Patents by Inventor David E. Lemson

David E. Lemson 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: 20150163341
    Abstract: Various technologies for managing mobile device communications can be offered to implement a virtual personal operator. Incoming calls and texts can be managed intelligently based on a rich network-stored context, allowing the network to make decisions and interact with callers. Because context is stored by the network, the virtual personal operator can function without contacting the called mobile phone, and can even provide helpful information to callers if the mobile phone is offline. Rich do-not-disturb functionality can be provided, and privileged callers can be given additional information or functionality based on their privileged status. Numerous other features that assist with communications management can be supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: John Skovron, Krishnan Ananthanarayanan, Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong, Eric Jonathan Hull, Reid Kuhn, David E. Lemson, Ganapathy Raman, Mahendra Sekaran, Lavanya Vasudevan, Aaron Woo, Kerry D. Woolsey, Aaron Woodman
  • Patent number: 7600042
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a configuration tool that during configuration of a message server assists a user in registering, transferring, maintaining a domain name and/or automatically configuring a message system in accordance therewith. The configuration tool guides the user through a series of inquiries, and based on the user input utilizes a list of registrars for registering a new domain name, configuring the system in accordance with an existing domain name, or transferring an existing domain name to a registrar within the list. The system then automatically configures the messaging server and other systems accordingly. Further, the system is configured to update a DNS for dynamic IP addresses corresponding to a domain name by periodically having the server send connection request to itself. This identifies when IP addresses associated with the domain name have changed, and thus the server may initiate the update of the DNS records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Lemson, Kevin M. Brown
  • Patent number: 7464136
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a configuration tool that during configuration of a message server assists a user in registering, transferring, maintaining a domain name and/or automatically configuring a message system in accordance therewith. The configuration tool guides the user through a series of inquiries, and based on the user input utilizes a list of registrars for registering a new domain name, configuring the system in accordance with an existing domain name, or transferring an existing domain name to a registrar within the list. The system then automatically configures the messaging server and other systems accordingly. Further, the system is configured to update a DNS for dynamic IP addresses corresponding to a domain name by periodically having the server send connection request to itself. This identifies when IP addresses associated with the domain name have changed, and thus the server may initiate the update of the DNS records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: David E. Lemson, Kevin M. Brown