Lisa D Wood

US Patent:

7213201, May 1, 2007

Filed:

Mar 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/378214

Inventors:

Jason M. Brown - Durham NC, US
Malcolm H. M. Holloway - Durham NC, US
Christopher J. Schaubach - Cary NC, US
Lisa M. Wood - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 15/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715513, 7155011, 715521, 715522, 715523

Abstract:

Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by using a meta-editor to generate components (e. g. , a specification of a rules language that restricts editing operations on structured documents, a specification of rules according to this language, and a graphical user interface editor that operates according to the specified rules) for use in controlling or restricting the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e. g. , a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”). A Document Type Definition (“DTD”) is generated as a “bounding DTD”, based on editing choices made using the meta editor, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are generated according to this DTD and these editing choices. An editor (or editing component) is generated that programmatically determines which elements of another structured document can be edited, which elements should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).

US Patent:

20040177315, Sep 9, 2004

Filed:

Mar 3, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/378220

Inventors:

Jason Brown - Durham NC, US
Malcolm Holloway - Durham NC, US
Christopher Schaubach - Cary NC, US
Richard Szulewski - Wake Forest NC, US
Lisa Wood - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F015/00

US Classification:

715/500000, 715/530000

Abstract:

Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business by using a bounding language to control or restrict the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e.g., a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”), and also includes the bounding language and documents encoded according to the bounding language. A Document Type Definition (“DTD”) is defined as a “bounding DTD”, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are defined according to this DTD. A processing component uses a structured document containing editing restrictions as input, and programmatically determines which fields of another structured document can be edited, which fields should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).

US Patent:

20080282144, Nov 13, 2008

Filed:

Apr 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/102285

Inventors:

Jason M. Brown - Durham NC, US
Malcolm H. M. Holloway - Durham NC, US
Christopher J. Schaubach - Cary NC, US
Richard S. Szulewski - Wake Forest NC, US
Lisa M. Wood - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715234

Abstract:

Using a bounding language to control or restrict the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e.g., a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”), and also the bounding language and documents encoded according to the bounding language. A Document Type Definition (“DTD”) is defined as a “bounding DTD”, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are defined according to this DTD. A processing component uses a structured document containing editing restrictions as input, and programmatically determines which fields of another structured document can be edited, which fields should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).

US Patent:

20090018887, Jan 15, 2009

Filed:

Jul 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/777790

Inventors:

Judith Helen Bank - Morrisville NC, US
Lisa Marie Wood Bradley - Cary NC, US
Belinda Ying-Chieh Chang - Cary NC, US
Tamera L. Davis - Raleigh NC, US
Lin Sun - Morrisville NC, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 17/30
G06F 17/40

US Classification:

705 8

Abstract:

An electronic calendar system and method permits an attendee of a calendar event to modify the terms of his or her attendance and notifies a requester of the event of the modification of terms of attendance by the attendee. The terms of attendance may include an event start time and an event end time. The system displays to the attendee an attendance modification dialog. The attendance modification dialog may include a late arrival field and an early departure field. The attendance modification dialog may include a telephone attendance option. The attendance modification dialog may be displayed to the attendee in connection with an event invitation, an event reminder, or a calendar event item. When the attendee completes the modification dialog, a message informing to the event requester of the modification is automatically sent.

US Patent:

20090315752, Dec 24, 2009

Filed:

Jun 23, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/144033

Inventors:

Judith Helen Bank - Morrisville NC, US
Dimple Bhatia - San Jose CA, US
Lisa Marie Wood Bradley - Cary NC, US
Dana Lea Price - Cary NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

H04L 17/02

US Classification:

341176

Abstract:

A programmable universal remote controller is programmed with adjustable inactivity period timeout and control capabilities whereby each individual external controlled device's activity status may be monitored and the device automatically turned on or off by the remote controller when the remote controller detects that the device has been inactive for a desired period of time based on the history of the remote controller's interaction with the controlled device.

US Patent:

20100146378, Jun 10, 2010

Filed:

Dec 4, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/328002

Inventors:

Judith Helen Bank - Morrisville NC, US
Lisa Marie Wood Bradley - Cary NC, US
Lin Sun - Morrisville NC, US
Chunhui Yang - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 3/048
G06F 3/00

US Classification:

715234, 715808, 715760

Abstract:

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.

US Patent:

20100332280, Dec 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/492941

Inventors:

Lisa Marie Wood Bradley - Durham NC, US
Timothy Brantner - Durham NC, US
Jason Michael Brown - Research Triangle Park NC, US
Helen Loretta Gawor - Durham NC, US

Assignee:

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 9

Abstract:

A method for implementing an action-based to-do list includes monitoring user actions with a personal management device which is configured to compare the user actions to a task definition file. A processor of the personal management device determines if the user actions fulfill one or more predefined conditions, within the task definition file. If a condition is fulfilled, the processor of the personal management device modifies the to-do list based on the fulfilled condition. A personal management device for implementing an action-based to-do list includes a user interface configured to allow a user to interact with a to-do list application and a processor configured to execute the to-do list application. The to-do list application, when executed, causes the processor to monitor user actions and compare the user actions to a task definition file, determine if the user actions fulfill one or more conditions within the task definition file, and if a condition is fulfilled, modify the to-do list based on the fulfilled condition.

US Patent:

20100332282, Dec 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 29, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/493405

Inventors:

Lisa Marie Wood Bradley - Research Triangle Park NC, US
Lin Sun - Research Triangle Park NC, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G01C 21/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

705 9, 701204, 709206, 701210, 701300

Abstract:

A method of orchestrating attendee arrival to an event includes storing a record for the event with a computerized calendar system and notifying a first attendee of the scheduled event, with the computerized calendar system, of an optimal departure time for the scheduled event from a current location of the first attendee. The first attendee is notified of the optimal departure time in response to a determined status of a second attendee in traveling to the scheduled event, and the optimal departure time includes at least one of: a specified time relative to a departure of the second attendee and a specified time relative to an anticipated arrival of the second attendee.