Patents by Inventor Wilma Shaw

Wilma Shaw 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).

  • System and method for distributing “semi-blind” electronic messages
    Patent number: 10523602
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, a method for distributing electronic messages, the method includes receiving an electronic message at a transmission server sent from a source device over the network, where the electronic message includes a semi-blind distribution list including members of more than one distribution group, and with the processor parsing the more than one distribution group, formatting a group electronic message for each of the parsed distribution groups based on the electronic message where the group electronic message is formatted such that members of a common distribution group of the more than one distribution group are visible to one another as recipients in the semi-blind distribution list, and transmitting a respective group electronic message to respective remote devices and wherein the members of another distribution group different from the common distribution group are invisible in the respective group electronic message corresponding to the common distribution group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Wilma Shaw, Robert L. Steed
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING "SEMI-BLIND" ELECTRONIC MESSAGES
    Publication number: 20170126595
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, a method for distributing electronic messages, the method includes receiving an electronic message at a transmission server sent from a source device over the network, where the electronic message includes a semi-blind distribution list including members of more than one distribution group, and with the processor parsing the more than one distribution group, formatting a group electronic message for each of the parsed distribution groups based on the electronic message where the group electronic message is formatted such that members of a common distribution group of the more than one distribution group are visible to one another as recipients in the semi-blind distribution list, and transmitting a respective group electronic message to respective remote devices and wherein the members of another distribution group different from the common distribution group are invisible in the respective group electronic message corresponding to the common distribution group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Wilma SHAW, Robert L. STEED
  • Methods and systems for vehicle communications with ground systems
    Patent number: 8331926
    Abstract: A method of communicating data between a vehicle and a ground system is described. The method includes initiating a connection between a plurality of clients on a vehicle and a ground system, and communicating, in parallel, data between the plurality of clients and the ground system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Timothy M. Mitchell, Wilma Shaw, Patrick M. Harper
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS WITH GROUND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20070139169
    Abstract: A method of communicating data between a vehicle and a ground system is described. The method includes initiating a connection between a plurality of clients on a vehicle and a ground system, and communicating, in parallel, data between the plurality of clients and the ground system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Timothy Mitchell, Wilma Shaw, Patrick Harper