Patents by Inventor Lanness G. Robinson

Lanness G. Robinson 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 and method for sorting attachments in an integrated information management application
    Patent number: 8140534
    Abstract: A system and method to sort attachments in an integrated information management application. The system includes an email agent, and email repository, and an attachment engine. The email agent facilitates organization of email communications within the integrated information management application. The email repository is coupled to the email agent. The email repository stores a plurality of email files and a plurality of email attachments. The email attachments are associated with at least some of the email files. The attachment engine is coupled to the email agent. The attachment engine generates a list of the email attachments within the email repository for visual communication on a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhui Yang, Joseph M. Dennis, Lanness G. Robinson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING ATTACHMENTS IN AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATION
    Publication number: 20090037407
    Abstract: A system and method to sort attachments in an integrated information management application. The system includes an email agent, and email repository, and an attachment engine. The email agent facilitates organization of email communications within the integrated information management application. The email repository is coupled to the email agent. The email repository stores a plurality of email files and a plurality of email attachments. The email attachments are associated with at least some of the email files. The attachment engine is coupled to the email agent. The attachment engine generates a list of the email attachments within the email repository for visual communication on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chunhui Yang, Joseph M. Dennis, Lanness G. Robinson