Patents by Inventor Kieran Anthony Deegan

Kieran Anthony Deegan 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).

  • Propagation control system and method
    Patent number: 8230028
    Abstract: An email message that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is defined on a first client electronic device. A first set of downstream response rights is assigned, on the first client electronic device, to a first recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients. A second set of downstream response rights is assigned, on the first client electronic device, to a second recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients. The second set of downstream response rights is different from the first set of downstream response rights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Kieran Anthony Deegan, Edith Helen Stern, Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner
  • PROPAGATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100250686
    Abstract: An email message that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is defined on a first client electronic device. A first set of downstream response rights is assigned, on the first client electronic device, to a first recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients. A second set of downstream response rights is assigned, on the first client electronic device, to a second recipient chosen from the plurality of recipients. The second set of downstream response rights is different from the first set of downstream response rights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Kieran Anthony Deegan, Edith Helen Stern, Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner