Patents by Inventor Brian A. MacDonald

Brian A. MacDonald 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: 20040267887
    Abstract: A system is described for managing presence information comprising: a plurality of data processing devices capable of supporting communication over a plurality of different communication channels; a presence management module to manage presence information associated with a first user of the plurality of users, the presence management module to automatically provide the presence information to one or more other users, the presence information including an indication of one or more preferred communication channels for contacting the first user of the plurality of users; and a multi-mode communication module to generate a communication interface on data processing devices of the one or more other users, the communication interface containing a selectable list of the one or more preferred communication channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kelly D. Berger, Brian A. MacDonald