Patents by Inventor Mark F. Dudley

Mark F. Dudley 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).

  • Capturing, processing, managing, and reporting events of interest in virtual collaboration spaces
    Patent number: 8185587
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a collaboration space receives an identification of a computerized collaboration space that a user desires to monitor. The method receives, from the user, an identification of events of interest with respect to the collaboration space. The items within the collaboration space as well as the collaborator interaction with the collaboration space are monitored to identify occurrences of the events of interest, and the method records such occurrences of the events of interest. The method can simply output reports that summarize the occurrences of the events of interest. In addition, the method can receive, from a user, one or more queries regarding the occurrences of the events. In response to any such query, the method searches the stored occurrences of the events to produce a response to the query, and outputs the response to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventor: Mark F. Dudley
  • CAPTURING, PROCESSING, MANAGING, AND REPORTING EVENTS OF INTEREST IN VIRTUAL COLLABORATION
    Publication number: 20090234921
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a collaboration space receives an identification of a computerized collaboration space that a user desires to monitor. The method receives, from the user, an identification of events of interest with respect to the collaboration space. The items within the collaboration space as well as the collaborator interaction with the collaboration space are monitored to identify occurrences of the events of interest, and the method records such occurrences of the events of interest. The method can simply output reports that summarize the occurrences of the events of interest. In addition, the method can receive, from a user, one or more queries regarding the occurrences of the events. In response to any such query, the method searches the stored occurrences of the events to produce a response to the query, and outputs the response to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark F. Dudley