Patents by Inventor Michael Schimko

Michael Schimko 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).

  • Patent number: 7509385
    Abstract: A method of creating an electronic message from a sender to a recipient suggests a salutation. The method may search for the recipient in the sender's address book for an address book salutation, e-mail folders for an e-mail salutation, chat logs for a chat salutation, and/or organization directory for a hierarchical salutation. If the method finds at least one of the address book salutation, the e-mail salutation, the chat salutation, or the hierarchical salutation, the method suggests a salutation to the sender. If the method cannot determine the address book salutation, the e-mail salutation, the chat salutation, and the method attempts to deduce a name of the recipient. If the method fails to deduce the name of the recipient, the method suggests a default salutation. If the method deduces the name of the recipient, the method attempts to deduce a country of residence for the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kathrin Rittmeyer, Michael Schimko, Sebastian Thomschke