Patents by Inventor Robert J. Kamper
Robert J. Kamper 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).
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Patent number: 10860784Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20190065450Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 9886428Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.Inventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20140082113Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 8606855Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: eBay Inc.Inventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20100100866Abstract: A computer implemented method for enabling an intelligent shared virtual whiteboard on an interconnected network of computers. An intelligent shared virtual whiteboard is hosted on a host computer. A user input is received from a remote client over a computer network. A representation of the user input is selected within a modeling language. The selected representation of the user input is stored on the host computer. The selected representation of the user input is displayed to all remote users of the intelligent shared virtual whiteboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Robert J. Kamper, Susan J. Smith
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Patent number: 7673006Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 7587596Abstract: A networked system includes multiple information handling systems (IHSs) that store personal user information such as name and contact information. The networked system automatically updates personal user information when one IHS communicates with another IHS. A first IHS stores personal user information associated with a first IHS user. A second IHS also stores the first user's personal information. The first IHS sends a first user information update to the second IHS if the first IHS determines that the first user information on the second IHS is not current. A digital certificate accompanies the update to indicate the authenticity of the information update to the second IHS.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20090083384Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2008Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20080263155Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2008Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 7437421Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationsInventors: Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20080250474Abstract: Writing a collaborative email document with hierarchical authorities including establishing a collaborative email document on an administrator's computer, identifying one or more signatories for the document, identifying one or more collaborators who are authorized to view and edit the document, providing to the collaborators copies of the document for viewing and editing, where the collaborators' copies reside on collaborators' computers, updating the copies of the document on collaborators' computers with revisions from the collaborators, and sending the collaborative email document from the administrator's computer to addressees when the document bears valid digital signatures from all signatories.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: INTRNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Kulvir S. Bhogal, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 7162526Abstract: Apparatus and methods for filtering content based on the accessibility of the content to a user are provided. The apparatus and methods make use of an evaluation tool that evaluates requested content for accessibility to users having special needs, such as handicapped or disabled users. The results of the evaluation are then compared to a user's designation of a required accessibility level to determine if the content is accessible to the user. If the results of the evaluation indicate that the content meets the user's required accessibility level, the content is provided to the user. If the evaluation indicates that the content does not meet the user's required accessibility level, the content is not provided to the user or a not accessible indicator is appended to the content. In a further embodiment, the content may be modified to make the content accessible to the user.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rabindranath Dutta, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 6952203Abstract: A method, program and system for enabling alternate input commands by means of a stylus associated with a personal digital assistant (PDA) are provided. The method comprises applying pressure to a pressure sensor on the stylus, which invokes an application on the PDA that interprets stylus input as equivalent to a right mouse click on a computer. In response to the stylus being touched to an object displayed by the PDA, the application opens a menu associated with that object, wherein the menu allows a user to initiate specified object functions and to change specified properties of the object. Invoking the application on the PDA is accomplished via a Bluetoothâ„¢ signal between the stylus and PDA.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2002Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dwip Banerjee, Rabindranath Dutta, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 6724370Abstract: A customizable touchscreen keyboard, and method, system, and computer program product for customizing the touchscreen keyboard is provided. In one embodiment, a data processing system receives customization characteristics from a user through the touchscreen interface. The data processing system then creates a customized touchscreen keyboard layout based on the customization characteristics and presents the customized touchscreen keyboard layout to a user. For example, the user may customize the keyboard such that the letters are presented in a U-shape with the letters arranged in alphabetical order, thus aiding a user in finding a desired letter. The user may later recustomize the keyboard if desired. Furthermore, the data processing system may reconfigure the keyboard based on past usage by the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rabindranath Dutta, Robert J. Kamper
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Patent number: 6654797Abstract: Apparatus and methods for server configuration using a removable storage device are provided. The apparatus and methods include coupling a removable storage device reader to a server and inserting a removable storage device into the reader. The removable storage device includes configuration data that is used to configure the server. When power is supplied to the server, the server performs a boot-up sequence that includes uploading the configuration data from the removable storage device. The same removable storage device reader may be used to configure a plurality of servers. That is, the removable storage device reader is capable of being easily moved and coupled to a plurality of servers one after the other. The user may make use of the same removable storage device or different removable storage devices for each of the plurality of servers.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20030128195Abstract: A method, program and system for enabling alternate input commands by means of a stylus associated with a personal digital assistant (PDA) are provided. The method comprises applying pressure to a pressure sensor on the stylus, which invokes an application on the PDA that interprets stylus input as equivalent to a right mouse click on a computer. In response to the stylus being touched to an object displayed by the PDA, the application opens a menu associated with that object, wherein the menu allows a user to initiate specified object functions and to change specified properties of the object. Invoking the application on the PDA is accomplished via a Bluetooth™ signal between the stylus and PDA.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dwip Banerjee, Rabindranath Dutta, Robert J. Kamper
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Publication number: 20020191492Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for determining time synchronization of a timing device is provided. Geographic position data is obtained from a device associated with the timing device. A current local time is calculated for a location of the device associated with the timing device based on the geographic position data. The timing device is then synchronized with the current local time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2001Publication date: December 19, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. Kamper, Larry Don Swofford
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Publication number: 20020152144Abstract: A method for annunciating performance of an investment vehicle within a plurality of investment vehicles in a market is provided. A current performance indication of the investment vehicle within the plurality of investment vehicles is received. The current performance indication of the investment vehicle is matched to a predetermined audible signature. The predetermined audible signature is then transmitted based on results of the matching.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Robert J. Kamper, Eyitope Oyinkan St. Matthew-Daniel, Larry Don Swofford
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Publication number: 20020149569Abstract: A customizable touchscreen keyboard, and method, system, and computer program product for customizing the touchscreen keyboard is provided. In one embodiment, a data processing system receives customization characteristics from a user through the touchscreen interface. The data processing system then creates a customized touchscreen keyboard layout based on the customization characteristics and presents the customized touchscreen keyboard layout to a user. For example, the user may customize the keyboard such that the letters are presented in a U-shape with the letters arranged in alphabetical order, thus aiding a user in finding a desired letter. The user may later recustomize the keyboard if desired. Furthermore, the data processing system may reconfigure the keyboard based on past usage by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2001Publication date: October 17, 2002Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rabindranath Dutta, Robert J. Kamper