Patents by Inventor Jill Wene Cheeks

Jill Wene Cheeks 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).

  • Patent number: 7607090
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for presenting data from a plurality of computer applications for display. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, can be implemented as follows. A graphical interface control to launch execution of a plurality of computer applications is provided on the computer desktop. In addition, one embodiment of the system includes first logic configured to display a launched first computer application within a first graphical window on the desktop. The first graphical window is capable of being positioned on the desktop by a user, where the positioning of the first graphical window is independent from the positioning of the graphical interface control. In some embodiments, the plurality of computer applications includes call center applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James M. McGlennon, Paige Amato Beckum, Lisa K. Sims, Richard Omanson, Robert Schumacher, Jill Wene Cheeks
  • Patent number: 7590945
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for managing user-sessions. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others, includes logic configured to display a user interface for initiating a command to launch a business application on a computer display of a user; logic configured to associate a launched business application with a user-session; logic configured to display business applications of an active session on the computer display; a first user interface control for allowing a user to select a particular business application of an inactive session; and logic configured to display the selected particular business application on the computer display with the business applications associated with the active session. Other systems and method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Lisa K. Sims, Damon Lockwood, Michael Levy, Richard Omanson, Robert Schumacher, Michael Murphy, Frank Germano, Jill Wene Cheeks