Patents by Inventor Eric Lanz

Eric Lanz 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).

  • Methods for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous organization components
    Patent number: 9542665
    Abstract: Methods for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous organization components are provided. In one example, a method includes the steps of displaying a scratchpad affordance associated with a scratchpad, and detecting an update to the scratchpad based on an input associated with a first organization component of the one or more organization components and the scratchpad affordance. The method includes the additional step of updating the scratchpad based at least in part on the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lanz, Karim Nassar
  • Methods for Creating, Arranging, and Leveraging An Ad-Hoc Collection of Heterogeneous Organization Components
    Publication number: 20140123032
    Abstract: Methods for creating, arranging, and leveraging an ad-hoc collection of heterogeneous organization components are provided. In one example, a method includes the steps of displaying a scratchpad affordance associated with a scratchpad, and detecting an update to the scratchpad based on an input associated with a first organization component of the one or more organization components and the scratchpad affordance. The method includes the additional step of updating the scratchpad based at least in part on the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: OrgSpan, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Lanz, Karim Nassar
  • Methods and Systems for Integrated Social Media, Strategy, and Organizational Hierarchy
    Publication number: 20130332378
    Abstract: Methods and systems for integrated social media, strategy, and organizational hierarchy are described. A method for integrated social media, strategy, and organizational hierarchy includes the steps of receiving information associated with organization members, the information including a name and an email address of each organization member. The information is arranged into an organization hierarchy, a format for presenting the organization hierarchy is determined, and the organization hierarchy is presented in a graphical user interface according to the determined format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Donald Brown, Eric Lanz