Patents by Inventor Sueann Nichols

Sueann Nichols 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: 9798301
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time. Position coordinates are received from a plurality of entities. It is determined which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic. Environmental preferences are accessed for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame. The environmental characteristic of the physical zone is adjusted for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Barry A. Feigenbaum, Sueann Nichols, Holly H. Nielsen, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Publication number: 20140156103
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for automatically managing an environment for a physical zone over a period of time. Position coordinates are received from a plurality of entities. It is determined which of the entities will occupy the physical zone over a time frame, the physical zone including at least one environmental characteristic. Environmental preferences are accessed for the entities determined to occupy the physical zone for the time frame. The environmental characteristic of the physical zone is adjusted for the time frame based on the accessed environmental preferences for the entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Barry A. Feigenbaum, Sueann Nichols, Holly H. Nielsen, Elizabeth V. Woodward
  • Patent number: 6151623
    Abstract: A software intelligent Agent, and rules provided thereto by a user, screen and process data objects, for example an e-mail message, in accordance with said rules. Actions taken by the Agent to process a data object in accordance with rules associated with the object are entered into an activity record and the activity record is injected into the body of the data object, for example pre-pended into an e-mail message as the first body part of the message. This obviates the need for a user to remember the rules or to remember what actions were taken by the Agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Colin George Harrison, Richard Spagna, Sueann Nichols