Patents by Inventor Andrew Macpherson

Andrew Macpherson 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).

  • Storing subscriber location indication at DNS, to enable location specific provision of internet content
    Patent number: 6845400
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and software for accessing location based Internet services by automatically populating DNS tables with subscriber location information. The DNS tables are updated responsive to information provided on subscriber call set-up. The location may be derived directly for the content of the call set-up, or may be derived in conjunction with one or more pre-existing databases. Ideally the DNS entry is a mapping from IP address (or subnet address) to location, though a mapping from domain name to location will also be effective. When a location based service is requested by a subscriber, the requested service may interrogate the DNS table to retrieve the requesting user's location without requiring further subscriber intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Macpherson, Philip Davies
  • Locality-related internet services
    Publication number: 20020087726
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and software for accessing location based Internet services by automatically populating DNS tables with subscriber location information. The DNS tables are updated responsive to information provided on subscriber call set-up. The location may be derived directly for the content of the call set-up, or may be derived in conjunction with one or more pre-existing databases. Ideally the DNS entry is a mapping from IP address (or subnet address) to location, though a mapping from domain name to location will also be effective. When a location based service is requested by a subscriber, the requested service may interrogate the DNS table to retrieve the requesting user's location without requiring further subscriber intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Andrew Macpherson, Philip Davies