Michael Muller 
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Research Staff MemberIBM Research, 75 Binney Street, Cambridge,MA USA 02142
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2017
2016
Collaboration space with event-trigger configuration views
Deluca, Lisa Seacat and Lakshmanan, Geetika T and Muller, Michael
US Patent 9,426,163
Abstract
Deluca, Lisa Seacat and Lakshmanan, Geetika T and Muller, Michael
US Patent 9,426,163
Abstract
2014
Transmitting a hidden communication
Deluca, Lisa Seacat and Lakshmanan, Geetika T and Muller, Michael
US Patent App. 14/157,611
Abstract
Deluca, Lisa Seacat and Lakshmanan, Geetika T and Muller, Michael
US Patent App. 14/157,611
Abstract
Contextual alert bubbles for alert management
Martin T Moore, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Shilad W Sen, Michael C Wu
US Patent 8,762,841
Martin T Moore, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Shilad W Sen, Michael C Wu
US Patent 8,762,841
Logging external events in a persistent human-to-human conversational space
Elizabeth Brownholtz, Werner Geyer, Sandra Kogan, Michael Muller, Eric Wilcox
US Patent 8,832,200
Elizabeth Brownholtz, Werner Geyer, Sandra Kogan, Michael Muller, Eric Wilcox
US Patent 8,832,200
Activity objectification for non-activity objects in an activity-centric collaboration
Michael Muller, Miguel A Estrada, Thomas P Moran, Andrew L Schirmer, Werner Geyer, Suzanne O Minassian, Michael Chi Hung Wu
US Patent 8,689,114
Michael Muller, Miguel A Estrada, Thomas P Moran, Andrew L Schirmer, Werner Geyer, Suzanne O Minassian, Michael Chi Hung Wu
US Patent 8,689,114
2013
Computer method and system for determining individual priorities of shared activities
Lida Li, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan
US Patent 8,423,557
Lida Li, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan
US Patent 8,423,557
User pivot navigation of shared social media
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Jodi M Large, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent 8,346,896
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Jodi M Large, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent 8,346,896
2012
Game determination of tag relevance for social bookmarking
Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Jerry W Redman, Amy D Travis, Sara Weber
US Patent 8,230,338
Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Jerry W Redman, Amy D Travis, Sara Weber
US Patent 8,230,338
Role-based views access to a workflow weblog
Sandra L Kogan, Michael J Muller, Eric M Wilcox
US Patent 8,140,691
Sandra L Kogan, Michael J Muller, Eric M Wilcox
US Patent 8,140,691
Representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context
Michael Muller
US Patent 8,302,018
Michael Muller
US Patent 8,302,018
Online media sharing with activity balancing and incentives
Geetika T Lakshmanan, Michael Muller, Martin Oberhofer
US Patent App. 13/626,933
Geetika T Lakshmanan, Michael Muller, Martin Oberhofer
US Patent App. 13/626,933
Processing electronic messages according to sender classification
Marc Dreyfus, Derek S Lam, Michael Muller, Asima Silva, Ping Wang, Robert C Weir
US Patent 8,271,590
Marc Dreyfus, Derek S Lam, Michael Muller, Asima Silva, Ping Wang, Robert C Weir
US Patent 8,271,590
Method and apparatus for representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context
Michael Muller
US Patent 8,117,222
Michael Muller
US Patent 8,117,222
Role-based tag management for collaborative services integrated within a service oriented architecture
John E Boyer, Peter A Coldicott, Edward E Kelley, Eoin Lane, Michael Muller
US Patent 8,260,859
John E Boyer, Peter A Coldicott, Edward E Kelley, Eoin Lane, Michael Muller
US Patent 8,260,859
Body-less email for asynchronous chat-like communications and email-chat integration
Michael J Muller, Sara Beth Weber
US Patent 8,219,626
Michael J Muller, Sara Beth Weber
US Patent 8,219,626
Computer method and apparatus providing social preview in tag selection
Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Jennifer Thom-Santelli
US Patent 8,244,719
Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Jennifer Thom-Santelli
US Patent 8,244,719
Tag syndicates
Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer, Casey Dugan, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Suzanne O Minassian
US Patent 8,140,583
Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer, Casey Dugan, Jennifer Thom-Santelli, Suzanne O Minassian
US Patent 8,140,583
2011
Apparatus for representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context
Michael Muller
US Patent 7,921,121
Michael Muller
US Patent 7,921,121
Generating content recommendations from an online game
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, David R Millen, Martin T Moore, Michael Muller
US Patent 8,028,022
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, David R Millen, Martin T Moore, Michael Muller
US Patent 8,028,022
Content navigational shortcuts for portal environments
Michael Muller, Corinne M Ryan, Michael Chi Hung Wu
US Patent 7,890,885
Michael Muller, Corinne M Ryan, Michael Chi Hung Wu
US Patent 7,890,885
System and product for role-based tag management for collaborative services integrated within an SOA
John E Boyer, Peter A Coldicott, Edward E Kelley, Eoin Lane, Michael Muller
US Patent 7,991,840
John E Boyer, Peter A Coldicott, Edward E Kelley, Eoin Lane, Michael Muller
US Patent 7,991,840
Method, system, and computer program product for dynamic field-level access control in shared documents
M Muller, K B Dave, J Feinberg, S L Kogan, E Wilcox
US Patent 7,930,316
M Muller, K B Dave, J Feinberg, S L Kogan, E Wilcox
US Patent 7,930,316
Computer method and apparatus for tag pre-search in social software
Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer, Casey Dugan
US Patent 8,019,772
Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer, Casey Dugan
US Patent 8,019,772
2010
Interactive alert bubbles for alert management
Werner Geyer, Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Martin T Moore, Michael Muller, Steven Ross, Shilad W Sen, Michael C Wu
US Patent 7,827,501
Werner Geyer, Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Martin T Moore, Michael Muller, Steven Ross, Shilad W Sen, Michael C Wu
US Patent 7,827,501
Crowdsourcing location based applications and structured data for location based applications
Daniel M Gruen, Susanne Hupfer, Stephen E Levy, Michael Muller, Kyle T Nichols-Schmolze, Larissa Pschetz, Fyodor Wolf
US Patent App. 12/909,181
Daniel M Gruen, Susanne Hupfer, Stephen E Levy, Michael Muller, Kyle T Nichols-Schmolze, Larissa Pschetz, Fyodor Wolf
US Patent App. 12/909,181
Deployment of location based applications with crowdsourced structured points of input for data entry
Daniel M Gruen, Susanne Hupfer, Stephen E Levy, Michael Muller, Kyle T Nichols-Schmolze, Larissa Pschetz, Fyodor Wolf
US Patent App. 12/909,157
Daniel M Gruen, Susanne Hupfer, Stephen E Levy, Michael Muller, Kyle T Nichols-Schmolze, Larissa Pschetz, Fyodor Wolf
US Patent App. 12/909,157
E-meeting requirement assurance for e-meeting management
Michael Muller, Amy D Travis
US Patent App. 12/828,263
Michael Muller, Amy D Travis
US Patent App. 12/828,263
Alert log activity thread integration
Michael Muller, Michael C Wu, Werner Geyer, Shilad W Sen, Martin T Moore, Elizabeth A Brownholtz
US Patent 7,822,848
Michael Muller, Michael C Wu, Werner Geyer, Shilad W Sen, Martin T Moore, Elizabeth A Brownholtz
US Patent 7,822,848
INFERRING SENSITIVE INFORMATION FROM TAGS
M Muller, T Oral, A L Schirmer
US Patent App. 20,100/228,730
M Muller, T Oral, A L Schirmer
US Patent App. 20,100/228,730
2009
Enhanced local and social services for atm banking machines
Sandra Jean Valentino Chua, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/630,269
Sandra Jean Valentino Chua, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/630,269
People recommendation indicator method and apparatus in a social networking site
Jilin Chen, Casey Dugan, Weyner Geyer, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/637,479
Jilin Chen, Casey Dugan, Weyner Geyer, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/637,479
Extensible icons with multiple drop zones
M. Muller, A.L. Schirmer, D.M. Gruen, others
US Patent 7,552,399
M. Muller, A.L. Schirmer, D.M. Gruen, others
US Patent 7,552,399
2008
Search results display for weighted multi-term searches
Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Jerry W Redman, Amy D Travis, Sara Weber
US Patent App. 12/347,537
Casey Dugan, Michael Muller, Jerry W Redman, Amy D Travis, Sara Weber
US Patent App. 12/347,537
Aggregation and visualization of reused shared lists
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/017,057
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/017,057
Automatically changing tags
David A Brooks, Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer
US Patent App. 12/115,756
David A Brooks, Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer
US Patent App. 12/115,756
Method for representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context
Michael Muller
US Patent 7,415,465
Michael Muller
US Patent 7,415,465
Integrated view of multi-sourced information objects
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Sandra L Kogan, Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer
US Patent App. 12/017,015
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Sandra L Kogan, Michael Muller, Andrew L Schirmer
US Patent App. 12/017,015
Site-wide navigation element for user activity in a social networking site
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Jodi M Large, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/017,030
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Jodi M Large, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/017,030
Multi-column user interface for managing on-line threaded conversations
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Werner Geyer, Bernard J Kerr, David R Millen, Michael Muller, Eric M Wilcox, Andrew J Witt
US Patent 7,356,772
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Werner Geyer, Bernard J Kerr, David R Millen, Michael Muller, Eric M Wilcox, Andrew J Witt
US Patent 7,356,772
Computer Method and Apparatus Providing Brokered Privacy of User Data During Searches
S L Kogan, M Muller
US Patent App. 12/277,588
S L Kogan, M Muller
US Patent App. 12/277,588
System and Method for Managing Data Transfers Between Information Protocols
J Feinberg, F L Jania, M Muller, A L Schirmer
US Patent App. 20,100/131,666
J Feinberg, F L Jania, M Muller, A L Schirmer
US Patent App. 20,100/131,666
Reusable ad hoc self-posed questions and answers for social network profiles
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/017,028
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Joan M DiMicco, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 12/017,028
2007
Activity centric resource recommendations in a computing environment
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Jianqiang Shen
US Patent App. 11/967,637
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Jianqiang Shen
US Patent App. 11/967,637
Personalized information filter based on social tags
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Charles R Hill, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 11/967,654
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Casey Dugan, Werner Geyer, Charles R Hill, David R Millen, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 11/967,654
Drag and drop object attribute assignment for objects in a graphical user interface (gui)
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Werner Geyer, Martin J Moore, Michael Muller, Shilad W Sen, Michael C Wu
US Patent App. 11/873,772
Elizabeth A Brownholtz, Werner Geyer, Martin J Moore, Michael Muller, Shilad W Sen, Michael C Wu
US Patent App. 11/873,772
Method and sytem for providing collaborative tag sets to assist in the use and navigation of a folksonomy
David A Brooks, Sandra L Kogan, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 11/745,315
David A Brooks, Sandra L Kogan, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 11/745,315
Method and apparatus for persistent real-time collaboration
Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz, David Ryant Millen
US Patent 7,296,023
Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Elizabeth Anne Brownholtz, David Ryant Millen
US Patent 7,296,023
2006
Visualization of calendar search entries
Weichuan Dong, Fang Lu, Michael Muller, Corinne M Ryan
US Patent App. 11/565,132
Weichuan Dong, Fang Lu, Michael Muller, Corinne M Ryan
US Patent App. 11/565,132
Adaptive alert management
Shilad Sen, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Martin Moore, Elizabeth Brownholtz, Michael Wu
US Patent App. 11/336,231
Shilad Sen, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Martin Moore, Elizabeth Brownholtz, Michael Wu
US Patent App. 11/336,231
System and Method for Sharing Continuous Email Activity with Recipients Using Continuity Service
F J Daniels-Farrar, R D Lyle, A R Jones, M Muller
US Patent App. 11/614,178
F J Daniels-Farrar, R D Lyle, A R Jones, M Muller
US Patent App. 11/614,178
METHOD FOR MEMBERSHIP PROPOGATION WITH MEMBERSHIP-PATTERN EXCEPTION DETECTION
M Muller
US Patent App. 20,080/071,788
M Muller
US Patent App. 20,080/071,788
METHOD FOR RETAINING AND ACTING ON REJECTED ELECTRONIC MEETINGS
F Daniels, R D Lyle, M Muller, A L Schirmer
US Patent App. 20,080/126,948
F Daniels, R D Lyle, M Muller, A L Schirmer
US Patent App. 20,080/126,948
Sorting and filtering activities in an activity-centric collaborative computing environment
Michael Muller, Andrew Schirmer, Werner Geyer, Eric Wilcox, Sandra Kogan, Charles Hill, Martin Moore, Elizabeth Brownholtz, David Millen, Paul Moody, others
US Patent App. 11/617,065
Michael Muller, Andrew Schirmer, Werner Geyer, Eric Wilcox, Sandra Kogan, Charles Hill, Martin Moore, Elizabeth Brownholtz, David Millen, Paul Moody, others
US Patent App. 11/617,065
Contextualized broadcast message channel for activity-centric collaborative computing
Martin T Moore, Shilad W Sen, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Michael Chi Hung Wu
US Patent App. 11/617,114
Martin T Moore, Shilad W Sen, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Michael Chi Hung Wu
US Patent App. 11/617,114
2005
Managing activity reuse in a collaborative computing environment
Joann Ruvolo, Justin Lessler, Thomas P Moran, Michael Muller, John C Tang, Daniel M Gruen, Paul B Moody, Robert J Stachel, Suzanne O Minassian
US Patent App. 11/040,259
Joann Ruvolo, Justin Lessler, Thomas P Moran, Michael Muller, John C Tang, Daniel M Gruen, Paul B Moody, Robert J Stachel, Suzanne O Minassian
US Patent App. 11/040,259
Managing resource link relationships to activity tasks in a collaborative computing environment
Michael Muller, Charles Hill, Andrew Schimer
US Patent App. 11/040,393
Michael Muller, Charles Hill, Andrew Schimer
US Patent App. 11/040,393
Placeholder management in an activity manager in a collaborative computing environment
M. Muller, D.M. Gruen, T.P. Moran, J.C. Tang
US Patent App. 11/040,068
M. Muller, D.M. Gruen, T.P. Moran, J.C. Tang
US Patent App. 11/040,068
System, method and apparatus for creating and managing activities in a collaborative computing environment
Michael Muller, Thomas Moran, Joann Ruvolo, Catalina Danis, Daniel Gruen, John Tang, Alex Cozzi, Andreas Dieberger, Stephen Farrell, Beverly Harrison, others
US Patent App. 11/039,977
Michael Muller, Thomas Moran, Joann Ruvolo, Catalina Danis, Daniel Gruen, John Tang, Alex Cozzi, Andreas Dieberger, Stephen Farrell, Beverly Harrison, others
US Patent App. 11/039,977
Live collections
Michael Muller, Werner Geyer, Daniel Gruen, Andrew Schirmer
US Patent App. 11/040,428
Michael Muller, Werner Geyer, Daniel Gruen, Andrew Schirmer
US Patent App. 11/040,428
Wrapping non-live objects for liveness
Thomas Moran, Beverly Harrison, Andreas Dieberger, Alex Cozzi, Michael Muller, Andrew Schirmer, Daniel Gruen, Werner Geyer
US Patent App. 11/040,427
Thomas Moran, Beverly Harrison, Andreas Dieberger, Alex Cozzi, Michael Muller, Andrew Schirmer, Daniel Gruen, Werner Geyer
US Patent App. 11/040,427
2004
Interpage reference and calculation on a Web site
Kushal Dave, Jonathan Feinberg, Michael Muller, Martin Wattenberg
US Patent App. 10/959,470
Kushal Dave, Jonathan Feinberg, Michael Muller, Martin Wattenberg
US Patent App. 10/959,470
2003
System and method for facilitating collaboration in a shared email repository
Daniel Gruen, Paul Moody, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 10/747,465
Daniel Gruen, Paul Moody, Michael Muller
US Patent App. 10/747,465
Method for managing interruptions to a network user
Michael Muller, Daniel Gruen
US Patent App. 10/734,494
Michael Muller, Daniel Gruen
US Patent App. 10/734,494
User interface, method, system and program product for managing collaboration data
Michael Muller, Werner Geyer, Li-Te Cheng, Elizabeth Brownholtz
US Patent App. 10/738,900
Michael Muller, Werner Geyer, Li-Te Cheng, Elizabeth Brownholtz
US Patent App. 10/738,900
Participant tool to support online meetings
Michael Muller, Sara Beth Weber, Anne Rebecca Braunstein, Martin Thomas Moore, Cengiz H Satir
US Patent App. 10/731,573
Michael Muller, Sara Beth Weber, Anne Rebecca Braunstein, Martin Thomas Moore, Cengiz H Satir
US Patent App. 10/731,573
Method, system and program product for hierarchically managing a meeting
Anne Braunstein, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Malissa Sullivan, Sara Weber
US Patent App. 10/732,079
Anne Braunstein, Werner Geyer, Michael Muller, Malissa Sullivan, Sara Weber
US Patent App. 10/732,079
2002
2001
Method and apparatus for single selection evaluations in interactive systems
M J Muller
US Patent App. 09/992,236
M J Muller
US Patent App. 09/992,236
1991
System for controlling computer processing utilizing a multifunctional cursor with decoupling of pointer and image functionalities in space and time
Michael J Muller
US Patent 4,984,152
Michael J Muller
US Patent 4,984,152