Patents by Inventor Rory A. Apperson

Rory A. Apperson 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).

  • Patent number: 8719238
    Abstract: Users of an office-based computer system are prompted to check in upon system login. An office notification message is created that includes a recipient group and an expiration. The notification message is sent only to checked-in members of the recipient group. After the notification message expires, it is deleted from the recipients' mailboxes. A reply message may be created by a notification message recipient and sent to the recipients of the original notification message. The reply message inherits the expiration of the original notification message and is deleted upon expiration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
    Inventors: Monroe Horn, Rory A. Apperson, Andrei S. MacKenzie
  • Publication number: 20110119102
    Abstract: A workflow system provides role-specific console programs that display information for working attorneys, covering attorneys, paralegals and others. The system enables a working attorney's workflow items to be covered by another attorney, without intermingling display of “to do” items belonging to the covering attorney with “to do” items belonging to the working attorney. Another aspect of the system enables automatically attaching documents that are relevant to a workflow item to an e-mail message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: SUNSTEIN KANN MURPHY & TIMBERS LLP
    Inventors: Monroe Horn, Rory Apperson
  • Publication number: 20100185665
    Abstract: Users of an office-based computer system are prompted to check in upon system login. An office notification message is created that includes a recipient group and an expiration. The notification message is sent only to checked-in members of the recipient group. After the notification message expires, it is deleted from the recipients' mailboxes. A reply message may be created by a notification message recipient and sent to the recipients of the original notification message. The reply message inherits the expiration of the original notification message and is deleted upon expiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: SUNSTEIN KANN MURPHY & TIMBERS LLP
    Inventors: Monroe Horn, Rory A. Apperson, Andrei S. MacKenzie