Patents by Inventor Colin D. R. Smith

Colin D. R. Smith 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).

  • Patent number: 7516411
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Brian F. Beaton, Clifford P. Grossner, Douglas E. Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Christopher Thompson, Colin D. R. Smith, James F. Zdralek, Jean J. Bouchard, Stéphane F. Fortier, L. Lloyd Williams
  • Patent number: 7516410
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Thompson, Brian F. Beaton, Clifford P. Grossner, Douglas E. Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Colin D. R. Smith, James F. Zdralek, Jean J. Bouchard, Stéphane F. Fortier, Denis Mercier, L. Lloyd Williams
  • Patent number: 7472352
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Douglas E. Liversidge, Brian F. Beaton, Clifford P. Grossner, Roman Romaniuk, Colin D. R. Smith, Christopher Thompson, James F. Zdralek, Jean J. Bouchard, Stéphane F. Fortier, Denis Mercier, L. Lloyd Williams
  • Patent number: 7469384
    Abstract: A collaboration services suite is adapted to support a plurality of integrated telecommunications services accessed by geographically dispersed team members using a virtual team environment (VTE) client that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for each of the respective team members. Communications sessions are automatically set up by the collaboration services suite in response to request messages generated by the VTE client when a team member initiates a communications session request using the GUI. Team members require no knowledge of another team member's communications device address in order to initiate a communications session. The collaboration services suite includes a VTE server that communicates with the VTE clients, a presence engine that collects and maintains a status of communications devices specified in a current profile of the team member; and, a call server for handling setup and control of a voice component of each communications session completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Thompson, Brian F. Beaton, Clifford P. Grossner, Douglas E. Liversidge, Roman Romaniuk, Colin D. R. Smith, James F. Zdralek, Jean J. Bouchard, Stéphane F. Fortier, Denis Mercier, L. Lloyd Williams