Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz

Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz 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 apparatus for persistent real-time collaboration
    Patent number: 7840596
    Abstract: A collaboration server is described that enables both real-time conferencing and content management. Thus, client applications can connect to the server to share data and collaborate in real-time. The server allows fine grained sharing of any type of content using generic shared objects (GSO). Each GSO holds one or more pieces of persistent information and defines a list of people who are allowed to access the information. Each GSO also represents a persistent conferencing session, i.e., if clients modify GSOs, modifications are broadcast to all the other clients on the list of the shared object if they are connected. The server also manages relationships between shared objects; i.e., shared objects could be contained in other shared objects or reference other shared objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz, David Ryant Millen
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSISTENT REAL-TIME COLLABORATION
    Publication number: 20080162551
    Abstract: A collaboration server is described that enables both real-time conferencing and content management. Thus, client applications can connect to the server to share data and collaborate in real-time. The server allows fine grained sharing of any type of content using generic shared objects (GSO). Each GSO holds one or more pieces of persistent information and defines a list of people who are allowed to access the information. Each GSO also represents a persistent conferencing session, i.e., if clients modify GSOs, modifications are broadcast to all the other clients on the list of the shared object if they are connected. The server also manages relationships between shared objects; i.e., shared objects could be contained in other shared objects or reference other shared objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz, David Ryant Millen
  • Method and apparatus for persistent real-time collaboration
    Patent number: 7296023
    Abstract: A collaboration server is described that enables both real-time conferencing and content management. Thus, client applications can connect to the server to share data and collaborate in real-time. The server allows fine grained sharing of any type of content using generic shared objects (GSO). Each GSO holds one or more pieces of persistent information and defines a list of people who are allowed to access the information. Each GSO also represents a persistent conferencing session., i.e., if clients modify GSOs, modifications are broadcast to all the other clients on the list of the shared object if they are connected. The server also manages relationships between shared objects; i.e., shared objects could be contained in other shared objects or reference other shared objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz, David Ryant Millen