Patents by Inventor Alan F. Swanstrom

Alan F. Swanstrom 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).

  • Systems and methods for facsimile communication over a cellular radiotelephone communications link
    Patent number: 6055441
    Abstract: Facsimile data representing facsimile images is communicated between a facsimile application resident on a remote computer and at least one facsimile station operatively connected to a server computer. Facsimile data communicated from the facsimile application and from a cellular radiotelephone communications link connecting the remote computer to the server computer is stored in the remote computer. Facsimile data is communicated between the remote computer and the server computer over the cellular radiotelephone communications link according to a cellular radiotelephone data communications protocol. Facsimile data communicated to the server computer from the remote computer and from the facsimile station is stored in the server computer. An identifier of previously communicated facsimile data may be communicated between the remote computer to the server computer, preferably a cache entry identifier corresponding to facsimile data cached in the remote computer and the server computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce R. Wieand, Jerry A. Gilkey, Alan F. Swanstrom