Patents by Inventor Kenneth Philip Greene

Kenneth Philip Greene 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).

  • Instant message user location tracking system
    Patent number: 6668173
    Abstract: In an Internet system having instant message capability each of the plurality of users is provided with a wired or wireless device. The wireless device transmits location data indicating its location or status update messages based on its location to an instant message server. In this invention a wireless device or server associates the location data with status update messages indicating the status and/or location of the users carrying the wireless devices in accordance with the received location information. The instant messages are then transmitted by the instant message server to other users of the instant message system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth Philip Greene
  • Instant message user location tracking system
    Publication number: 20020077080
    Abstract: In an Internet system having instant message capability each of the plurality of users is provided with a wired or wireless device. The wireless device transmits location data indicating its location or status update messages based on its location to an instant message server. In this invention a wireless device or server associates the location data with status update messages indicating the status and/or location of the users carrying the wireless devices in accordance with the received location information. The instant messages are then transmitted by the instant message server to other users of the instant message system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth Philip Greene