Patents by Inventor Richard Blair Davies, Jr.

Richard Blair Davies, Jr. 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).

  • Automated relationship classification
    Patent number: 8346898
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for automatically classifying relationships in a social networking or email application is described. A method may comprise associating, via at least one of a client electronic device and a server computer, a first incoming communication type and a first outgoing communication type with a first contact group, and a second incoming communication type and a second outgoing communication type with a second contact group. The method may further comprise monitoring, via at least one of the client electronic device and the server computer, an incoming communication from a contact and an outgoing communication to the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jane B. Marcus, Richard Blair Davies, Jr., A. Julie Kadashevich
  • AUTOMATED RELATIONSHIP CLASSIFICATION
    Publication number: 20110161429
    Abstract: A method and computer program product for automatically classifying relationships in a social networking or email application is described. A method may comprise associating, via at least one of a client electronic device and a server computer, a first incoming communication type and a first outgoing communication type with a first contact group, and a second incoming communication type and a second outgoing communication type with a second contact group. The method may further comprise monitoring, via at least one of the client electronic device and the server computer, an incoming communication from a contact and an outgoing communication to the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: JANE B. MARCUS, Richard Blair Davies, JR., A. Julie Kadashevich