Patents by Inventor Deborah R. Yurow
Deborah R. Yurow 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).
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Patent number: 9667572Abstract: A computer program or method provides away messages from a first user to other users of a communications system, where the first user has grouped the other users into two or more groups. An interface is provided to the first user that displays representations of the other users in a manner that identifies how the first user has grouped the other users into the groups. The first user is able to select a selected group from the groups using the interface. The first user also is able to set a group away message for the selected group using the interface. The group away message is sent to a second user that has been grouped in the selected group when the second user attempts to communicate with the first user using the communications system and the first user is offline.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, James A. Odell, Andrew L. Wick, Deborah R. Yurow
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Patent number: 8775539Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Patent number: 8713120Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Patent number: 8577972Abstract: Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Kristine Amber Krantz, Kelly Monroe Matthews, Russell Scott Medeiros, Venkatesh Ramanathan, Richard W. Robinson, Perry E. Roman, Edward L. Sears, Andrew L. Wick, Deborah R. Yurow
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Patent number: 8554849Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Publication number: 20130254316Abstract: A computer program or method provides away messages from a first user to other users of a communications system, where the first user has grouped the other users into two or more groups. An interface is provided to the first user that displays representations of the other users in a manner that identifies how the first user has grouped the other users into the groups. The first user is able to select a selected group from the groups using the interface. The first user also is able to set a group away message for the selected group using the interface. The group away message is sent to a second user that has been grouped in the selected group when the second user attempts to communicate with the first user using the communications system and the first user is offline.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: AOL Inc.Inventors: Brian D. HEIKES, James A. ODELL, Andrew L. WICK, Deborah R. YUROW
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Patent number: 8452839Abstract: A computer program or method provides away messages from a first user to other users of a communications system, where the first user has grouped the other users into two or more groups. An interface is provided to the first user that displays representations of the other users in a manner that identifies how the first user has grouped the other users into the groups. The first user is able to select a selected group from the groups using the interface. The first user also is able to set a group away message for the selected group using the interface. The group away message is sent to a second user that has been grouped in the selected group when the second user attempts to communicate with the first user using the communications system and the first user is offline.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2004Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: AOL Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, James A. Odell, Andrew L. Wick, Deborah R. Yurow
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Publication number: 20130067499Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Publication number: 20130067498Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Publication number: 20100219937Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: AOL, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Patent number: 7769811Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: AOL LLCInventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman
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Publication number: 20040205775Abstract: Controlling the volume of an audible alert associated with an instant messaging communications session includes rendering, on a first instant messaging user system, an instant messaging application user interface for an instant messaging communications session involving at least a first instant messaging user and a second instant messaging user, receiving notification of an event related to the instant messaging communications session, determining a characteristic of the event, accessing an audible alert to be rendered to signal existence of the event, adjusting based upon the determined characteristic of the event a volume of the audible alert corresponding to the event, and rendering the audible alert to signal existence of the event.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2003Publication date: October 14, 2004Inventors: Brian D. Heikes, Xiaoyan Yin, Deborah R. Yurow, Kelly Matthews, Barry Appelman