Patents by Inventor Michael Maiclein Howard

Michael Maiclein Howard 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: 20180351888
    Abstract: A plurality of methods are disclosed that may be performed in an electronic communication platform. According to one example method, notifications for electronic messages from a sender are controlled based on a user-assigned priority score for the sender. According to another example method, automatic acceptance of calendar event invitations is controlled based on a user-assigned priority score. In another example method, credits are awarded to users for completion of work tasks initiated in the electronic communication platform, and the credits are deducted from users for sending messages within the electronic communication platform and/or subscribing to feeds in the electronic communication platform. According to another example method, a recipient email address is disabled in response to actuation of a unsubscribe user interface element by a user, thereby preventing delivery of any additional messages to an inbox of the user from any sender. These, and other methods, are disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Maiclein Howard