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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Gary Denner, Celbridge, IE;
Cynthia E. Barber-mingo, Westford, MA (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Patrick Joseph O'sullivan, Ballsbridge, IE;
Mary Ellen Zurko, Groton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gary Denner, Celbridge, IE;
Cynthia E. Barber-Mingo, Westford, MA (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan, Ballsbridge, IE;
Mary Ellen Zurko, Groton, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for circumventing a do-not-disturb status of an instant messaging user including defining a trusted user. A do-not-disturb status of an instant messaging user is identified. The trusted user is allowed to circumvent the do-not-disturb status of the instant messaging user.