Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080263518 | SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION MANAGER - A computer-implementable method and system for managing software code documentation is disclosed. The method receives computer software code and documentation selected by a user and inserts one or more association keys in the selected code and one or more association keys in the selected documentation. The association keys are used to identify a portion of computer software documentation that corresponds with the computer software code. When the user wants to see documentation for a section of code, or code that corresponds to a section of documentation, the user selects the relevant text. The method receives the selected text, retrieves the association keys inserted in the selected text, determines whether the selected text is code or documentation, searches for documentation or code with matching association keys and alters the display of the matching documentation or code. | 10-23-2008 |
20080294482 | Personalized Electronic Meeting Invitations - Personalized meeting invitations, which may be used by electronic calendar applications (which may also be referred to as “calendar applications”, “calendaring applications”, or “calendar scheduling systems”). Using techniques disclosed herein, a meeting can be conceptually viewed as multiple smaller meetings, which are also referred to herein as “submeetings”, and a personalized meeting invitation sent to each invitee reflects that invitee's required presence at the meeting or an individual submeeting thereof. Optionally, personalized meeting invitations may also be used for invitees whose presence at a submeeting is optional. When an invitee accepts a personalized meeting invitation, the submeeting is placed on the invitee's electronic calendar, showing the invitee as unavailable during the corresponding time slot for the submeeting. Other people viewing the invitee's calendar can then see an accurate view of the invitee's availability. | 11-27-2008 |
20080294999 | Electronic Calendar Collaboration - Meeting originators grant permission to update (i.e., add, change, and/or delete) a field or fields of a meeting invitation that corresponds to a calendar entry on an electronic calendar, enabling a meeting invitee to update a meeting invitation and to thereby communicate updates that can be reflected in the corresponding electronic calendar entries of other people who are invited to the meeting. Update permission may be granted to one meeting invitee, to all meeting invitees, or to a selected subset of the meeting invitees. Update permissions are associated with the particular meeting invitation, and preferably expire once the meeting time and date have passed. For recurring meetings, a particular update permission may be granted for a single instance of the meeting, or to all instances, and this permission preferably expires after the last instance of the recurring meeting has ended. | 11-27-2008 |
20090037407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SORTING ATTACHMENTS IN AN INTEGRATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATION - A system and method to sort attachments in an integrated information management application. The system includes an email agent, and email repository, and an attachment engine. The email agent facilitates organization of email communications within the integrated information management application. The email repository is coupled to the email agent. The email repository stores a plurality of email files and a plurality of email attachments. The email attachments are associated with at least some of the email files. The attachment engine is coupled to the email agent. The attachment engine generates a list of the email attachments within the email repository for visual communication on a display device. | 02-05-2009 |
20090113342 | User-Configured Management of IM Availability Status - Communicating an Instant Messaging (IM) user's availability status message is managed by a user-defined shortcut command, which is used to generate a user-drafted status response. When the user receives an instant message at an inopportune time, the user inputs the user-defined shortcut command, which results in the user-drafted status response being automatically transmitted to a sender of the instant message that was received at the inopportune time. | 04-30-2009 |
20090157466 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for scheduling appointments. Appointment requests are received via a communication service, calendar information corresponding to the proposed appointment time and day is retrieved from a calendaring system and displayed to the user without requiring the user to open the calendaring application. The appointment can be accepted, confirmed, and recorded without opening the calendaring application. Multiple appointment times and days can be proposed and accepted among several meeting attendees. Temporary blocks may be placed on proposed and accepted calendar time slots until a finalized appointment time is negotiated and accepted. | 06-18-2009 |
20100146378 | Optimize View Elements Sizes to Maximize Most Data Viewed in a Multiple View Elements GUI - A View Element Adjuster (VEA) comprises a web page rewrite program and a view element optimization program. The rewrite program monitors a web page having a plurality of view elements and resizes one or more of the plurality of view elements in accordance with a set of user configured preferences, a plurality of priorities for each of the plurality of view elements, and the data dynamically retrieved for each of the plurality of portlets. VEA also has a window preference program, a portlet preference program, and a portlet priority program. | 06-10-2010 |
20120005114 | CUSTOMIZED REVIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for providing a customized review may include receiving, by a processing device, a request for a customized review for a product or service from a requester. The method may also include receiving, by the processing device, a consumer profile associated with the request from the requester. The method may additionally include receiving, by the processing device, at least one review for the product or service and an associated profile for a provider of each review. The consumer profile associated with the request may be compared by the processing device to the profile associated with each review for the product or service. The method may further include providing, by the processing device, the customized review to the requester. The customized review may include any reviews by review providers with profiles that substantially match the consumer profile associated with the request. | 01-05-2012 |
20120030551 | REPOSITIONING OF HYPERLINKS FOR COMMON FUNCTIONS - In one embodiment, common functions of hyperlinks are listed and associated with alternative terms, which may be words and phrases that are commonly used to identify hyperlinks in web pages and other documents. A common icon is associated with each common function, and a predetermined position on a display screen is assigned to each common icon. The alternative terms for each common function are compared to each of the hyperlinks in a source document. If a hyperlink matches an alternative term of a common function, the target resource locator from that hyperlink, which points to a target document, is associated with that common function. The corresponding common icon is displayed at its predetermined position on a display screen in the form of a common function hyperlink, which includes the target resource locator. Activating the common function hyperlink redirects the application to the target document. | 02-02-2012 |
20120117489 | USER-CONFIGURED MANAGEMENT OF IM AVAILABILITY STATUS - A method includes associating a user-defined shortcut command with at least two different user-drafted status responses. In response to a user receiving a first instant message from a first sender at an inopportune time and the user then inputting the user-defined shortcut command, the method includes automatically transmitting a first user-draft status response to the first sender of the first instant message that was received at the inopportune time. In response to the user receiving a second message from a second sender at the inopportune time and the user then inputting the user-defined shortcut command, the method includes automatically transmitting a second user-draft status response to the second sender of the instant message that was received at the inopportune time. A relationship between the first sender and the user is different than a relationship between the second sender and the user. | 05-10-2012 |
20120143962 | Intelligent Email Management System - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for processing email messages. A processor unit generates an email processing profile for a user based on a number of registration activities by the user. Responsive to receiving an email message for the user, the processor unit processes the email message using the email processing profile. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144286 | AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURING AND ANNOTATING CONTENT - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to detecting a modification of a portion of content presented on a display. The detecting of the modification of the portion of content is in response to user input. Some embodiments are further directed to generating a screen capture of at least the portion of the content presented on the display in response to detecting the modification of the portion of the content. Some embodiments are further directed to generating an indicator (e.g., an annotation) in response to generating the screen capture. The indicator specifies (e.g., highlights) the modification (e.g., a difference in appearance) of the portion of the content that occurred via the user input. Some embodiments are further directed to associating the indicator with the screen capture. | 06-07-2012 |
20120166354 | CUSTOMIZED REVIEW SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for providing a customized review may include receiving, by a processing device, a request for a customized review for a product or service from a requester. The method may also include receiving, by the processing device, a consumer profile associated with the request from the requester. The method may additionally include receiving, by the processing device, at least one review for the product or service and an associated profile for a provider of each review. The consumer profile associated with the request may be compared by the processing device to the profile associated with each review for the product or service. The method may further include providing, by the processing device, the customized review to the requester. The customized review may include any reviews by review providers with profiles that substantially match the consumer profile associated with the request. | 06-28-2012 |
20130007662 | PRIORITIZATION OF URGENT TASKS ON MOBILE DEVICES - Application launching icons are prioritized and displayed on a mobile electronic device having a limited display area. How much time is available to a user for use of the device is determined, and any tasks that correspond to defined priorities are identified. The application launching icons are prioritized for display order in accordance with time and priorities to provide the user with a prioritized arrangement of the applications as represented by the icons in order to accomplish priority tasks. | 01-03-2013 |
20130117329 | PROVIDING RELEVANT PRODUCT REVIEWS TO THE USER TO AID IN PURCHASING DECISION - A method, system and computer program product for providing relevant product reviews to a user. A user's session on a website is monitored to gather information related to reviewing and writing product reviews as well as to buying and browsing habits. The actions performed by the user in connection with the monitored user session are populated in a database. Once populating the database is completed, the personality report of the user, which includes personality traits, is generated using the populated database. Also, a list of reviewers that are favored by the user is generated. By using the personality traits of the user to match reviews of interest as well as providing reviews from those reviewers favored by the user, the user can have more confidence in the usefulness or relevance of these reviews. | 05-09-2013 |
20130144802 | PERSONALIZING AGGREGATED ONLINE REVIEWS - A method for processing reviews includes identifying reviews that match a request criterion in a request from a user; filtering the identified reviews using preferences and characteristics of the user; and outputting a compilation of only those reviews filtered according to preference and characteristics of the user. | 06-06-2013 |
20130246116 | ASSISTING USER TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE BEST CANDIDATE FROM A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS BASED ON PAST COMMUNICATION HISTORY, CALENDAR INFORMATION AND USER'S RULES - A method, system and computer program product for scheduling a meeting with the best candidate(s). The user requests to schedule a meeting during a selected period of time. The system receives a set of rules concerning the scheduling of the meeting. Additionally, the system searches a past communication history (a past communication pattern) between the user and the individual(s) listed in a list of possible candidates. Furthermore, the system searches the calendar application for the individual(s) listed in the list to obtain scheduling information. The past communication history, calendar information and user's rules are analyzed with respect to the individual(s) listed in the list. Based on this analysis, a person deemed to be the best candidate is selected to receive a meeting invitation from the user to attend the meeting requested by the user during the selected period of time. | 09-19-2013 |
20130290434 | NOTIFYING ELECTRONIC MEETING PARTICIPANTS OF INTERESTING INFORMATION - Described are a system and method for notifying electronic meeting participants of information of interest. For an electronic meeting, a relationship is determined between a first participant and one or more second participants having a relationship with the first participant. A degree of interest by the second participants of a portion of the electronic meeting is determined. A notification is generated for the first participant in response to the determined degree of interest. | 10-31-2013 |