Gregory Peter Fitzpatrick - Keller TX, US Thomas Richard Haynes - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G09G005/00
US Classification:
715769, 715777, 715825, 715826, 715810
Abstract:
The disclosed method enables a computer system user to efficiently modify attributes of objects displayed by the system and its software applications. Upon selection of a displayed target object by a user, a pop-up menu appears containing a ‘Set Attributes to. . . ’ option. Upon selection of that option by the user, the system cursor changes appearance, and the user is allowed to locate and select a source object separate from the target object (potentially, in a stored file or display window separate from the file and window containing the target object). Upon selection of the source object by the user, the attributes of the source object are immediately transferred to the target object, the display window containing the target object reappears (if it had been hidden by the action of locating the source object), and the display cursor appearance reverts to its normal form. In a variation of this process, the selection of the source object, if accompanied by a predetermined additional action by the user, causes a pop-up menu to appear offering the user selections of proper subsets of attributes possessed by the source object. Upon selection of a subset in that menu, only the respective subset is transferred to the target object and other attributes of the source object are not so transferred.
Method And System For Intra-Table Referential Integrity For Relational Database Systems
In a relational database management system (RDBMS), a method of processing related records can include receiving a plurality of related records and inserting the plurality of related records into a single table of an RDBMS. The plurality of related records can be associated as a set within the single table using a published function of the RDBMS. Responsive to a triggering condition, particular related records of the set can be selectively purged from the single table.
Gregory P. Fitzpatrick - Keller TX, US Thomas R. Haynes - Apex NC, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
US Classification:
709204, 715751, 715753, 715758
Abstract:
A method of chat communication can include receiving chat communication messages associated with topical threads and displaying the chat communication messages. The chat communication messages associated with a selected topical thread can be visually distinguished, using a visual identifier, from other ones of the chat communication messages associated with other topical threads.
Charles H. Dworkis - Dallas TX, US Gregory P. Fitzpatrick - Keller TX, US Tze-Rong Fu - Coppell TX, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 17/30 G06F 7/00
US Classification:
707 5, 707 4, 707 10, 7071041
Abstract:
A method of data retrieval and presentation over a network can include, responsive to an inquiry, querying at least one search engine in the network as specified by configuration attributes and the inquiry. References from the query can be received from the at least one search engine. The references can be processed according to research rules and a research model can be generated from the processed references.
Gregory P. Fitzpatrick - Keller TX, US David B. Lebowitz - North Richland Hills TX, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
US Classification:
707 3, 707 2, 707 1
Abstract:
A common contact identification system. The common contact identification system can include at least two contact lists, a comparator for comparing contacts in each of the contact lists, and a common contact list including contacts matched by said comparator. Each contact list can include a plurality of contacts. Each contact list further can have a publicly accessible interface through which the contacts can be accessed remotely. As such, the comparator can identify matching contacts in each of the contact lists.
Gregory P. Fitzpatrick - Keller TX, US Thomas R. Haynes - Apex NC, US James J. Toohey - Boca Raton FL, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
US Classification:
709205, 709228
Abstract:
A method of chat messaging can include, establishing communication links with at least a first and a second participant for exchanging chat messages through a chat engine. A state change can be detected for the first participant. An alternate communication channel and an alternate communication channel address can be determined from a user profile of the first participant. While maintaining the communication link with the second participant, a different communication link can be established using the alternative communication channel and the alternative communication channel address. The first participant and the second participant can be communicatively linked subsequent to establishing the connection through the chat engine.
Method And System For Intra-Table Referential Integrity For Relational Database Systems
In a relational database management system (RDBMS), a method of processing related records can include receiving a plurality of related records and inserting the plurality of related records into a single table of an RDBMS. The plurality of related records can be associated as a set within the single table using a published function of the RDBMS. Responsive to a triggering condition, particular related records of the set can be selectively purged from the single table.
Method And System For Providing Contact Management To Chat Session Participants
Gregory P. Fitzpatrick - Keller TX, US Frederick Yung-Fung Wu - Greenwich CT, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 15/16
US Classification:
709205, 709204, 709206, 709207
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and system for providing contact management to participants engaged in a communication session. The invention permits chat session participants to a communication session to determine common contacts that exists between the chat session participants. Dependent on the accessibility of the particular chat session participants' contact list, other chat session participants to the communication session can view the information located in the contact list. Moreover, a particular chat session participant to the communication session can give either a particular chat session participant or all the chat session participants to the communication session permission to modify their contact list. Permission to access or modify contact lists for chat session participants can be defined prior to establishment of the communication session and/or changed during the communication session. Changes relating to whether a particular contact list is accessible and/or modifiable can be initiated by the chat session participant associated with the contact list.