Patents by Inventor Wilfred Martin James

Wilfred Martin James 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).

  • System and method for providing subscriber-initiated information over a microbrowser
    Publication number: 20030211845
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and a method for providing information to a communication device in response to a request for such service received from the communication device. The request may be in the form of a digits request trigger or short message service (SMS) origination message that is initiate from a wireless telephone. The digits request trigger and SMS origination request may be initiated when a user selects a menu option or it may be initiated using a microbrowser. The digits request trigger or SMS origination message is sent from the communication device to a wireless web information services gateway. The gateway retrieves the requested information from one or more sources. The gateway then forwards the retrieved information to the user via an SMS message or via a microbrowser message. The information may be formatted according to a preselected configuration that is stored in a user service information profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Sunit Lohtia, Wilfred Martin James, Boon Chong Hwang
  • System and method for providing subscriber-initiated information over the short message service (SMS) or a microbrowser
    Patent number: 6560456
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and a method for providing information to a communication device in response to a request for such service received from the communication device. The request may be in the form of a digits request trigger or short message service (SMS) origination message that is initiate from a wireless telephone. The digits request trigger and SMS origination request may be initiated when a user selects a menu option or it may be initiated using a microbrowser. The digits request trigger or SMS origination message is sent from the communication device to a wireless web information services gateway. The gateway retrieves the requested information from one or more sources. The gateway then forwards the retrieved information to the user via an SMS message or via a microbrowser message. The information may be formatted according to a preselected configuration that is stored in a user service information profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: OpenWave Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunit Lohtia, Wilfred Martin James, Boon Chong Hwang