Patents by Inventor Philippa Mignon Rhodes

Philippa Mignon Rhodes 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: 8537976
    Abstract: A system and method for handling telephone call interruptions from a common telephone number or common user that provides the user with intelligent options to efficiently manage the interruption. The system is particularly efficient in handling interruptions that involve voicemail messages. The system identifies matches of outgoing calls to and incoming calls from common numbers and/or users and presents various options to the user to handle the call. These options include allowing the user to cancel or delete voicemail messages that are in progress while simultaneously accepting the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sheena Lewis, Kenya Freeman Oduor, Philippa Mignon Rhodes, Ellen J. Yoffa
  • Publication number: 20130185206
    Abstract: An approach is provided to approving purchases made with a mobile device. In this approach, a purchase request relating to an item is received at the mobile device, with the purchase request including item data associated with the item. The item data is compared to a set of predetermined authorized criteria. If the item data falls within (meets) the predetermined authorized criteria, then a payment authorization is generated. On the other hand, if the item data not meet the predetermined authorized criteria, then a real-time interactive purchase request is sent from the device over a network to an authorizing agent with the purchase request including the item data. A response is received from the authorizing agent. If the response is a purchase approval, then the payment authorization is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jacquelle Dequan Leggett, Philippa Mignon Rhodes
  • Patent number: 8136037
    Abstract: A text document is parsed and re-ordered according to user-defined rules. The reordered text document is then presented to the user, thus requiring the user to read each section of the text document in a stand-alone manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Beth Marie Adams, Sheena Lewis, Kenya Freeman Oduor, Philippa Mignon Rhodes
  • Publication number: 20100017707
    Abstract: A text document is parsed and re-ordered according to user-defined rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: BETH MARIE ADAMS, SHEENA LEWIS, KENYA FREEMAN ODUOR, PHILIPPA MIGNON RHODES