Patents by Inventor Margus Sarapuu

Margus Sarapuu 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).

  • Communication system and method
    Patent number: 8798036
    Abstract: A method of establishing communication between a first and second user over a communications network, the second user being associated with contact information for at least one destination node. The method comprises allocating the contact information for the at least one destination node an identity from a set of available identities and displaying a hyperlink containing the identity on a display, wherein the hyperlink does not contain the contact information of the second user. The method also comprises the first user viewing the display using a terminal connected to the communications network and activating the hyperlink, and responsive to activating the hyperlink, transmitting from a client executed on the terminal a message to initiate communication, the message comprising the identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Skype
    Inventors: Andres Kūt, Margus Sarapuu
  • Communication system and method
    Publication number: 20080159271
    Abstract: A method of establishing communication between a first and second user over a communications network, the second user being associated with contact information for at least one destination node. The method comprises allocating the contact information for the at least one destination node an identity from a set of available identities and displaying a hyperlink containing the identity on a display, wherein the hyperlink does not contain the contact information of the second user. The method also comprises the first user viewing the display using a terminal connected to the communications network and activating the hyperlink, and responsive to activating the hyperlink, transmitting from a client executed on the terminal a message to initiate communication, the message comprising the identity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Andres Kutt, Margus Sarapuu