Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Bilansky

Mark Alan Bilansky 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: 20030172118
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing electronic mail messages from a post office protocol 3 server. Header information for electronic messages is retrieved on the post office protocol 3 server to form retrieved header information. An attribute file is updated in which the attribute file includes an indication of whether an electronic mail message has been read. The attribute file contains attributes on a per message basis in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. A mail list is presented on a display using the retrieved header information and the attribute file. Responsive to a selection of an electronic mail message from the mail list, the electronic mail message is retrieved and presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bilansky, David Stuart Klein, Diana Marie McGovern
  • Patent number: 6510465
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for communicating data and control information between two systems, each system including a communication protocol stack, such as an advanced program to program communication (APPC) protocol stack which includes an I/O interface layer with modules for OPEN, GET, PUT, UPDATE, RELEASE, DELETE, CLOSE, and an OPC interface to a serial optical bus. Dual control and data paths are established from, for example, a client system to a single agent on a target system, the control path including a protocol stack and a data path avoiding at least one layer of the protocol stack. Packets of control information for a given process are transferred on the control path, and packets of data information are transferred on the data path. Communications are sychronized so that the client and target systems send and receive communications packets on the same one of the two paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bilansky, Kevin Chuang-Chi Huang, James William Ryder, Edward James Stavana
  • Patent number: 5878225
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for communicating data and control information between two systems, each system including a communication protocol stack, such as an advanced program to program communication (APPC) protocol stack which includes an I/O interface layer with modules for OPEN, GET, PUT, UPDATE, RELEASE, DELETE, CLOSE, and an OPC interface to a serial optical bus. Dual control and data paths are established from, for example, a client system to a single agent on a target system, the control path including a protocol stack and a data path avoiding at least one layer of the protocol stack. Packets of control information for a given process are transferred on the control path, and packets of data information are transferred on the data path. Communications are sychronized so that the client and target systems send and receive communications packets on the same one of the two paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bilansky, Kevin Chuang-Chi Huang, James William Ryder, Edward James Stavana