Patents by Inventor Caroline M Beauchamps

Caroline M Beauchamps 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).

  • Processing network address identifiers
    Patent number: 6988143
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, data processing system and software for generating address identifiers for use in a communications network. The method comprises the step of processing a first address identifier constructed in accordance with a first communications protocol; and the step of constructing a second address identifier, from said first identifier, in accordance with a second communications protocol. The first communications protocol may be protocol Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and the second communications Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The invention enables messages to be sent to a SIP URL derived from an SMTP email URL. In the event that the SIP URL is invalid, or unregistered the SIP message is diverted from a SIP defined destination URL address identifier to a corresponding SMTP defined destination URL address identifier for the same user or end system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: British Telecommunications
    Inventors: Alan W O'Neill, Philip M Clarke, Shaun S Baker, Caroline M Beauchamps, Paul J Felton
  • Processing network address identifiers
    Publication number: 20030046405
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, data processing system and software for generating address identifiers for use in a communications network. The method comprises the step of processing a first address identifier constructed in accordance with a first communications protocol; and the step of constructing a second address identifier, from said first identifier, in accordance with a second communications protocol. The first communications protocol may be protocol Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and the second communications Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The invention enables messages to be sent to a SIP URL derived from an SMTP email URL. In the event that the SIP URL is invalid, or unregistered the SIP message is diverted from a SIP defined destination URL address identifier to a corresponding SMTP defined destination URL address identifier for the same user or end system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Alan W O'Neill, Philip M Clarke, Shaun S Baker, Caroline M Beauchamps, Paul J Felton