Patents by Inventor Judy J. Piper

Judy J. Piper 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).

  • Publication number: 20110137664
    Abstract: A method for providing schedule related information to external entities includes storing schedule data of a user on a server, the schedule data corresponding to a computerized calendar service; exposing, with the computerized calendar service, at least a portion of the schedule data to an entity other than the user; and enabling the entity to communicate an offer based on the schedule data to at least the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nancy Ellen Kho, Judy J. Piper, Mary Ellen Zurko
  • Patent number: 7958197
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees can include detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also can include matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists in that each of the entries in the table includes multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message. Finally, the method can include auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Rebecca Hughes, Nancy E. Kho, Jamie Liu, Judy J. Piper
  • Publication number: 20110099220
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for type-ahead processing for multiple different addressees can include detecting character input in an addressee field of a composition view of a messaging client executing in memory by a processor of a computer. The method also can include matching the detected character input to entries in a table of different lists in that each of the entries in the table includes multiple different addressees specified for a previously composed message. Finally, the method can include auto-completing the addressee field with a selected list of multiple different addressees matching the detected character input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rebecca Hughes, Nancy E. Kho, Jamie Liu, Judy J. Piper
  • Publication number: 20100169136
    Abstract: A dynamically developed social networking group is defined within a collaborative platform. Information regarding one or more attributes of one or more members of the group is collected. Anonymized statistical data regarding the group is provided, based upon, at least in part, the information regarding one or more attributes of one or more members of the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: NANCY ELLEN KHO, REBECCA HUGHES, JAMIE LIU, JUDY J. PIPER, MARY ELLEN ZURKO