Patents by Inventor David Featherstone

David Featherstone 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).

  • Apparatus and method for routing multimedia messages between a user agent and multiple multimedia message service centers
    Patent number: 7649895
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for routing a multimedia message sent by a user agent to one of a plurality of multimedia message service centers, the user agent applying a pre-determined determined destination address to the multimedia message. The multimedia message is received at the pre-determined destination address, a target multimedia message service center is selected and the multimedia message is forwarded to the target multimedia message service center. Routing is based on address information contained in the multimedia message, session identification information associated with the multimedia message, load-balancing and fault-tolerance information associated with each one of the plurality of multimedia message service centers, service identifying information contained in the multimedia message and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Airwide Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Kadar, Jiwei Wang, Ken Kim, David Featherstone
  • Apparatus and method for routing multimedia messages between a user agent and multiple multimedia message service centers
    Publication number: 20050141522
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for routing a multimedia message sent by a user agent to one of a plurality of multimedia message service centers, the user agent applying a pre-determined determined destination address to the multimedia message. The multimedia message is received at the pre-determined destination address, a target multimedia message service center is selected and the multimedia message is forwarded to the target multimedia message service center. Routing is based on address information contained in the multimedia message, session identification information associated with the multimedia message, load-balancing and fault-tolerance information associated with each one of the plurality of multimedia message service centers, service identifying information contained in the multimedia message and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Vincent Kadar, Jiwei Wang, Ken Kim, David Featherstone