Patents by Inventor James C. Brady

James C. Brady 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).

  • Message processing in a messaging service client device
    Patent number: 8364767
    Abstract: A method of processing a message in a messaging service client device that has a user interface device includes with the messaging service client device, ascertaining a proposed recipient for a message entered by a user with the user interface device; determining a set of potential recipients for the message with the messaging service client device, the set of potential recipients including the proposed recipient; determining whether, among the set of potential recipients, the proposed recipient is a most likely recipient of the message; and responsive to a determination that the proposed recipient is not the most likely recipient, providing a notification to the user through the user interface device that the proposed recipient is not the most likely recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: James C. Brady, Fiona M. Crowther, Lucas W. Partridge
  • MESSAGE PROCESSING IN A MESSAGING SERVICE CLIENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090313343
    Abstract: A method of processing a message in a messaging service client device that has a user interface device includes with the messaging service client device, ascertaining a proposed recipient for a message entered by a user with the user interface device; determining a set of potential recipients for the message with the messaging service client device, the set of potential recipients including the proposed recipient; determining whether, among the set of potential recipients, the proposed recipient is a most likely recipient of the message; and responsive to a determination that the proposed recipient is not the most likely recipient, providing a notification to the user through the user interface device that the proposed recipient is not the most likely recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James C. Brady, Fiona M. Crowther, Lucas W. Partridge