Samuel P Ward

US Patent:

20100185552, Jul 22, 2010

Filed:

Mar 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/718199

Inventors:

Lisa Seacat DeLuca - San Francisco CA, US
Samuel I. Ward - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G01S 19/24
G06Q 30/00
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

705347, 34235707, 707802, 707781, 707723, 707E17044, 707E17005, 707769, 707E17014, 707E17018

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing data pertaining to a one or more users' visits to an establishment. A location of one or more global positioning system devices is determined. Each global positioning system device is associated with a user of the device. One or more establishments situated at each determined location are identified. One or more of a time of day and a duration of the user's visit to the establishment is determined. One or more of the location, the time of day and the duration of the user's visit are recorded in a database.

US Patent:

20110072090, Mar 24, 2011

Filed:

Sep 23, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/565069

Inventors:

Lisa Seacat DeLuca - San Francisco CA, US
Kulvir S. Bhogal - Pflugerville TX, US
Timothy J. Eby - Austin TX, US
Samuel I. Ward - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 17/30

US Classification:

709206, 707E1701

Abstract:

A method and computer program product for providing an email navigation tool includes receiving, on an email server, an email thread including a sequence of email messages. A sender of each email message in the sequence of email messages is identified. At least one sender file associated with at least one identified sender of the email messages in the sequence of email messages is identified. The sender file is configured to provide a visual identification of the identified sender. A sequence of sender files is generated from the at least one sender file. The sequence of sender files has an order corresponding to an order of the sequence of email messages. The sequence of sender files is displayed on a computer display.