Patents by Inventor RamonaLisa P. Martinez

RamonaLisa P. Martinez 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).

  • Method and apparatus for unified, pre-addressed, context-sensitive reporting
    Patent number: 6381711
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for reporting a context-sensitive comment to a pre-addressed destination is described. The method comprises the steps of invoking a help module from a software application, invoking a reporting module from the help module or directly from the software application, reading software application context information from the software application, presenting a user dialog based on the software application context information, accepting a comment in an input field in the user dialog, and transmitting the user report to a destination. The article of manufacture comprises a data storage device tangibly embodying instructions to perform the method steps described above. The apparatus comprises a reporting module for reading the software application context information and for presenting a user dialog with an input box for user comments, and a device for transmitting the user report to a destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alice Chiang, RamonaLisa P. Martinez, Sheila I. Sholars