Patents by Inventor Patrick O. Sullivan

Patrick 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).

  • Publication number: 20070174104
    Abstract: A scheduling system is provided including a server running a scheduling application and a plurality of clients running replicas of the scheduling application. A user interface is presented to a client for creating a repeating calendar event. The user interface includes a field to designate candidates for a role in the calendar event and the server includes means for rotating candidates for roles in accordance with the rules designated in the user interface. The user interface also includes means for defining attributes for a repeating calendar event, and an invitation to invitees of the calendar event includes details of the attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Patrick O'Sullivan, Gary Denner
  • Publication number: 20070156501
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer-usable medium for scheduling a meeting, determining a set of policies for selecting a replacement meeting moderator if an original meeting moderator is not present in the meeting, specifying the a set of policies for reestablishing control of the meeting to the original meeting moderator when the original meeting moderator rejoins the meeting, deciding whether to implement a default policy or a custom policy as the set of policies. The default policy includes examining a user directory, establishing a hierarchy ranking of a collection of meeting members, where the original meeting moderator holds the highest rank, and designating a member of the collection of meeting members as a replacement meeting moderator, where the member holds a next highest rank in the hierarchy ranking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: David Ogle, Patrick O'Sullivan, Susan Shaye
  • Publication number: 20070156741
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to time card systems and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for computing employee work patterns through presence and place awareness. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for computing employee work patterns through presence and place awareness can be provided. In the method presence awareness data can be repeatedly collected for an employee already logged into a computing system. Subsequently, a time card can be generated for the employee based upon the repeatedly collected presence awareness data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20070124394
    Abstract: There is provided a system, method and computer program product for managing an email comprising a plurality of email boxes with corresponding email addresses; a first selector for selecting, in one email box, an email that has been sent to at least one addressee; a second selector for selecting an incorrect email address in the sent email corresponding to an incorrect addressee; a change service for changing, in the sent email, the incorrect address to the correct address; and a distributor for making the change service available to at least one recipient box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Colm Farrell, David Ogle, Patrick O'Sullivan, Hugh Smyth
  • Publication number: 20060271419
    Abstract: A system for prioritizing meeting attendees based on a scheduling user's perspective in an event scheduling system. The system provides a user interface for a scheduling user that enables them to prioritize individual prospective attendees, or groups of prospective attendees, in a way allows for easier evaluation by the scheduling user of a greater number of potential event times for a desired event, in situations where it may not be possible to establish an acceptable event time across all prospective attendees. The scheduling user can indicate a number N of priority levels, and the disclosed system operates to supply prospective event times relevant to each priority. Accordingly, where a scheduling user has assigned prospective attendees to priorities 1 through N, where priority 1 is the highest, the disclosed system would respond by simultaneously presenting to the scheduling user with N sets of prospective event times corresponding to the assigned priorities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventor: Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20060241998
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for visualizing multiple time zones can include a C&S application, an event schedule managed by the C&S application, and multiple time zone processing logic coupled to the C&S application. The multiple time zone processing logic can determine a time zone for each participant to a defined event. The multiple time zone processing logic further can render a user interface showing a local time in the determined time zone corresponding to a preferred time for the defined event for each the participant. For instance, the user interface can include an arrangement of juxtaposed time ranges for each participant, where the time ranges have a staggered appearance so that a local time for each of the time ranges corresponds to the preferred time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Rokosz, Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20060168529
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for the integrated management of in-person and e-meeting attendance. A system for the consolidated management of an attendance list for a hybrid meeting can include a collaborative bridge configured for coupling both to an in-person meeting and an e-meeting, a data store of integrated attendance, and attendance integration logic programmed to manage a consolidated attendance list in the data store for the in-person meeting and the e-meeting by accessing attendance information through the collaborative bridge. Notably, the in-person meeting can include a sensor coupled to the collaborative bridge and configured to detect a presence of tags affixed to participants to the in-person meeting to manage the attendance information for the in-person meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vaughn Rokosz, Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20060095570
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for collecting data processing system status information monitoring network communications with the data processing system to observe transaction(s) associated with the data processing system. The transaction(s) is analyzed to determine if the transaction(s) complies with a quality standard and a trigger is generated based on the analysis of the transaction(s). System status information is collected responsive to the generation of the trigger. The collection of system status information may be provided by collecting system status information so that collection of the system status information automatically time correlates the collected system status information with the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20060095569
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for collecting data processing system status information monitoring network communications with the data processing system to observe transaction(s) associated with the data processing system. The transaction(s) is analyzed to determine if the transaction(s) complies with a quality standard and a trigger is generated based on the analysis of the transaction(s). System status information is collected responsive to the generation of the trigger. The collection of system status information may be provided by collecting system status information so that collection of the system status information automatically time correlates the collected system status information with the trigger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 5823387
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for simultaneously dispensing a plurality of viscous materials, such as dentifrice pastes, produces a striped outer layer of a first material surrounding a core of a second viscous material. The apparatus includes a collapsible tube or pump-type dispenser containing a first viscous material and a second viscous material of a contrasting color in contact with the first material so that both materials are dispensed simultaneously. The tube or dispenser includes an outlet nozzle having a shaped outlet capable of scraping and removing a portion of the outer layer of viscous material to dispense the core material having stripes of the outer material. The nozzle is capable of forming a plurality of fine pin stripes on the core material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Yap Manadanas, James Michael Skaggs, Sean Patrick O'Sullivan, Christopher John Hedin
  • Patent number: 4403210
    Abstract: A brake light enhancer circuit which may be inserted into a conventional motor vehicle lighting system to provide a more eye catching braking or deceleration signal to following drivers. The circuit may be connected between the rear signal lamps, brake light switch and flasher in a conventional vehicle lilghting system. It may include a timer or pulse generator, a counter and a disable latch. In motor vehicles having a pair of left and right turn signal lamps and a pair of left and right brake lamps, closure of the brake light switch when the turn signal switch is in its neutral position will cause the brake lamps to flash on and off a predetermined number of times and to thereafter remain continuously illuminated. When the turn signal switch is moved to either its left or right turn position, the brake light enhancer circuit is disabled so that turn and brake light signals are conventional, thereby preventing confusion of following drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1983
    Assignee: P. Sully Co.
    Inventor: Patrick O. Sullivan