Martin M Moore

US Patent:

6765597, Jul 20, 2004

Filed:

Apr 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/838602

Inventors:

Molly Kestner Barksdale - Austin TX
Bethany Lyn Kessen - Apex NC
Martin Thomas Moore - San Francisco CA
Gerald Ray Woods - Raleigh NC

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G 500

US Classification:

345853, 345854

Abstract:

A system and method for displaying layered data, such as data with a hierarchical relationship is provided. A flat tree view control is provided that indicates the level corresponding to individual data items without indenting data items. Layer bars, or markers, are used to indicate the level of the individual data items within the data hierarchy. In addition, color or grayscale shading can be applied to each data item to further indicate the items level within the hierarchy. Items within the same level use the same color or shading. When an item is selected by the user it is expanded or collapsed depending on whether the layers below the selected item already appear on the display screen. Additional level indicator values can be used to further indicate the level of data items. A data item can also be highlighted to indicate a particular attribute corresponding with an individual data item.

US Patent:

6990638, Jan 24, 2006

Filed:

Apr 19, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/838100

Inventors:

Molly Kestner Barksdale - Austin TX, US
Bethany Lyn Kessen - Apex NC, US
Martin Thomas Moore - San Francisco CA, US
Gerald Ray Woods - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 3/00
G06F 9/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715853, 715854

Abstract:

A system and method for displaying layered data, such as data with a hierarchical relationship is provided. A flat tree view control is provided that indicates the level corresponding to individual data items without indenting data items. Colors or grayscale shading is applied to each data item to indicate the item's level within the hierarchy. Items within the same level use the same color or shading. When an item is selected by the user it is expanded or collapsed depending on whether the layers below the selected item already appear on the display screen. Additional level indicator values and level indicator bars can be used to further indicate the level of data items. A data item can also be highlighted to indicate a particular attribute corresponding with an individual data item.

US Patent:

7552177, Jun 23, 2009

Filed:

Jul 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/902596

Inventors:

Bethany Lyn Kessen - Austin TX, US
Craig M. Lawton - Raleigh NC, US
Jonathan Andrew Lewis - Morrisville NC, US
Martin Thomas Moore - San Francisco CA, US
Christopher Andrew Peters - Pflugerville TX, US
Lorin Evan Ullmann - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206, 709204, 709205, 715751, 715752, 715753

Abstract:

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for sending a user's availability information to an instant messaging (IM) partner. A user predefines areas of the user's display and associates these predefined areas, or “hotspots”, with user defined messages. If the user is not available to immediately respond to an incoming message, the user may move the IM dialog window to a “hotspot” in the display. Depending upon the user-defined message associated with the “hotspot”, the IM application generates an automated response indicating the user's availability to respond to the message, and sends the message to the IM partner. The user also may predefine and associate the user's IM status with a “hotspot”. Moving an IM dialog window into a “hotspot” automatically changes the user's status based on the associated “hotspot”. This change is communicated to only the particular IM dialog window partner while other IM partners are unaffected.

US Patent:

20030052927, Mar 20, 2003

Filed:

Sep 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/957017

Inventors:

Molly Barksdale - Austin TX, US
Denise Bell - Austin TX, US
Bethany Kessen - Apex NC, US
Martin Moore - San Francisco CA, US
Darren Upton - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/854000

Abstract:

A data processing system, which includes a processor and a memory, is equipped with a system resource monitor, executable by the processor and stored in the memory, that displays a multi-level tree structure in which each level includes a textual identification for a respective one of multiple features in the data processing system. The features are monitored by the system resource monitor for information regarding the status of the features. This information further indicates a normal status or a notification status. If the information indicates a notification status, the system resource monitor also displays a notification indicia. If the monitored status includes more than one attribute, the placeholder icon and notification indicia are displayed in a window adjacent to the tree structure.

US Patent:

20050125246, Jun 9, 2005

Filed:

Dec 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/731573

Inventors:

Michael Muller - Medford MA, US
Sara Weber - Arlington MA, US
Anne Braunstein - Needham MA, US
Martin Moore - San Francisco CA, US
Cengiz Satir - Amesbury MA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60

US Classification:

705001000, 705026000

Abstract:

Method, system and program product for conducting an on-line meeting. An on-line meeting participant application is used to enumerate the participants, including identifying each of the individual participants to individual on-line meeting sites, and publishing an agenda to enumerated participants. Individual participant inputs are collected from the individual participants and published in accordance with participant attributes.