Patents by Inventor Susan Marie Williams
Susan Marie Williams 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: 8286299Abstract: A handheld canister vacuum cleaner device includes a canister assembly with a canister having a hollow interior and a suction-producing subassembly mounted on the canister that sucks air from the hollow interior. An attachment-coupling component is provided on the canister that serves to hold a vacuuming attachment on the canister while coupling the vacuuming attachment in fluid communication with the hollow interior of the canister. The attachment-coupling component holds the vacuuming attachment pivotally so that a user can pivot the vacuuming attachment relative to the canister to multiple user-selected angles for operating convenience. Preferably, the attachment-coupling component includes a ball-and-socket arrangement that includes a ball-shaped portion of the attachment-coupling component held pivotally by a socket-shaped component on the canister so that the user can pivot the attachment-coupling component to and lock it in place at a desired one of multiple pivotal positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Inventors: Danny Patrick Williams, Susan Marie Williams
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Patent number: 8019821Abstract: A method to dynamically create an adaptive distribution list through an application of a combination of mathematical, logical and/or programmable operations to existing static distribution lists or user directories. This list is created as part of the information message sent to the entries on the distribution list. In this invention, the user or sender does not need to interface with the Group creation modification tool. Another feature of the invention is that the newly created distribution lists can be temporarily or permanently saved as designed by the sender. This invention eliminates the need to separately create distribution and then send messages to the entries on the distribution list.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Susan Marie Williams
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Patent number: 7962506Abstract: A system in which an initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the entries in the created distribution list are examined. From this list, features of the entries are identified. From these features, criteria are generated that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Keith Raymond Walker, Susan Marie Williams
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Publication number: 20110055344Abstract: A system in which an initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the entries in the created distribution list are examined. From this list, features of the entries are identified. From these features, criteria are generated that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Keith Raymond Walker, Susan Marie Williams
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Patent number: 7895278Abstract: An initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the method of the present invention examines the entries in the created distribution list. From this list, the invention identifies features of the entries. From these features, the method generates criteria that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Keith Raymond Walker, Susan Marie Williams
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Patent number: 7836068Abstract: An initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the method of the present invention examines the entries in the created distribution list. From this list, the invention identifies features of the entries. From these features, the method generates criteria that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Keith Raymond Walker, Susan Marie Williams
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Publication number: 20100186188Abstract: A handheld canister vacuum cleaner device includes a canister assembly with a canister having a hollow interior and a suction-producing subassembly mounted on the canister that sucks air from the hollow interior. An attachment-coupling component is provided on the canister that serves to hold a vacuuming attachment on the canister while coupling the vacuuming attachment in fluid communication with the hollow interior of the canister. The attachment-coupling component holds the vacuuming attachment pivotally so that a user can pivot the vacuuming attachment relative to the canister to multiple user-selected angles for operating convenience. Preferably, the attachment-coupling component includes a ball-and-socket arrangement that includes a ball-shaped portion of the attachment-coupling component held pivotally by a socket-shaped component on the canister so that the user can pivot the attachment-coupling component to and lock it in place at a desired one of multiple pivotal positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Danny Patrick Williams, Susan Marie Williams
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Publication number: 20090182820Abstract: An initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the method of the present invention examines the entries in the created distribution list. From this list, the invention identifies features of the entries. From these features, the method generates criteria that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2008Publication date: July 16, 2009Inventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Keith Raymond Walker, Susan Marie Williams
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Publication number: 20090113446Abstract: A method to dynamically create an adaptive distribution list through an application of a combination of mathematical, logical and/or programmable operations to existing static distribution lists or user directories. This list is created as part of the information message sent to the entries on the distribution list. In this invention, the user or sender does not need to interface with the Group creation modification tool. Another feature of the invention is that the newly created distribution lists can be temporarily or permanently saved as designed by the sender. This invention eliminates the need to separately create distribution and then send messages to the entries on the distribution list.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Susan Marie Williams
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Publication number: 20090094244Abstract: An initial distribution list is dynamically modified using criteria determined from the current entries in the list. After an originator generates a distribution list and prior to submission of the message to entries on the generated list, the method of the present invention examines the entries in the created distribution list. From this list, the invention identifies features of the entries. From these features, the method generates criteria that can be used to generate additional entries that may be included in the list. In one approach, the generated criteria are presented to the user for review and approval. If the originator approves the criteria, the generated list is modified to add additional entries to the distribution based on the generated criteria. If the originator rejects the criteria, the initially generated list is submitted and the message is sent to the entries on the initial list.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2007Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Rick Allen Hamilton, Jenny S. Li, Brian Marshall O'Connell, Keith Raymond Walker, Susan Marie Williams
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Patent number: D613917Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2009Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Inventors: Danny Patrick Williams, Susan Marie Williams