Robert M Snider

US Patent:

7614007, Nov 3, 2009

Filed:

Jan 16, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/759932

Inventors:

Vijaylaxmi Chakravarty - Austin TX, US
Oltea Mihaela Herescu - Austin TX, US
Claudia Andrea Salzberg - Austin TX, US
Robert Lee Snider - Cedar Park TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715772, 715808, 715809, 715837, 715769, 715770

Abstract:

A method and device for executing multiple operations on different files displayed on a graphical user interface. A pre-defined combination of keys is assigned a particular operation, such as “Delete,” “Copy,” “Move,” etc. As a first combination of keys is engaged, one or more files are selected, using a pointing device such as a mouse. The selected files are color-coded, indicating a first operation to be performed on the selected files. A second combination of keys is then engaged, and a second operation is assigned to other selected files. When satisfied that the selected operations are correct for all of the selected files, a user then executes the operations by depressing the “Enter” or similar key. By viewing different operations for different files before the operations are executed, a user is given an overview of all operations to be applied to all selected files, thus improving file management.

US Patent:

20050165717, Jul 28, 2005

Filed:

Jan 22, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/763081

Inventors:

Vijaylaxmi Chakravarty - Austin TX, US
Oltea Herescu - Austin TX, US
Claudia Salzberg - Austin TX, US
Robert Snider - Cedar Park TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corp. - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F007/00

US Classification:

707001000

Abstract:

A method, system and computer program product for improving efficiency of file receipt in a communication program by redirecting a file received as the result of a file request to a mail server is disclosed. A communication program sends a request for a first file to a file server. The communication program then waits a length of time to receive that first file. If the set length of time for waiting for the first file expires before the first file is received, the user interface of the communications program is released to request additional files while a background process waits for the first file. Then, once the background process receives the first file, the background process encapsulates the first file in a message and transmits the message to a target address.

US Patent:

20050165746, Jul 28, 2005

Filed:

Jan 13, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/756132

Inventors:

Vijaylaxmi Chakravarty - Austin TX, US
Oltea Herescu - Austin TX, US
Claudia Salzberg - Austin TX, US
Robert Snider - Cedar Park TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F017/30

US Classification:

707003000

Abstract:

A system, apparatus and method of pre-fetching data are provided. When a first piece of information is being displayed to a user, the system, apparatus and method determine whether a second piece of information is data-intensive. If the second piece of information is data-intensive, it is pre-fetched into a cache. To implement the invention, however, the application program used to display the information to the user is first parsed for embedded database query calls. If the application program provides the information to the user in a number of succeeding panels, each piece of code representing a panel will be individually parsed. Each query call is identified as selectable or un-selectable. A selectable query call is a call that is used to fetch a piece of data-intensive information; whereas an un-selectable query call is a call that is used to fetch non-data-intensive information. Each selectable call is entered in its respective panel in a table, which is divided into the same number of panels. This allows the system, apparatus and method to determine whether a second piece of information is data-intensive and thus pre-fetch the data for caching.