Patents by Inventor Allan D. Lewis

Allan D. Lewis 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).

  • Publication number: 20020143866
    Abstract: The invention disclosed is an administration system and method for administering user access to an Enterprise system that supports redirection of data from a user's desktop computer in a Local Area Network to a user's wireless device. The Enterprise system having a plurality of message servers and one or more Enterprise servers, the Enterprise servers serving to direct data stored on the message servers between the user's desktop computer and the user's wireless device. The administration system having two components, a user interface (or client) and a administration service. The client having restricted access to what changes can be made to the data on the Enterprise server, yet sufficient permissions to require a single point of access to maintain user access to both the message server and the Enterprise servers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Allan D. Lewis, Denny K. Chiu
  • Publication number: 20020132607
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing congestion in wireless communication systems is provided. An unsolicited message reduction system includes a message detector and an all points bulletin (APB) generator. The message detector applies predefined filtering rules to identify and act upon unsolicited email messages to reduce the total number of transmissions in the wireless communication system. The filtering rules include global and user rules, with the global rules normally having precedence over user rules. The APB generator allows messages to be sent wireless mobile communication devices through direct wireless messages instead of through email messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: William D. Castell, Allan D. Lewis, Tabitha K. Ferguson, Bill Yuan, Ian M. Patterson
  • Publication number: 20020132609
    Abstract: A scalable messaging system for wireless networks is disclosed. Multiple email servers connect to a mailbox server through respective client interfaces. The client interfaces are implemented so that if an email server ceases to communicate with a client, the mailbox server continues to function. Multiple mailbox servers are connected to a single wireless router. The router is preferably located between an internal firewall and an external firewall. The wireless router acts as a server for the mailbox servers and multiplexes messages received from the mailbox servers into a single stream. The single stream is transmitted through a single port in the external firewall, thus providing only one connection through the external firewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Allan D. Lewis, Tabitha K. Ferguson, James A. Godfrey, Carl L. Cherry, Bill Yuan