Patents by Inventor Tracee L. Wolf

Tracee L. Wolf 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: 8160223
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for initiating a conference call are disclosed. The method includes running a conference call managing application. The method also includes receiving at least one participant-defined condition. The participant-defined condition is associated with at least one conference call defining a status of a participant's communication device to connect the participant to the conference call. At least one alert is sent out to at least all required participants of the conference call, in response to the participant-defined condition being satisfied to start the conference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Bennett, James E. Christensen, Stephen E. Levy, Jeremy Sussman, Tracee L. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20090316872
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of conducting a multimedia conference can include identifying a participant from a plurality of participants as a descriptive audio participant in the multimedia conference and detecting a state change during the multimedia conference. The method can include correlating the state change with an audio cue and outputting the audio cue to the descriptive audio participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracee L. Wolf, Andrew L. Schirmer, Jeremy B. Sussman
  • Publication number: 20080301563
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for product that enables users of broadcast messaging systems to more expediently and efficiently find communities, both for subscribing and for sending messages. The system, method and computer program product provides an end-user with the ability to send messages for delivery to more targeted communities of messaging users. In this aspect, the system and method determines one or more attributes of messaging activity associated with one or more communities of users communicating messages in a messaging system; and, displays via an interface, a graphical representation of the attributes and inter-relationships between the attributes. The user may then select via the interface a recipient community for receiving a message to be sent based on the graphical representation displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rachel K. Bellamy, Peter K. Malkin, John T. Richards, Justin D. Weisz, Tracee L. Wolf