Patents by Inventor Brian Beaton

Brian Beaton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7917854
    Abstract: This invention provides an improved graphical user interface (GUI) for telecommunications network administration. The GUI allows a network administrator to maintain an association between a link bundle and the contents of that link bundle by displaying a network topology including the link bundle, as well as the contents of that link bundle in the same window. The GUI further allows easy navigation between groups of NE's wherein there are a number of inter-group links extending from a particular NE, by displaying characteristics of these links in the same window as a network topology of the NE group under investigation, and allowing the user to follow a selected one of these links to a different NE group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Luc Beaudoin, Suzanne Rochford, Brian Beaton
  • Publication number: 20070192410
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicants: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED, BELL CANADA
    Inventors: Douglas Liversidge, Brian Beaton, Clifford Grossner, Roman Romaniuk, Colin Smith, Christopher Thompson, James Zdralek, Jean Bouchard, Stephane Fortier, Denis Mercier, L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20060117264
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicants: Nortel Networks Limited, Bell Canada
    Inventors: Brian Beaton, Clifford Grossner, Douglas Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Christopher Thompson, Colin Smith, James Zdralek, Jean Bouchard, Stephane Fortier, L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20060070003
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicants: Nortel Networks Limited, Bell Canada
    Inventors: Christopher Thompson, Brian Beaton, Clifford Grossner, Douglas Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Colin Smith, James Zdralek, Jean Bouchard, Stephane Fortier, Denis Mercier, L. Lloyd Williams
  • Publication number: 20050289471
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicants: Nortel Networks Limited, Bell Canada
    Inventors: Christopher Thompson, Brian Beaton, Clifford Grossner, Douglas Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Colin Smith, James Zdralek, Jean Bouchard, Stephane Fortier, L. Williams
  • Publication number: 20050216848
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicants: Nortel Networks Limited, Bell Canada
    Inventors: Christopher Thompson, Brian Beaton, Clifford Grossner, Douglas Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Colin Smith, James Zdralek, Jean Bouchard, Stephane Fortier, Denis Mercier, L. Williams