Patents by Inventor John Christopher Scott

John Christopher Scott 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).

  • System, method and program for facilitating an electronic chat session
    Patent number: 7702731
    Abstract: Computer system, method and program product for facilitating a chat session. An icon or a definition of the icon and a corresponding intelligent agent program are received at a workstation. In response, the workstation displays the icon in a chat session window. A selection of the icon is received during the chat session. In response, the workstation invokes the intelligent agent program. In response, the intelligent agent program obtains information about the workstation or information about a participant in the chat session at the workstation and automatically renders the information in the chat session at the workstation. In response to a request to send the rendered information to other participants in the chat session at other workstations, the rendered information is automatically sent to the other participants in the chat session at the other workstations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Steven Lingafelt, John Christopher Scott
  • System, method and program for facilitating an electronic chat session
    Publication number: 20080046515
    Abstract: Computer system, method and program product for facilitating a chat session. An icon or a definition of the icon and a corresponding intelligent agent program are received at a workstation. In response, the workstation displays the icon in a chat session window. A selection of the icon is received during the chat session. In response, the workstation invokes the intelligent agent program. In response, the intelligent agent program obtains information about the workstation or information about a participant in the chat session at the workstation and automatically renders the information in the chat session at the workstation. In response to a request to send the rendered information to other participants in the chat session at other workstations, the rendered information is automatically sent to the other participants in the chat session at the other workstations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Steven Lingafelt, John Christopher Scott