Patents by Inventor Samir B. Mehta

Samir B. Mehta 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: 10452763
    Abstract: Instant messaging, also known as chat, is integrated with electronic mail in a user interface that provides for automatic completion of recipient names or addresses, such as email addresses or chat addresses, as a user types characters of the name or address when addressing a message. The automatic completion feature displays a list of matches, which are names or addresses in, for example, the user's online contact list, that match the characters the user types. The matches list may contain names or addresses for multiple different communication methods. The user may then select one of the names or addresses to compose a message to be sent to the selected name or address. A user interface is then provided for composing a message to be sent to the selected name or address using the communication protocol associated with the selected name or address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OATH INC.
    Inventors: Greg A. Rosenberg, Kevin R. Johnston, Samir B. Mehta
  • Patent number: 7756936
    Abstract: Instant messaging, also known as chat, is integrated with electronic mail in a user interface that provides for conversion of messages between electronic mail (email) and instant messaging. A user interface is provided for allowing a user who is composing an email message to convert the message to a chat message. The chat message will include any content that was present in the electronic mail message, and the user can continue to compose the chat message, and then send it to a chat address determined automatically from the email address of the original email message. Notifications are provided that indicate when chat users have logged on to or logged off from the chat service. These notifications assist a user composing a message to select the most appropriate communication method based upon the current online presence of the intended recipient. A user interface for converting messages in the opposite direction, from chat to email, is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Greg A. Rosenberg, James P. Kenney, Ethan H. Diamond, Samir B. Mehta
  • Publication number: 20090083382
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a method for dynamically generating online contacts for an instant messaging (IM) environment in response to receiving login information from a user is provided. The method includes receiving at least one predetermined core IM contact associated with the user at a core IM server, and receiving a query for a presence status of at least one predetermined e-mail contact associated with the user from an e-mail application. A presence status is determined for the at least one predetermined core IM contact and the at least one predetermined e-mail contact. After returning the determined presence status of the at least one predetermined core IM contact for consolidating with the determined presence status of the at least one e-mail contact. An online presence contact list is generated using the determined presence status of the at least one IM contact and the at least one e-mail contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: YAHOO! INC.
    Inventors: Greg A. Rosenberg, Samir B. Mehta, Ethan H. Diamond
  • Publication number: 20080222256
    Abstract: Instant messaging, also known as chat, is integrated with electronic mail in a user interface that provides for automatic completion of recipient names or addresses, such as email addresses or chat addresses, as a user types characters of the name or address when addressing a message. The automatic completion feature displays a list of matches, which are names or addresses in, for example, the user's online contact list, that match the characters the user types. The matches list may contain names or addresses for multiple different communication methods. The user may then select one of the names or addresses to compose a message to be sent to the selected name or address. A user interface is then provided for composing a message to be sent to the selected name or address using the communication protocol associated with the selected name or address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Greg A. Rosenberg, Kevin R. Johnston, Samir B. Mehta
  • Publication number: 20080208984
    Abstract: Instant messaging, also known as chat, is integrated with electronic mail in a user interface that provides for conversion of messages between electronic mail (email) and instant messaging. A user interface is provided for allowing a user who is composing an email message to convert the message to a chat message. The chat message will include any content that was present in the electronic mail message, and the user can continue to compose the chat message, and then send it to a chat address determined automatically from the email address of the original email message. Notifications are provided that indicate when chat users have logged on to or logged off from the chat service. These notifications assist a user composing a message to select the most appropriate communication method based upon the current online presence of the intended recipient. A user interface for converting messages in the opposite direction, from chat to email, is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Greg A. Rosenberg, James P. Kenney, Ethan H. Diamond, Samir B. Mehta