Patents by Inventor Allan SCHOUGAARD

Allan SCHOUGAARD 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 monitoring message status in an asynchronous mediated communication system
    Patent number: 8595302
    Abstract: A system and method for mediating the routing of asynchronous messages includes routing the asynchronous message to a first recipient, determining whether the first recipient opened the asynchronous message, and re-routing the asynchronous message to a second recipient who is qualified to receive and respond to the message if the first recipient fails to open the message (i.e., read, listen, display, act upon the message). In an embodiment, the message is re-routed to the second recipient if the first recipient fails to open the message within a deadline automatically imposed by the system when the message is of a certain type. In an embodiment, a mediator monitors if any recipient accepts responsibility for the asynchronous message and informs the other recipients that the asynchronous message may be deleted from their message queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Govindarajan Krishnamurthi, Stewart A. Skomra, Srinivas Raghavan, Allan Schougaard, Deepa Suri
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING MESSAGE STATUS IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS MEDIATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100161743
    Abstract: A system and method for mediating the routing of asynchronous messages includes routing the asynchronous message to a first recipient, determining whether the first recipient opened the asynchronous message, and re-routing the asynchronous message to a second recipient who is qualified to receive and respond to the message if the first recipient fails to open the message (i.e., read, listen, display, act upon the message). In an embodiment, the message is re-routed to the second recipient if the first recipient fails to open the message within a deadline automatically imposed by the system when the message is of a certain type. In an embodiment, a mediator monitors if any recipient accepts responsibility for the asynchronous message and informs the other recipients that the asynchronous message may be deleted from their message queues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Govindarajan KRISHNAMURTHI, Stewart A. SKOMRA, Srinivas RAGHAVAN, Allan SCHOUGAARD, Deepa SURI