Patents by Inventor Jacob Hillis

Jacob Hillis 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).

  • Alert message portal to securely notify subscribers of events
    Patent number: 9602309
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a communication portal. One embodiment of the method includes accessing, at the communication portal, an alert message addressed to a group registered to receive an alert service. The method also includes generating user identifiers corresponding to users that are registered to the group. The user identifiers are assigned to the users for use within the communication portal. The method further includes transmitting the alert message from the communication portal to the users indicated by the user identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Lisa M. Connelly, Jacob Hillis, Subhashish Ghosh, Hawnli Nian, Anne Y. Lee, Ma-Lung Chung
  • ALERT MESSAGE PORTAL TO SECURELY NOTIFY SUBSCRIBERS OF EVENTS
    Publication number: 20120195325
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of operating a communication portal. One embodiment of the method includes accessing, at the communication portal, an alert message addressed to a group registered to receive an alert service. The method also includes generating user identifiers corresponding to users that are registered to the group. The user identifiers are assigned to the users for use within the communication portal. The method further includes transmitting the alert message from the communication portal to the users indicated by the user identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Lisa M. Connelly, Jacob Hillis, Subhashish Ghosh, Hawnli Nian, Anne Y. Lee, Ma-Lung Chung