Patents by Inventor Olivier Foncarnier

Olivier Foncarnier 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: 7707502
    Abstract: A method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. A method for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation includes: creating a first speaker notes file including a first plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among a plurality of slides of the slide presentation; creating a second speaker notes file including a second plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among the plurality of slides of the slide presentation, wherein the first and second speaker notes files are grouped in a speaker notes component; and creating links between the slide presentation and the first or second speaker notes file to allow a respective first or second speaker notes instance to be used in support of the one slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Beatrice Coulomb, Olivier Foncarnier, Carole Truntschka
  • Publication number: 20090216595
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for managing an individual meeting within a team. Exemplary embodiments include a method for managing individual meetings for all attendees of a team, the method including storing individual times slots for each attendee, determining a maximum number of time slots, for each available attendee saving a time slot count, for each time slot saving an eligible attendee count, allocating slots in which one attendee has a free time, setting remaining time slots as busy, decrementing an eligible attendee count and determining if the maximum number of time slots has been reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Beatrice Coulomb, Olivier Foncarnier, Gerard Mamigere, Carole Truntschka
  • Publication number: 20080189616
    Abstract: A method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. A method for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation includes: creating a first speaker notes file including a first plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among a plurality of slides of the slide presentation; creating a second speaker notes file including a second plurality of speaker notes instances to be used each respectfully in support of one slide among the plurality of slides of the slide presentation, wherein the first and second speaker notes files are grouped in a speaker notes component; and creating links between the slide presentation and the first or second speaker notes file to allow a respective first or second speaker notes instance to be used in support of the one slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Beatrice Coulomb, Olivier Foncarnier, Carole Truntschka
  • Patent number: 7380211
    Abstract: A system and method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. Preferably, the invention operates in a computer implemented slide presentation product. Particularly, a system for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation comprises means for creating a first speaker notes file including a first speaker notes instance to be used in support of one slide of the slide presentation and means for creating at least a second speaker notes file including a second speaker notes instance. Links are created between the slide presentation and the at least second speaker notes file to allow the at least second speaker notes instance to be used in support of the one slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Beatrice Coulomb, Olivier Foncarnier, Carole Truntschka
  • Patent number: 7136919
    Abstract: A system broadcast alarm messages from a server to a list of users among a plurality of multi-platform users sharing the server in a data transmission network which operates under Internet Protocol (IP) and uses the Java language. The system comprises a profile table containing the profiles of each user, a processing unit and a message sender enabling an administrator associated with the server to transmit alarm messages to the users of the list wherein the users have been selected by selecting profiles in the profile table. The alarm messages are displayed on the screen of the workstation associated with each selected user if this workstation is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Olivier Foncarnier
  • Publication number: 20050193323
    Abstract: A system and method for managing speaker notes in a slide presentation is disclosed. Preferably, the invention operates in a computer implemented slide presentation product. Particularly, a system for creating a plurality of speaker notes files to be used in support of a slide presentation comprises means for creating a first speaker notes file including a first speaker notes instance to be used in support of one slide of the slide presentation and means for creating at least a second speaker notes file including a second speaker notes instance. Links are created between the slide presentation and the at least second speaker notes file to allow the at least second speaker notes instance to be used in support of the one slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Beatrice Coulomb, Olivier Foncarnier, Carole Truntschka