Patents by Inventor K. Karl Renner

K. Karl Renner 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).

  • Location-based delivery rules
    Patent number: 9621377
    Abstract: Instant messaging (IM) entities may be invited to an electronic calendar event using an instant message. Selecting the IM entities as invitees to the event may include dragging and dropping names of the IM entities from a buddy list of an IM application to an event from an electronic calendar application, or vice versa. A method of inviting an entity to a calendar event includes providing a calendar event from a calendar application and recognizing, by the calendar application, an IM entity as an invitee to the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Groves, K. Karl Renner
  • BUDDY LIST-BASED SHARING OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20130067343
    Abstract: Instant messaging (IM) entities may be invited to an electronic calendar event using an instant message. Selecting the IM entities as invitees to the event may include dragging and dropping names of the IM entities from a buddy list of an IM application to an event from an electronic calendar application, or vice versa. A method of inviting an entity to a calendar event includes providing a calendar event from a calendar application and recognizing, by the calendar application, an IM entity as an invitee to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Groves, K. Karl Renner
  • BUDDY LIST-BASED SHARING OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT
    Publication number: 20130067342
    Abstract: Instant messaging (IM) entities may be invited to an electronic calendar event using an instant message. Selecting the IM entities as invitees to the event may include dragging and dropping names of the IM entities from a buddy list of an IM application to an event from an electronic calendar application, or vice versa. A method of inviting an entity to a calendar event includes providing a calendar event from a calendar application and recognizing, by the calendar application, an IM entity as an invitee to the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FACEBOOK, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Groves, K. Karl Renner