Patents by Inventor Ramak Aflatooni

Ramak Aflatooni 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).

  • Limiting notification template modification based on user access levels
    Patent number: 8533228
    Abstract: Methods for modifying a notification template based on user access levels are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first request, from a first user having a first level of access, to modify a first parameter from a first state to a second state in a notification template, and receiving a second request, from a second user having a second level of access, to modify a second parameter in the notification template from a first state to a second state. The method also includes storing the modified notification template. When the modified notification template is retrieved from storage, the first parameter is in the second state for both the first user and the second user, and the second parameter is in the first state for the first user and the second state for the second user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Blackboard Connect Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Rinard, Ilana Ochman, Ramak Aflatooni
  • LIMITING NOTIFICATION TEMPLATE MODIFICATION BASED ON USER ACCESS LEVELS
    Publication number: 20130007143
    Abstract: Methods for modifying a notification template based on user access levels are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first request, from a first user having a first level of access, to modify a first parameter from a first state to a second state in a notification template, and receiving a second request, from a second user having a second level of access, to modify a second parameter in the notification template from a first state to a second state. The method also includes storing the modified notification template. When the modified notification template is retrieved from storage, the first parameter is in the second state for both the first user and the second user, and the second parameter is in the first state for the first user and the second state for the second user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BLACKBOARD CONNECT INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Ray RINARD, Ilana Ochman, Ramak Aflatooni