Patents by Inventor Regina S. McAuley

Regina S. McAuley 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 SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
    Publication number: 20080046512
    Abstract: A method for providing enhanced participation in a chat application is disclosed. The chat application allows an inviter to invite a guest, via a guest chat client, to participate in a conversation between the inviter via an inviter chat client and at least one participant via a participant chat client, the method including making available to the guest, by request of the inviter, a real-time view of the conversation from a perspective of the inviter. The real-time view of the conversation, from the perspective of the inviter, via the inviter chat client, comprises a connection absent the participant chat client. The making available to the guest the real-time view of the conversation from the perspective of the inviter comprises forwarding the conversation from the inviter chat client to the guest chat client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Angela Richards Jones, Kalena C. Kelly, Regina S. McAuley