Patents by Inventor Tiffany B. Cross

Tiffany B. Cross 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).

  • Instant messaging exchange incorporating user-generated multimedia content
    Patent number: 8489696
    Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content created by a user of a first computerized messaging device to a user of a second computerized messaging device communicatively coupled to the first computerized messaging device by a network includes: displaying, with the second computerized messaging device, a textual instant messaging exchange between the user of the first computerized messaging device and the user of the second computerized messaging device; receiving the multimedia content at the second computerized messaging device over the network; and dynamically embedding a player for the multimedia content in-line in the display of the textual instant messaging exchange at the second messaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tiffany B. Cross, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Frank Lawrence Jania
  • Instant Messaging Exchange Incorporating User-generated Multimedia Content
    Publication number: 20110078251
    Abstract: A method for displaying multimedia content created by a user of a first computerized messaging device to a user of a second computerized messaging device communicatively coupled to the first computerized messaging device by a network includes: displaying, with the second computerized messaging device, a textual instant messaging exchange between the user of the first computerized messaging device and the user of the second computerized messaging device; receiving the multimedia content at the second computerized messaging device over the network; and dynamically embedding a player for the multimedia content in-line in the display of the textual instant messaging exchange at the second messaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiffany B. Cross, Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Frank Lawrence Jania
  • Continual Reorganization of Ordered Search Results Based on Current User Interaction
    Publication number: 20090119278
    Abstract: Responsive to each user interaction with search results to network locations returned by a search engine, a search result reorganizer predicts user interest in the search results from each dynamic user interaction. Responsive to each prediction of user interest while a user interacts any of the search results, the search result reorganizer reorders the search results to reflect the user interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Tiffany B. Cross, Lisa A. Seacat, Cheryl M. Sedota
  • Storing Accessible Histories of Search Results Reordered to Reflect User Interest in the Search Results
    Publication number: 20090119254
    Abstract: Responsive to each user interaction of at least one user interaction with search results to separate network locations returned from a search request, the search results are reordered to reflect predicted user interest in the search results based on the user interactions. The reordered search results are stored. Responsive to a request for the stored reordered search results, the stored reordered search results are presented in a separate interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Tiffany B. Cross, Lisa A. Seacat, Cheryl M. Sedota