Patents by Inventor Andy Strowbridge

Andy Strowbridge 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: 20120311029
    Abstract: An apparatus for initiating a communication across a telecommunications network, the communication being between members of a social network, comprising means for retrieving data associated with a first subscriber from a social network server, the first subscriber being a member of the social network, the data including contact information for members of the social network associated with the subscriber, means for storing the contact information on a network server, means for providing the contact information to the subscriber, means for receiving selection of contacts with whom the subscriber wishes to initiate a communication, means for receiving selection of the type of communication with which the subscriber wishes to initiate communication with the selected contacts, and means for initiating a communication with the selected contacts across a telecommunication network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, VODAFONE GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Rolf Schuster, Stefan Holtel, Alex Phillips, David Barker, Jochen Kappel, Gareth Jones, Gavin Astur, Andy Strowbridge, Sima Nadler