DR. MICHAEL TODD SMITH, D.C.
Chiropractic at Airport Fwy, Irving, TX

6489974, Dec 3, 2002

Jan 11, 1996

08/586149

William J. Johnson - Flower Mound TX
Larry M. Lachman - Irving TX
Michael D. Smith - Irving TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1562

345772, 345839, 345771, 709100

Notification of an executing object becoming idle is provided in a multitasking environment. As the object executes, a user can interface with a second object. When the executing object becomes accessible, a buoy icon object is displayed on the computer screen. The buoy icon has the name of the accessible object as well as a pointer line extending from the buoy icon to the accessible object. The buoy icon provides notification that the accessible object execution is complete or is ready to receive a user input. The user can either remove the buoy icon from the screen or select the buoy icon object to focused the accessible object. The newly focused accessible object can then be used. The buoy icon notification can be enabled or disabled on an object-by-object basis.

5564018, Oct 8, 1996

Nov 15, 1993

8/152756

David Flores - Keller TX
William J. Johnson - Flower Mound TX
Lawrence M. Lachman - Irving TX
Michael D. Smith - Irving TX
Guillermo Vega-Toro - Grapevine TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 1300

39520002

A method and system for the efficient distribution of electronic mail items within a distributed data processing system having multiple users enrolled therein wherein each user utilizes a computer or terminal device having a unique address. After selecting an individual electronic mail item for distribution an intuitive graphic representation of a group of unique addresses is displayed within a user's terminal device. The intuitive graphic representation may take one of several forms including a two or three dimensional graphic representation of an office floor plan which identifies the occupants of each office, or a photographic image of one or more users. In response to a graphic selection by the user of a particular graphic representation, or portion thereof, an identified electronic mail item is then automatically distributed to the user whose unique address is associated with that graphic representation or portion thereof. In one embodiment an electronic mail item is displayed as a miniature graphic representation or "icon" and is thereafter automatically distributed in response to a relocation of that icon to a position overlying the graphic representation or portion thereof, utilizing well known "drag and drop" techniques.

5600776, Feb 4, 1997

Jul 7, 1994

8/271620

William J. Johnson - Flower Mound TX
Larry M. Lachman - Irving TX
Michael D. Smith - Irving TX

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 300

395326

Automatic user interface object organization is provided. A user dependent user desktop map is maintained for objects a user manipulates. The user desktop map allows automatic object location, dimension and appearance changes to a newly spawned object according to the state of the object from its last existence on a data processing system user interface for that particular user. Objects not found in a desktop map have user desktop map entries automatically added to the desktop map, and the objects are maintained appropriately to ensure an organized user interface according to user preference.

2002005, May 9, 2002

Sep 9, 1998

09/150549

WILLIAM J. JOHNSON - FLOWER MOUND TX, US
MICHAEL DEAN SMITH - IRVING TX, US

G09G005/08

345/700000

A method and system for efficiently executing a predefined process within a data processing system having multiple objects and a movable cursor element displayed therein A user defined executable process is specified within the data processing system which may be applied to one or more arbitrary objects within the data processing system. The user defined executable process is then associated with the movable cursor within the data processing system. Thereafter, each time an object is graphically selected within the data processing system utilizing the movable cursor, the user defined executable process is applied to the selected object. The physical appearance of the movable cursor is preferably altered to indicate the association of the user defined executable process with the movable cursor and an error message is returned in response to a selection of an object which cannot be processed utilizing the user defined executable process.