Patents by Inventor Andrew John MACKIE

Andrew John MACKIE 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).

  • Methods and systems to resolve message group
    Patent number: 8667271
    Abstract: A method and system for resolving addresses of a message including looking up, from a source directory, a group name associated with a message address of the message, looking up through a cache of user names mapped to user addresses, a user address for each of the looked up user names and returning an associated user address, and addressing the message to each looked up user addresses. Expanding group address by looking up user name in for group from source directory, looking up user address for each user name from user cache, addressing message to looked up user, address, and transmitting message to looked up user address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Pavel Shkolnikov, Ian Douglas Sangster, Andrew John Mackie
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO RESOLVE MESSAGE GROUP
    Publication number: 20100017607
    Abstract: A method and system for resolving addresses of a message including looking up, from a source directory, a group name associated with a message address of the message, looking up through a cache of user names mapped to user addresses, a user address for each of the looked up user names and returning an associated user address, and addressing the message to each looked up user addresses. Expanding group address by looking up user name in for group from source directory, looking up user address for each user name from user cache, addressing message to looked up user, address, and transmitting message to looked up user address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Pavel SHKOLNIKOV, Ian Douglas SANGSTER, Andrew John MACKIE