Patents by Inventor Duncan Lear Mewherter

Duncan Lear Mewherter 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).

  • System and method of managing real-time communications using context-based awareness states
    Patent number: 8639755
    Abstract: Described are a system and method for managing online communications by a user who participates in an awareness service system. A first awareness state associated with the user is published to a first participant of the awareness service system, while a second different awareness state associated with the user is published to a second participant of the awareness service system. Each published awareness state is based on a collaborative relationship between the user and the participant to which that awareness state is published.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra L. Kogan, James P. Galvin, Kevin Solie, Ronald E. Pontrich, Jr., Amy D. Travis, Duncan Lear Mewherter