Patents by Inventor Alain Southiere

Alain Southiere 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 of updating presence information
    Patent number: 8260317
    Abstract: A network node provides presence updates to mobile users. The node reduces the amount of network traffic by eliminating the need for explicit messaging used to inform a user of presence updates. Additionally, the node reduces network traffic by consolidating presence updates, and sending the user only changed portions of the presence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Synchronica plc
    Inventors: Manuel Laflamme, Sylvain Legault, Nick Maiorano, Alain Southiere
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UPDATING PRESENCE INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20120066298
    Abstract: A network node provides presence updates to mobile users. The node reduces the amount of network traffic by eliminating the need for explicit messaging used to inform a user of presence updates. Additionally, the node reduces network traffic by consolidating presence updates, and sending the user only changed portions of the presence information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SYNCHRONICA PLC
    Inventors: Manuel Laflamme, Sylvain Legault, Nick Maiorano, Alain Southiére
  • System and method of updating presence information
    Patent number: 8078191
    Abstract: A network node provides presence updates to mobile users. The node reduces the amount of network traffic by eliminating the need for explicit messaging used to inform a user of presence updates. Additionally, the node reduces network traffic by consolidating presence updates, and sending the user only changed portions of the presence information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Synchronica plc
    Inventors: Manuel Laflamme, Sylvain Legault, Nick Maiorano, Alain Southiere
  • System and Method of Updating Presence Information
    Publication number: 20080214170
    Abstract: A network node provides presence updates to mobile users. The node reduces the amount of network traffic by eliminating the need for explicit messaging used to inform a user of presence updates. Additionally, the node reduces network traffic by consolidating presence updates, and sending the user only changed portions of the presence information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: OZ Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Manuel Laflamme, Sylvain Legault, Nick Maiorano, Alain Southiere
  • Presence model for presence service and method of providing presence information
    Publication number: 20080133742
    Abstract: A presence server comprises a state machine to maintain current machine states for a plurality of users, and a mapper to map the current machine state for each user to a corresponding presence status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: OZ Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Southiere, Andy Pearson, Gwenael Le Bodic, Haraldur Thorkelsson, Jean Regnier, Manuel Laflamme