Patents by Inventor Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan

Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan 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).

  • System and method for creating user-specific directory
    Patent number: 9582597
    Abstract: A system and method for generating user-centric directories including analyzing a plurality of relationships of a user. A contact directory for the user is defined based upon the plurality of relationships of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern
  • Context-informed summarization of communications
    Patent number: 9576276
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for context-informed summarization is described. A method may comprise determining, via a computing device, a context of a communication. The method may further comprise determining, via the computing device, a summarization attribute for the communication based upon, at least in part, the context of the communication. The method may also comprise creating a summary of the communication based upon, at least in part, the summarization attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Edith Helen Stern, Liam Harpur, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Barry E. Willner
  • RETROSPECTIVE CHANGING OF PREVIOUSLY SENT MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20170041281
    Abstract: Functionality can be implemented in email applications to allow sent messages to be updated, even if the sent messages have been read. When a request to update a sent message is received, a message update unit can update information in the message according to the notification. The message update unit can notify a recipient that the message was updated, and can indicate changed information in the sent message. The message update unit can also determine if the sent message has been forwarded, and forward the update notification to other recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Colm Farrell, Liam Harpur, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Hema Srikanth
  • Managing calendaring events
    Patent number: 9536230
    Abstract: An indication of a meeting being scheduled between a plurality of attendees is received. A first one of the attendees is designated an owner of the meeting. Ownership privileges for the meeting are associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees. The ownership privileges associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees are associated based upon, at least in part, a social network defined for the owner of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Liam Harpur, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Delivering electronic meeting content
    Patent number: 9495664
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for delivering content in an electronic meeting. An electronic meeting is associated with a calendar appointment. Content associated with the electronic meeting is identified. A portion of the content is provided to a computing device associated with a user based upon, at least in part, receiving an indication that the user intends to participate in the electronic meeting, wherein the indication is associated with the calendar appointment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen W. Cole, Jo Ann Jordan, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Stephen Ryan, Jolene Rowlands Staruch
  • Location-oriented services
    Patent number: 9479895
    Abstract: A location of a first mobile device associated with a first user is determined, and a location of a second mobile device associated with a second user is determined. A relationship between the first user and the second user is determined, and a proximity of the first mobile device relative to the second mobile device is determined. A location-oriented data service is provided to at least one of the first mobile device and the second mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edith Helen Stern, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner
  • Retrospective changing of previously sent messages
    Patent number: 9477947
    Abstract: Functionality can be implemented in email applications to allow sent messages to be updated, even if the sent messages have been read. When a request to update a sent message is received, a message update unit can update information in the message according to the notification. The message update unit can notify a recipient that the message was updated, and can indicate changed information in the sent message. The message update unit can also determine if the sent message has been forwarded, and forward the update notification to other recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colm Farrell, Liam Harpur, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Hema Srikanth
  • Annotation of communications
    Patent number: 9424559
    Abstract: A calendar event that is addressed to a plurality of recipients is generated. At least one of the plurality of recipients is designated as a first annotation recipient. A first annotation is associated with the calendar event, the first annotation addressed to the first annotation recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Robert Cameron Weir, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • System and method for combined meeting recording
    Patent number: 9392233
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • System and method for combined meeting recording
    Patent number: 9392234
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a recording of a meeting including receiving a respective recording of a meeting from each of a plurality of client devices. A preferred quality recording associated with each of a plurality of meeting portions is identified. The preferred quality recording associated with each of the plurality of meeting portions may be autonomically combined into a single recording representative of the meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • Emergency server access for offline users
    Patent number: 9350733
    Abstract: A method and system for emergency server access to offline users may include one or more computing devices receiving a request for offline access of data. The request for offline access of data may contain information to identify the offline user and specific data. An action to provide the specific data may be determined responsive to the identification of the offline user. The action may be executed responsive to the determination. The specific data may be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner
  • System and method for managing calendaring events
    Patent number: 9317838
    Abstract: An indication of a meeting being scheduled between a plurality of attendees is received. A first one of the attendees is designated an owner of the meeting. Ownership privileges for the meeting are associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees. The ownership privileges associated with at least a second one of the meeting attendees are associated based upon, at least in part, an organizational structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Liam Harpur, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet, Daniel Terlizzi
  • Expert availability identification
    Patent number: 9300606
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for identifying experts is described. An indication of a subject matter area associated with a user is received. A list of experts regarding the subject matter area is determined based upon, at least in part, identifying one or more members included in one or more contact rosters associated with the user. A set of experts, included in the list of experts, that are available for instant messaging communication, is identified. A portion of the list of experts is provided to the user in the context of an instant messaging application associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Judith H. Bank, Liam Harpur, Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Lin Sun
  • Redacting content in online meetings
    Patent number: 9286599
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for redacting content in online meetings is described. A method may comprise receiving, via one or more computing devices, a selected portion of content to redact in a first online meeting. The method may further comprise determining, via the one or more computing devices, if a participant of the first online meeting is in an un-trusted location. The method may additionally comprise, in response to determining that the participant of the first online meeting is in the un-trusted location, redacting, via the one or more computing devices, the selected portion of content from content available to the participant in the first online meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Crosbie, Juan Galiana Lara, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Annette Suzanne Hoag Riffe
  • Voice content transcription during collaboration sessions
    Patent number: 9230546
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for voice content transcription during collaboration sessions is described. A method may comprise receiving an indication to provide one or more real-time voice content-to-text content transcriptions to a first collaboration session participant. The one or more real-time voice content-to-text content transcriptions may correspond to voice content of a second collaboration session participant in one or more collaboration sessions including the first collaboration session participant and the second collaboration session participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern, Barry E. Willner, Hong Bing Zhang
  • End user QoS selection
    Patent number: 9219765
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a remote computer device, a response time goal selected by an end user. The response time goal includes an interval when a next payload is to be received at a local computer device from the remote computer device. The remote computer device dynamically adjusts content of the next payload to be delivered to the local computer device based on the response time goal selected by the end user to allow the content of the next payload to be received at the local computer device within the response time goal selected by the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ruthie D. Lyle, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Fred Raguillat, Carol Sue Zimmet
  • Social quality-of-service database
    Patent number: 9210255
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system for a quality-of-service history database is described. Quality-of-service information associated with a first participant in a first electronic call is determined. The quality-of-service information is stored in a quality-of-service history database. A likelihood of quality-of-service issues associated with a second electronic call is determined, wherein determining the likelihood of quality-of-service issues includes mining the quality-of-service history database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Dunne, James Patrick Galvin, Jr., Shailendra Maheshwari, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan
  • System and method for establishing a voice over IP session
    Patent number: 9167019
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for establishing a Voice over IP (VoIP) session. One or more computing devices initiate the VoIP session between a plurality of devices. A first communication channel is established as an active channel for a first computing device of the plurality of devices, where the active channel is fully enabled for use by the first computing device. A second communication channel is established as a passive channel for the first computing device while maintaining the active channel, where the passive channel is at least partially enabled for use by the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • System and method for establishing a voice over IP session
    Patent number: 9160780
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for establishing a Voice over IP (VoIP) session. One or more computing devices initiate the VoIP session between a plurality of devices. A first communication channel is established as an active channel for a first computing device of the plurality of devices, where the active channel is fully enabled for use by the first computing device. A second communication channel is established as a passive channel for the first computing device while maintaining the active channel, where the passive channel is at least partially enabled for use by the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Chelsea Christine Beerse, Arno Denne, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Jeffrey B. Sloyer
  • System and method for collaboration
    Patent number: 9152950
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for receiving notification of a first user response message concerning an email message received from a sender; receiving notification of a second user response message concerning the email message received from the sender; and providing the first and second users with one or more statistics concerning the email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Cameron Weir, Barry E. Willner, Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Edith Helen Stern