DR. JASON A. ELLIS, M.D.
Medical Practice in New York, NY

2012024, Sep 27, 2012

Mar 21, 2011

13/052488

Mark Bailey - Glendora CA, US
James E. Christensen - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Jason B. Ellis - New York NY, US
Robert G. Farrell - Cornwall NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

H04W 4/00

4554141

A method for administering a communication session includes initiating a session between a server and a user device, the user device associated with a user phone number, associating the user phone number and a first session state phone number with a state of the session, and sending a first message associated with the state of the session from the server to the user device, the first message sent from the first session state phone number to the user phone number.

8160910, Apr 17, 2012

Sep 19, 2011

13/236224

Jason B. Ellis - New York NY, US
Laurent Hasson - New York NY, US
Peter K. Malkin - Ardsley NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 715, 705 713

A method within a system wherein a first user of the system provides information on social patterns to a second user includes: receiving a request for social pattern information from the second user, the request comprising a query; assigning authorization level to the second user for restricting the type and amount of data provided to the second user; providing information on social patterns to the second user according to the second user's authorization level; and storing information about the second user to be used in future transactions with the second user, the information including transactional fee data and subscription data for notifying the second user of additional social patterns as they develop.

2012024, Sep 27, 2012

Mar 21, 2011

13/052508

Tawanna R. Dillahunt - Pittsburgh PA, US
Jason B. Ellis - New York NY, US
Robert G. Farrell - Cornwall NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

H04M 3/42

4554141

A method includes receiving a request from a user device for a service, initializing the service, initializing a user preference based on a parameter associated with the service and a preference probability value, the preference probability value including a probability that a user would prefer a particular value as a preference based on values selected by other users, and sending data to the user device according to the user preference.

2013025, Sep 26, 2013

Mar 20, 2012

13/424964

Rajarshi Das - Armonk NY, US
Jason Benjamin Ellis - New York NY, US
Robert George Farrell - Cornwall NY, US
Wendy Anne Kellogg - Yorktown Heights NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 30/02, G06Q 10/06

705 713

A method for a provider to generate incentives for users to perform tasks includes the following steps. The tasks are assigned to the users to obtain a matrix of task assignments in which each of the users is assigned to at least one of the tasks and each of the tasks is assigned to at least one of the users, wherein each of the task assignments has a value and a cost to the provider, wherein for a given one of the task assignments the value less the cost to the provider is an economic utility to the provider, and wherein the step of assigning the tasks to the users is done so as to maximize a net benefit to the provider which is a sum of the economic utility for all of the task assignments. Incentives are offered to the users to perform the task assignments.

2012024, Sep 27, 2012

Mar 21, 2011

13/052501

Mark Bailey - Glendora CA, US
James E. Christensen - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Jason B. Ellis - New York NY, US
Robert G. Farrell - Cornwall NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 15/16

709206

A method includes receiving a message from a user device, determining whether the message includes a tag, identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag, calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction, determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value, and associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value.

2013000, Jan 3, 2013

Sep 10, 2012

13/608078

Mark Bailey - Glendora CA, US
James E. Christensen - Cortlandt Manor NY, US
Jason B. Ellis - New York NY, US
Robert G. Farrell - Cornwall NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

H04W 4/14

455466

A method includes receiving a message from a user device, determining whether the message includes a tag, identifying at least one interaction the user device performed with an application responsive to determining that the message includes the tag, calculating a difference between a time the message was received and a time associated with the at least one identified interaction, determining whether the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within a threshold value, and associating the tag with the application associated with the at least one interaction responsive to determining that the difference between the time the message was received and the time associated with the at least one identified interaction is within the threshold value.