Patents by Inventor Ned Bryant

Ned Bryant 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).

  • Automated recognition of individual awards via internal e-mail
    Patent number: 8171086
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for automatically recognizing employee achievements via enterprise e-mails is provided. In one embodiment, an enterprise e-mail server receives an e-mail from a sender within the enterprise. The enterprise e-mail server generates a recognition link to a dynamically generated web page, wherein the web page lists recognitions/awards information for the sender. The enterprise e-mail server also generates an icon link for an icon representing recognitions/awards received by the sender and appends the recognition link and the icon link into the e-mail. The e-mail with embedded web page and icon link is then relayed to the e-mail recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Slingshot, LLC
    Inventor: Ned Bryant
  • Automated Recognition of Employee Awards Via Internal E-Mail
    Publication number: 20080120384
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for automatically recognizing employee achievements via enterprise e-mails is provided. In one embodiment, an enterprise e-mail server receives an e-mail from a sender within the enterprise. The enterprise e-mail server generates a recognition link to a dynamically generated web page, wherein the web page lists recognitions/awards information for the sender. The enterprise e-mail server also generates an icon link for an icon representing recognitions/awards received by the sender and appends the recognition link and the icon link into the e-mail. The e-mail with embedded web page and icon link is then relayed to the e-mail recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Ned Bryant