Patents by Inventor JAMES C. GROUND, JR.

JAMES C. GROUND, JR. 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).

  • SETTING, VISUALIZING AND PREDICTING AN AVAILABILITY STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A MESSAGING APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20180077090
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for determining and providing an availability status of an individual in a messaging application are provided. Aspects include obtaining historical usage data for the individual for the messaging application, obtaining location data, activity data and calendar data for the individual, and calculating a current availability status for the individual based on the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data. Aspects also include calculating a predicted future availability status for the individual based on the historical usage data, the location data, the activity data and the calendar data and providing the current availability status and the predicted future availability status to other users of the messaging application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: JAMES C. GROUND, JR., ROLANDO PEREZ, CHRISTOPHER A. ROBBINS