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William J. Johnson
Also filed as: JOHNSON WILLIAM · JOHNSON WILLIAM J · JOHNSON WILLIAM JESSE
48 granted patents·3,939 citations·filing 1991–1999
99Inventor score
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48 records- 0198US5262860AMethod and system communication establishment utilizing captured and processed visually perceptible data within a broadcast video signalIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 16, 1993·535 cites·16 claims
- 0293US5878230ASystem for email messages wherein the sender designates whether the recipient replies or forwards to addresses also designated by the senderIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Mar 2, 1999·364 cites·22 claims
- 0393US5758049AMethod of and apparatus for providing automatic detection and processing of an empty multimedia data objectIBM·Filed 1992·Granted May 26, 1998·146 cites·51 claims
- 0488US5694616AMethod and system for prioritization of email items by selectively associating priority attribute with at least one and fewer than all of the recipientsIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 2, 1997·453 cites·6 claims
- 0588US5682475AMethod and system for variable password accessIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 28, 1997·252 cites·9 claims
- 0688US5381527ASystem for efficient message distribution by succesively selecting and converting to an alternate distribution media indicated in a priority table upon preferred media failureIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 10, 1995·88 cites·4 claims
- 0788US5349662AMethod of and apparatus for providing automatic detection of user activityIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 20, 1994·137 cites·12 claims
- 0885US5555426AMethod and apparatus for disseminating messages to unspecified users in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Sep 10, 1996·168 cites·32 claims
- 0982US5436963ATelephone answering method and apparatusIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 25, 1995·97 cites·10 claims
- 1082US5325310AMethod and system for persistant electronic mail reply processingIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 28, 1994·124 cites·32 claims
- 1181US5600776AMethod and apparatus for automatically organizing user interface objects for multiple users on a single workstationIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 4, 1997·89 cites·9 claims
- 1281US5375200AMethod and system for graphic interaction between data and applications within a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Dec 20, 1994·97 cites·8 claims
- 1377US5875261AMethod of and apparatus for optical character recognition based on geometric and color attribute hypothesis testingIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Feb 23, 1999·81 cites·15 claims
- 1476US5455910AMethod and system for creating a synchronized presentation from different types of media presentationsIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 3, 1995·73 cites·20 claims
- 1572US5692143AMethod and system for recalling desktop states in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 25, 1997·60 cites·13 claims
- 1671US5428795AMethod of and apparatus for providing automatic security control of distributions within a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Jun 27, 1995·56 cites·25 claims
- 1771US5359660ALocal area network peripheral lock method and systemIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 25, 1994·67 cites·20 claims
- 1870US5600828AFile specification wildcardIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Feb 4, 1997·31 cites·4 claims
- 1968US5701510AMethod and system for efficient designation and retrieval of particular segments within a multimedia presentation utilizing a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Dec 23, 1997·17 cites·17 claims
- 2067US5471616AMethod of and apparatus for providing existential presence acknowledgementIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Nov 28, 1995·50 cites·8 claims
- 2167US5465309AMethod of and apparatus for character recognition through related spelling heuristicsIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Nov 7, 1995·51 cites·1 claims
- 2267US5434910AMethod and system for providing multimedia substitution in messaging systemsIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Jul 18, 1995·43 cites·17 claims
- 2365US5664063AAutomatic user notification of certain meeting attributes of a posted calendar eventIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Sep 2, 1997·154 cites·21 claims
- 2463US5841550AMethod and system for specifcation of time dependent acknowledgement transmission mediaIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Nov 24, 1998·50 cites·27 claims
- 2562US5553289ASystem for automatically assigning attributes to objects of multimedia distribution when the objects being within a predetermined relationshipIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 3, 1996·38 cites·24 claims
- 2661US5671328AMethod and apparatus for automatic creation of a voice recognition template entryIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Sep 23, 1997·39 cites·10 claims
- 2760US6489974B1Buoy icon notification of object interface accessibility in multitasking computer environmentIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 3, 2002·38 cites·25 claims
- 2860US5675708AAudio media boundary traversal method and apparatusIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 7, 1997·33 cites·6 claims
- 2959US5787231AMethod and system for improving pronunciation in a voice control systemIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Jul 28, 1998·43 cites·26 claims
- 3055US6535908B1System and method for call record search and call record verification for network certificationFiled 1999·Granted Mar 18, 2003·20 cites·12 claims
- 3155US5568383ANatural language translation system and document transmission network with translation loss information and restrictionsIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 22, 1996·93 cites·13 claims
- 3254US5657425ALocation dependent verbal command execution in a computer based control systemIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Aug 12, 1997·26 cites·8 claims
- 3354US5543792AMethod and apparatus to enhance the efficiency of storing digitized analog signalsIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Aug 6, 1996·16 cites·7 claims
- 3453US5544048AMethod and apparatus for marking text between paired delimitersIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 6, 1996·27 cites·8 claims
- 3550US5809232ASytem for searching unseen messages in a mail inbasket while an unsent mail distribution is composed and presenting sender with different options upon such detectionIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Sep 15, 1998·20 cites·21 claims
- 3650US5564018ASystem for automatically distributing selected mail item to selected user associated with office location within physical office floor plan in data processing systemIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 8, 1996·91 cites·2 claims
- 3748US6134657AMethod and system for access validation in a computer systemIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 17, 2000·20 cites·7 claims
- 3848US5483633AMethod and apparatus for surfacing an object based upon forthcoming criteriaIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 9, 1996·11 cites·14 claims
- 3945US6157391AMethod and apparatus for providing slow motion video at normal motion play speedIBM·Filed 1994·Granted Dec 5, 2000·9 cites·6 claims
- 4045US6085031AMethod and system for segmenting an audio object according to a specified profile into a folder structureFiled 1997·Granted Jul 4, 2000·18 cites·4 claims
- 4144US5483618AMethod and system for distinguishing between plural audio responses in a multimedia multitasking environmentIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Jan 9, 1996·17 cites·12 claims
- 4243US6366920B1Automatic invocation of objects during the entering of data in a data processing system user interfaceIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 2, 2002·22 cites·10 claims
- 4343US5874963AMethod and system for cursor applied processing within a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Feb 23, 1999·13 cites·8 claims
- 4442US5664097ASystem for delaying the activation of inactivity security mechanisms by allowing an alternate input of a multimedia data processing systemIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Sep 2, 1997·13 cites·2 claims
- 4537US5819011AMedia boundary traversal method and apparatusIBM·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 6, 1998·9 cites·9 claims
- 4637US5438658AMethod and system for time critical response management in a data processing systemIBM·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 1, 1995·23 cites·12 claims
- 4735US5396564AMethod of and apparatus for recognizing predominate and non-predominate color code characters for optical character recognitionIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Mar 7, 1995·9 cites·6 claims
- 4834US5406640AMethod of and apparatus for producing predominate and non-predominate color coded characters for optical character recognitionIBM·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 11, 1995·8 cites·4 claims
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