Patents by Inventor William Ellis Leslie

William Ellis Leslie 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).

  • Customizing the presentation of information to suit a user's personality type
    Publication number: 20030036899
    Abstract: A personality type indicator is determined for a user who interacts with a server. The determination is made by analyzing information gathered by observing the user's interactions with the server rather than by asking the user to answer explicit questions. The content or the style of an information presentation is customized according to the user's personality type indicator. In one embodiment of the invention, the personality type indicator is a Myers Briggs Type Indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William Ellis Leslie, William Philip Shaouy, Matthew Bunkley Trevathan