Patents by Inventor Jane C. Mitchell

Jane C. Mitchell 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).

  • Restoration of a messaging application
    Patent number: 11061778
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided for restoring a device from a backup copy. If the device has a messaging application installed on the device, then a list of contacts for the messaging application on the device is extracted. A request is transmitted to each contact in the list of contacts, the request comprising a user id for the messaging application and a timestamp for the backup copy. One or more replies are received back from one or more of the contacts, each reply comprising messaging content, and the received messaging content is combined with content present in the messaging application on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jenny J. He, Jane C. Mitchell, Gwydion Tudur, Ernest Bartosevic
  • RESTORATION OF A MESSAGING APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20200233753
    Abstract: A computer implemented method is provided for restoring a device from a backup copy. If the device has a messaging application installed on the device, then a list of contacts for the messaging application on the device is extracted. A request is transmitted to each contact in the list of contacts, the request comprising a user id for the messaging application and a timestamp for the backup copy. One or more replies are received back from one or more of the contacts, each reply comprising messaging content, and the received messaging content is combined with content present in the messaging application on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jenny J. He, Jane C. Mitchell, Gwydion Tudur, Ernest Bartosevic