Patents by Inventor Jodi L. Coppinger

Jodi L. Coppinger 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: 7900160
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for generating one or more menus having options that display insights from visualizations. The options presented in the menus enable users to determine relationships between elements of the visualization. The relationships may be displayed textually to enable user to navigate the menus using a keyboard, a text-to-voice converter, and/or pointers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Moody, Cynthia L. Ice, Douglas W. Conmy, Mary Elizabeth Raven, Jodi L. Coppinger, Francis D. Bermingham, Ram Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20100198819
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for extracting and maintaining in a virtual address book one or more electronic mail addresses from one or more of the various address fields (e.g., “From,” “To,” “Cc,” “Bcc”) of one or more e-mail messages either transmitted from or received at a predetermined network node (e.g., a client or server). Electronic mail addresses stored in the virtual address book may be made available to “auto-complete” capabilities utilized during the addressing of electronic mail messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Carl J. Kraenzel, Paul B. Moody, Daniel M. Gruen, Christof Lucking, Jodi L. Coppinger
  • Publication number: 20100199177
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for extracting and maintaining in a virtual address book one or more electronic mail addresses from one or more of the various address fields (e.g., “From,” “To,” “Cc,” “Bcc”) of one or more e-mail messages either transmitted from or received at a predetermined network node (e.g., a client or server). Electronic mail addresses stored in the virtual address book may be made available to “auto-complete” capabilities utilized during the addressing of electronic mail messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Carl J. Kraenzel, Paul B. Moody, Daniel M. Gruen, Christof Lucking, Jodi L. Coppinger
  • Patent number: 7747690
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for extracting and maintaining in a virtual address book one or more electronic mail addresses from one or more of the various address fields (e.g., “Fromm,” “To,” “Cc,” “Bcc”) of one or more e-mail messages either transmitted from or received at a predetermined network node (e.g., a client or server). Electronic mail addresses stored in the virtual address book may be made available to “auto-complete” capabilities utilized during the addressing of electronic mail messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Carl J. Kraenzel, Paul B. Moody, Daniel M. Gruen, Christof Lucking, Jodi L. Coppinger
  • Publication number: 20090171987
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to collaborative information object management and provide a method, system and computer program product for annotating collaborative information structures. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for annotating collaborative information structures can be provided. The method can include creating a collaborative information structure document (ISD) with each of an object section and an annotation section, adding a collaborative object in a collaborative computing environment to the object section of the collaborative ISD, adding an annotation for the collaborative ISD to the annotation section of the collaborative ISD, and storing the collaborative ISD for use as a collaborative object in the collaborative computing environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jodi L. Coppinger, Michael Muller, Andrew L. Schirmer
  • Publication number: 20080294727
    Abstract: The present invention relates to unsubscribing from notification of future messages in an existing message thread. A method for controlling user notification of future electronic mail (email) messages in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving an email message addressed to a user; determining if the email message belongs to an existing message thread; and in the case the email message belongs to an existing message thread, presenting the user with a selection of a plurality of options for controlling notification of future emails addressed to the user and belonging to the existing message thread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Paul B. Moody, Jodi L. Coppinger, Niklas Heidloff, Michael R. O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20080270935
    Abstract: A system is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Martin M. WATTENBERG, Jodi L. Coppinger, Bernard J. Kerr, Darrell J. Loverin, Paul B. Moody
  • Patent number: 7421664
    Abstract: A system and method is provided to assist a user in selecting, identifying, and handling email messages. A selection color module may provide for the display of color coding and selection highlighting. The selection color module may provide a secondary highlighting color to indicate messages related to a selected message. A category navigation module may provide one or more of the following: an indicator that provides the user with a number of items that are off the screen for a particular category, a command that causes the first entry for a category to be scrolled into view, a label to indicate the number of items in a particular category matching a particular criteria, and/or a control for scrolling between next or previous categories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Martin M. Wattenberg, Jodi L. Coppinger, Bernard J. Kerr, Darrell J. Loverin, Paul B. Moody