronic mail messages are also received. Each of the electronic mail messages is associated with at least one of the folders according to the folder rules. Furthermore, a visibility condition is received. The visibility condition specifies when a specified folder is visible in a user interface of the electronic mail client. A processor causes the specified folder not to be visible in the user interface when the visibility condition is not satisfied. A visibility condition may instead specify when a specified folder is not visible in the user interface. In this case, the specified folder is caused not to be visible in the user interface when the visibility condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Eggers, Jr., Janice M. Girouard, Avinesh Kumar, Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Darshak P. Shah
  • DISPLAYING OR HIDING FOLDERS IN AN E-MAIL CLIENT BASED ON USER DEFINED TIMINGS
    Publication number: 20100235449
    Abstract: Techniques for managing electronic mail. Folder rules for associating electronic mail messages with folders are received. The folders are managed by an electronic mail client and stored in a computer usable memory. Electronic mail messages are also received. Each of the electronic mail messages is associated with at least one of the folders according to the folder rules. Furthermore, a visibility condition is received. The visibility condition specifies when a specified folder is visible in a user interface of the electronic mail client. A processor causes the specified folder not to be visible in the user interface when the visibility condition is not satisfied. A visibility condition may instead specify when a specified folder is not visible in the user interface. In this case, the specified folder is caused not to be visible in the user interface when the visibility condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Robert J. Eggers, JR., Janice M. Girouard, Avinesh Kumar, Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Darshak P. Shah