Patents by Inventor MATTHEW R. ALEXANDER

MATTHEW R. ALEXANDER 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).

  • ENHANCING COLLABORATION IN REAL-TIME GROUP CHAT SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150244538
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for maintaining, between a plurality of participating computing devices, a collaboration session that includes a group instant messaging session within an object, wherein the plurality of participating computing devices includes a host computing device and one or more non-host computing devices in the group instant messaging session. A first sub-object of a plurality of sub-objects is generated within the object, wherein the first sub-object is rendered on the host computing device and the one or more non-host computing devices. Permission is assigned to the host computing device to edit content in the first sub-object, wherein the content in the first sub-object is rendered on the host computing device and the one or more non-host computing devices, and wherein the non-host computing devices are precluded from editing the content in the first sub-object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: MATTHEW R. ALEXANDER, Lisa M. Frankel, Yuhong Yin