Corey S Mccaffrey

US Patent:

7890525, Feb 15, 2011

Filed:

Nov 14, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/939616

Inventors:

Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Corey S. McCaffrey - Boston MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - North Chelmsford MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

707763

Abstract:

A system for automatically providing foreign language abbreviation translation in an instant messaging system that identifies a foreign language abbreviation translation database based on a user indicated source culture. The foreign abbreviation translation database stores abbreviation translations for foreign language abbreviations frequently used by people from the user indicated source culture. The system locates a candidate term in an instant message and compares the candidate term to the foreign language abbreviations in the foreign language abbreviation translation database. In the event that the candidate term matches one of the foreign language abbreviations in the identified foreign language abbreviation translation database, the corresponding translation is retrieved and displayed. The comparison of the candidate term with the foreign language abbreviations may include automatically obtaining a transliteration of the candidate term. The disclosed system advantageously enables translation of foreign language abbreviations to be performed in real-time.

US Patent:

7941415, May 10, 2011

Filed:

Jun 17, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/140453

Inventors:

Kimilee S. Gile - Leominster MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - Chelmsford MA, US
Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Corey S. McCaffrey - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 7/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

707705, 707769, 707803, 709206

Abstract:

A method is provided for flagging email messages sent to a user containing inquiries directed to the user comprises defining a natural language model for a set of inquiring phrasal forms in a first data store; defining a list of terms used to identify a first user having an email address managed by a host system in a second data store; accessing the host system to retrieve an email message sent to the email address; parsing a textual content of a body of the email message to generate one or more natural language tokens each corresponding to a text string in the body; accessing the first data store to identify each of the one or more natural language tokens that matches with an inquiring phrasal form; accessing the second data store to determine if any of the text strings corresponding to the one or more natural language tokens that match with an inquiring phrasal form includes a term from the list of terms; and flagging the email message if any of the text strings in the message body corresponding to the one or more natural language tokens that match with an inquiring phrasal form includes a term from the list of terms.

US Patent:

8086968, Dec 27, 2011

Filed:

Apr 2, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/060911

Inventors:

Corey S. McCaffrey - Boston MA, US
Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - North Chelmsford MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715810, 715860, 715866

Abstract:

A dynamic electronic mail signature manager for managing a user's electronic mail signatures inserted into electronic mail messages. An electronic mail signature is displayed within a message composition user interface such that each component of the electronic mail signature is displayed in either an “include” display state or a visually distinct “omit” display state. Electronic mail signature components that are in the “omit” display state at the time the user indicates that the electronic mail message is to be sent are not included in the transmitted message. The user can toggle signature components between the “include” and “omit” display states by selecting individual objects. The initial state of each component when the user begins to compose a message (e. g. a new message, a reply message, etc.

US Patent:

8375083, Feb 12, 2013

Filed:

Dec 31, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/967902

Inventors:

Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - North Chelmsford MA, US
Corey S. McCaffrey - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06G 15/16
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204, 709205, 709206

Abstract:

An email recipient input name is received. It is determined if the email recipient input name is ambiguous. If the email recipient input name is ambiguous, one or more employee attributes of a plurality of possible intended email recipients are compared with one or more employee attributes of an email sender to determine a probable intended email recipient.

US Patent:

20090138504, May 28, 2009

Filed:

Nov 26, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/944765

Inventors:

Kimilee S. Gile - Leominster MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - North Chelmsford MA, US
Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Corey McCaffrey - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

7071041, 707E17005

Abstract:

A method of applying an action to an electronic calendar entry is disclosed. The method includes specifying a criteria and an associated event action and determining if the electronic calendar entry meets the specified criteria. In response to determining that the electronic calendar entry meets the specified criteria, applying the associated event action to the electronic calendar entry.

US Patent:

20090150490, Jun 11, 2009

Filed:

Dec 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/954094

Inventors:

Kimilee S. Gile - Leominister MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - North Chelmsford MA, US
Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Corey S. McCaffrey - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

An exemplary method for archiving chat sessions comprising, receiving text from chat sessions designated for archiving, requesting an identifier of a chat session archive file, receiving the identifier, determining whether a chat session archive file having the identifier exists in a memory, opening the chat session archive file having the identifier, responsive to determining that a chat session archive file having the identifier exists in the memory, adding the text from the designated chat sessions to the chat session archive file having the identifier, saving the chat session archive file having the identifier in a memory, creating a new chat session archive file having the identifier responsive to determining that a chat session archive file having the identifier does not exist., inserting the text from the designated chat sessions into the new chat session archive file, and saving the new chat session archive file in the memory.

US Patent:

20090150494, Jun 11, 2009

Filed:

Dec 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/950849

Inventors:

Elaine I. Kuo - Chelmsford MA, US
Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Corey McCaffrey - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

Traffic of email messages sent to an email list is monitored, and a number of email messages sent to the email list per day is determined. An average number of email messages sent to the email list per day is determined over a number of days. The determined average number of email message sent to the email list per day is updated every day. In response to a user request to send an email message to the email list on a given day, the user is presented with a traffic indicator. The traffic indicator includes an updated average number of email messages sent to the email list per day and a number representing how many email messages have been sent to the email list on the given day at the time the user requests to send the email message.

US Patent:

20090150774, Jun 11, 2009

Filed:

Dec 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/953995

Inventors:

Kimilee S. Gile - Leominster MA, US
Elaine I. Kuo - North Chelmsford MA, US
Fang Lu - Billerica MA, US
Corey S. McCaffrey - Boston MA, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715700

Abstract:

A method of organizing application-specific documents of a computer system includes receiving a user-based selection of at least one document attribute through an application residing on a processor of the computer system, searching currently open documents within the application to locate documents associated with the at least one document attribute, organizing a first attribute group based on results of the searching, and graphically representing the first attribute group as a group of application-specific documents. The searching includes retrieving status information from the currently open documents and the organizing includes categorizing documents associated with the at least one document attribute and grouping the categorized documents as the first attribute group.