Patents by Inventor William D. Back

William D. Back 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).

  • Context-based identification of entity with which communication occurs
    Patent number: 8346873
    Abstract: An entity is made the target of a communication—such as instant messaging, E-mail, or VoIP—based on a specification of context that the entity satisfies. A user (or other type of entity) who wishes to communication with one or more entities that satisfy a particular context specifies that context at the time the communication is to be sent. A system resolves the context by ascertaining which one or more entities satisfy the context, and the communication is sent to the ascertained entities. In one example, a user can specify that a message is to be sent to an entity at a particular geographic location, and the system chooses the one or more entities that are nearest to the specified location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Brian M. O'Neill, James R. Stogdill, William D. Back
  • CONTEXT-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF ENTITY WITH WHICH COMMUNICATION OCCURS
    Publication number: 20080133670
    Abstract: An entity is made the target of a communication—such as instant messaging, E-mail, or VoIP—based on a specification of context that the entity satisfies. A user (or other type of entity) who wishes to communication with one or more entities that satisfy a particular context specifies that context at the time the communication is to be sent. A system resolves the context by ascertaining which one or more entities satisfy the context, and the communication is sent to the ascertained entities. In one example, a user can specify that a message is to be sent to an entity at a particular geographic location, and the system chooses the one or more entities that are nearest to the specified location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Gestalt LLC
    Inventors: Brian M. O'Neill, James R. Stogdill, William D. Back