Patents by Inventor William Read Bassing

William Read Bassing 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).

  • Method and apparatus for global message monitoring
    Patent number: 6167234
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing global message monitoring in a paging system includes a message origination and delivery device (MODD) (20). The MODD (20) includes a data structure (100) which identifies certain users as message monitoring users. Message monitoring users receive monitored page messages (300), which are duplicates of pages sent to users being monitored. The MODD (20) sends pages to a pager in the possession of the message monitoring user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernie McKibben, Pramodkumar Patel, William Read Bassing
  • Method and apparatus for providing verified message receipt in a messaging system
    Patent number: 5956390
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a verified message receipt in a messaging system (10) notifies users (30) when messaging system subscribers (40) retrieve messages (370). Verified message receipts can take the form of pages, faxes, automated call-backs or additional messages. In operation, when a user (30) leaves a message (370) for a messaging system subscriber (40), a verified message receipt flag (375) is raised and a user pager number (380) or user fax number (390), or user telephone number (395) is entered. A message origination and delivery device (20) includes many message boxes (300) for many subscribers (40). The message origination and delivery device (20) generates verified message receipts when subscribers (40) retrieve messages (370).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Bernard R. McKibben, Pramodkumar Patel, William Read Bassing