Patents by Inventor Chris Lwanga

Chris Lwanga 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).

  • REDUCING MESSAGING COSTS
    Publication number: 20100144378
    Abstract: Technology for enabling subscribers to reduce their messaging costs is described. The technology includes employing multiple messaging data messaging services and employing advertisement-based defrayal of messaging charges. A message may be entered or displayed as an SMS message even though a data communications service other than SMS is used to exchange the message between computing devices. When a sender of a message sends an SMS message, the sender may receive an advertisement from an advertiser who defrays the cost of sending the SMS message. The advertiser may also defray the receiving cost for a receiver of the SMS message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Futty, Danny Lange, Fredrik Winsnes, Chris Lwanga, Bruce L. Johnson, Bruce E. Johnson