Patents by Inventor Patrice Varinot

Patrice Varinot 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: 10972419
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to archiving a message in a message store and synchronizing the message store across multiple client devices of the same user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a client device for archiving messages in a message store managed by a server comprises making a determination at the client device to archive a message that is stored in a first mailbox of the message store and, upon making the determination, sending an instruction to the server to set an Archived flag for the message. In this manner, the message is archived without copying or moving the message to a secondary mailbox, which in turn simplifies both the archiving process and subsequent synchronization across other client devices of the same user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Dave Kell, Patrice Varinot, Fei Wang
  • Patent number: 10862842
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that enable a client device to efficiently identify mailboxes containing objects of interest in a server-based message store. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a client device comprises sending a single request to a server for a list of mailboxes maintained by the server for a user that contain objects flagged with any of one or more flags specified in the single request. The method of operation of the client device further comprises, in response to the single request, receiving, from the server, the list of mailboxes maintained by the server for the user that contain objects flagged with any of the one or more flags specified in the single request. The method also comprises processing the list of mailboxes. In this manner, the client device is enabled to quickly and efficiently identify which mailboxes of the user contain objects of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Dave Kell, Cristina Badulescu, Nancy M. Greene, Patrice Varinot
  • Patent number: 10498791
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to methods, and apparatuses for exchanging the preferred MSRP chunk sizes between an end-point and a remote end-point, directly or via a server using SDP offer/answer mechanism. The preferred MSRP chunk size may be the maximum allowed MSRP chunk size for the end-point and may be determined in accordance with network/link conditions and/or internal configuration. The end-point uses its preferred MSRP chunk size and the received preferred MSRP chunk size of the remote end-point to determine the MSRP chunk size that will be used to segment the messages from the end-point to the remote-end-point over the MSRP session. The preferred MSRP chunk size can be renegotiated during an ongoing MSRP session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Cristina Badulescu, Nancy M. Greene, Patrice Varinot
  • Publication number: 20190104096
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein that enable a client device to efficiently identify mailboxes containing objects of interest in a server-based message store. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a client device comprises sending a single request to a server for a list of mailboxes maintained by the server for a user that contain objects flagged with any of one or more flags specified in the single request. The method of operation of the client device further comprises, in response to the single request, receiving, from the server, the list of mailboxes maintained by the server for the user that contain objects flagged with any of the one or more flags specified in the single request. The method also comprises processing the list of mailboxes. In this manner, the client device is enabled to quickly and efficiently identify which mailboxes of the user contain objects of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Dave Kell, Cristina Badulescu, Nancy M. Greene, Patrice Varinot
  • Publication number: 20180351900
    Abstract: Systems and methods relating to archiving a message in a message store and synchronizing the message store across multiple client devices of the same user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a client device for archiving messages in a message store managed by a server comprises making a determination at the client device to archive a message that is stored in a first mailbox of the message store and, upon making the determination, sending an instruction to the server to set an Archived flag for the message. In this manner, the message is archived without copying or moving the message to a secondary mailbox, which in turn simplifies both the archiving process and subsequent synchronization across other client devices of the same user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Dave Kell, Patrice Varinot, Fei Wang
  • Publication number: 20160352795
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relates to methods, and apparatuses for exchanging the preferred MSRP chunk sizes between an end-point and a remote end-point, directly or via a server using SDP offer/answer mechanism. The preferred MSRP chunk size may be the maximum allowed MSRP chunk size for the end-point and may be determined in accordance with network/link conditions and/or internal configuration. The end-point uses its preferred MSRP chunk size and the received preferred MSRP chunk size of the remote end-point to determine the MSRP chunk size that will be used to segment the messages from the end-point to the remote-end-point over the MSRP session. The preferred MSRP chunk size can be renegotiated during an ongoing MSRP session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Cristina Badulescu, Nancy M. Greene, Patrice Varinot
  • Patent number: 8363599
    Abstract: A method and an IP-SM-GW for providing an interworking service between CPM and SMS are provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving a chat session invitation, in a IP-SM-GW, the chat session invitation originating from a CPM UE and being sent toward an SMS enabled UE. Assigning an identifier with the chat session in the IP-SM-GW and sending an invitation acknowledgement from the IP-SM-GW to the CPM UE. Receiving a message containing data, within the chat session, in the IP-SM-GW, from the CPM UE and being sent to the SMS enabled UE, formatting the message into an SMS message, wherein the identifier assigned to the chat session is inserted as a sender of the SMS message to ensure that an SMS response is sent back to the IP-SM-GW and forwarding the formatted SMS message to the SMS enabled UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Nancy M. Greene, Nadia Bishai, Patrice Varinot
  • Publication number: 20110269485
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and network node for sending a message to a plurality of devices of a user, comprising the steps of receiving a message addressed to the user from a messaging server, sending the message to the plurality of devices of the user, upon receiving a first acknowledgement from a first device of the plurality of devices of the user, sending a delivery acknowledgement to the messaging server, and if an acknowledgement was not received from at least one device of the plurality of devices of the user, re-sending the message to the at least one device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Patrice Varinot
  • Publication number: 20110080905
    Abstract: A method and an IP-SM-GW for providing an interworking service between CPM and SMS are provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving a chat session invitation, in a IP-SM-GW, the chat session invitation originating from a CPM UE and being sent toward an SMS enabled UE. Assigning an identifier with the chat session in the IP-SM-GW and sending an invitation acknowledgement from the IP-SM-GW to the CPM UE. Receiving a message containing data, within the chat session, in the IP-SM-GW, from the CPM UE and being sent to the SMS enabled UE, formatting the message into an SMS message, wherein the identifier assigned to the chat session is inserted as a sender of the SMS message to ensure that an SMS response is sent back to the IP-SM-GW and forwarding the formatted SMS message to the SMS enabled UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Nancy M. Greene, Nadia Bishai, Patrice Varinot
  • Patent number: 6567656
    Abstract: Control is exercised over a tap connection made for law enforcement agency monitoring of mobile station communications in response to an inter-exchange hand-off. Where such a tap connection does not yet exist at hand-off, pre-hand-off actions taken at the target exchange trigger an analysis of whether a party to that communication is marked for monitoring followed by an establishment of the tap connection at hand-off if the party is so marked. If the tap connection is already in place, pre-hand-off actions taken at the target exchange trigger an analysis of whether law enforcement agency monitoring of that communication is lawfully authorized with respect to the target exchange followed by instructing the anchor exchange to terminate the tap connection at hand-off if monitoring is not lawfully authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericssson (publ)
    Inventors: Patrice Varinot, Michel Houde