Patents by Inventor Joseph A. O'Sullivan
Joseph A. O'Sullivan 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).
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Patent number: 9536230Abstract: An indication of a meeting being scheduled between a plurality of attendees is received. A first one of the attendees is designated an owner of the meeting. Ownership privileges for the meeting are associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees. The ownership privileges associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees are associated based upon, at least in part, a social network defined for the owner of the meeting.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Liam Harpur, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
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Patent number: 9495664Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for delivering content in an electronic meeting. An electronic meeting is associated with a calendar appointment. Content associated with the electronic meeting is identified. A portion of the content is provided to a computing device associated with a user based upon, at least in part, receiving an indication that the user intends to participate in the electronic meeting, wherein the indication is associated with the calendar appointment.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Stephen W. Cole, Jo Ann Jordan, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Stephen Ryan, Jolene Rowlands Staruch
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Patent number: 9477947Abstract: Functionality can be implemented in email applications to allow sent messages to be updated, even if the sent messages have been read. When a request to update a sent message is received, a message update unit can update information in the message according to the notification. The message update unit can notify a recipient that the message was updated, and can indicate changed information in the sent message. The message update unit can also determine if the sent message has been forwarded, and forward the update notification to other recipients.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Colm Farrell, Liam Harpur, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Hema Srikanth
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Patent number: 9479895Abstract: A location of a first mobile device associated with a first user is determined, and a location of a second mobile device associated with a second user is determined. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined, and a proximity of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device is determined. A location-oriented data service is provided to at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Edith Helen Stern, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner
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Patent number: 9467808Abstract: A system and method is described herein for managing power consumption by a plurality of sensors in a proximity-based ad hoc network. The system and method receives sensor data that is provided from a plurality of sensors and constructs a proximity-based ad hoc network among the plurality of sensors based on the sensor data. The system and method also receives and analyzes power status information from each sensor in a group of spatially and temporally proximate sensors in the proximity-based ad hoc network. Based on the analysis, the system and method then modifies a manner in which at least one sensor in the group provides sensor data.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Marc E. Davis, Joseph O'Sullivan, Christopher Paretti, Christopher W. Higgins
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Patent number: 9424559Abstract: A calendar event that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is generated. At least one of the plurality of recipients is designated as a first annotation recipient. A first annotation is associated with the calendar event, the first annotation addressed to the first annotation recipient.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Robert Cameron Weir, Carol Sue Zimmet
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Patent number: 9392233Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
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Patent number: 9392234Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
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Patent number: 9350733Abstract: A method and system for emergency server access to offline users may include one or more computing devices receiving a request for offline access of data. The request for offline access of data may contain information to identify the offline user and specific data. An action to provide the specific data may be determined responsive to the identification of the offline user. The action may be executed responsive to the determination. The specific data may be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner
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Patent number: 9317838Abstract: An indication of a meeting being scheduled between a plurality of attendees is received. A first one of the attendees is designated an owner of the meeting. Ownership privileges for the meeting are associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees. The ownership privileges associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees are associated based upon, at least in part, an organizational structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Liam Harpur, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet, Daniel Terlizzi
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Patent number: 9300606Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for identifying experts is described. An indication of a subject matter area associated with a user is received. A list of experts regarding the subject matter area is determined based upon, at least in part, identifying one or more members included in one or more contact rosters associated with the user. A set of experts, included in the list of experts, that are available for instant messaging communication, is identified. A portion of the list of experts is provided to the user in the context of an instant messaging application associated with the user.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Judith H. Bank, Liam Harpur, Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Lin Sun
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Publication number: 20160084670Abstract: A system and method for determination and display of personalized distance. A request is received for the determination of a personalized distance over a network, wherein the request comprises an identification of a requesting user, and a plurality of real world entities comprising at least a starting location and an ending location. At least one route is determined between the first location and the second location. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network. A personalized distance is calculated via the network between the first location and the second location using spatial, temporal, topical, and social data relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route. A representation of the personalized distance calculated for the route is displayed on a display medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Chris Kalaboukis, Christopher W. Higgins, Marc Davis, Joseph O'Sullivan, Athellina Athsani, Ronald Martinez, Christopher T. Paretti
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Patent number: 9286599Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for redacting content in online meetings is described. A method may comprise receiving, via one or more computing devices, a selected portion of content to redact in a first online meeting. The method may further comprise determining, via the one or more computing devices, if a participant of the first online meeting is in an un-trusted location. The method may additionally comprise, in response to determining that the participant of the first online meeting is in the un-trusted location, redacting, via the one or more computing devices, the selected portion of content from content available to the participant in the first online meeting.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Mark Crosbie, Juan Galiana Lara, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette Suzanne Hoag Riffe
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Patent number: 9262764Abstract: A brand engine receives a request from a user device operated by a first user to display user information of a second user. User information of the first user is mapped to at least the user information of the second user by the brand engine. The mapping may map the user information of the first user to user information of further users in a social network. The mapping may map of any combination of spatial, temporal, social, and topical data related to the users. A modified representation of received content is generated by the brand engine based on the mapping. The modified representation is transmitted to the user device. The user device displays the modified representation for the first user. The modified representation of the received content may include any combination of filtered and/or sorted content items, recommended content items, and/or modified content items.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: YAHOO! INC.Inventors: Robert C. Trout, Christopher Higgins, Joseph O'Sullivan, Marc E. Davis, Ronald G. Martinez
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Patent number: 9230546Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for voice content transcription during collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise receiving an indication to provide one or more real-time voice content-to-text content transcriptions to a first collaboration session participant. The one or more real-time voice content-to-text content transcriptions may correspond to voice content of a second collaboration session participant in one or more collaboration sessions including the first collaboration session participant and the second collaboration session participant.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Hong Bing Zhang
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Patent number: 9222780Abstract: A system and method for determination and display of personalized distance. A request is received for the determination of a personalized distance over a network, wherein the request comprises an identification of a requesting user, and a plurality of real world entities comprising at least a starting location and an ending location. At least one route is determined between the first location and the second location. Spatial, temporal, topical, and social data available to the network relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route is retrieved using a global index of data available to the network. A personalized distance is calculated via the network between the first location and the second location using spatial, temporal, topical, and social data relating to the requesting user and each real world entity and the route. A representation of the personalized distance calculated for the route is displayed on a display medium.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.Inventors: Chris Kalaboukis, Christopher W. Higgins, Marc Davis, Joseph O'Sullivan, Athellina Athsani, Ronald Martinez, Christopher T. Paretti
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Patent number: 9219765Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a remote computer device, a response time goal selected by an end user. The response time goal includes an interval when a next payload is to be received at a local computer device from the remote computer device. The remote computer device dynamically adjusts content of the next payload to be delivered to the local computer device based on the response time goal selected by the end user to allow the content of the next payload to be received at the local computer device within the response time goal selected by the end user.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2012Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
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Patent number: 9210255Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for a quality-of-service history database is described. Quality-of-service information associated with a first participant in a first electronic call is determined. The quality-of-service information is stored in a quality-of-service history database. A likelihood of quality-of-service issues associated with a second electronic call is determined, wherein determining the likelihood of quality-of-service issues includes mining the quality-of-service history database.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jonathan Dunne, James Patrick Galvin, Jr., Shailendra Maheshwari, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan
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Patent number: 9167019Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for establishing a Voice over IP (VoIP) session. One or more computing devices initiate the VoIP session between a plurality of devices. A first communication channel is established as an active channel for a first computing device of the plurality of devices, where the active channel is fully enabled for use by the first computing device. A second communication channel is established as a passive channel for the first computing device while maintaining the active channel, where the passive channel is at least partially enabled for use by the first computing device.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
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Patent number: 9160780Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for establishing a Voice over IP (VoIP) session. One or more computing devices initiate the VoIP session between a plurality of devices. A first communication channel is established as an active channel for a first computing device of the plurality of devices, where the active channel is fully enabled for use by the first computing device. A second communication channel is established as a passive channel for the first computing device while maintaining the active channel, where the passive channel is at least partially enabled for use by the first computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer