Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Wimmer

Eric Thomas Wimmer 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).

  • System and method for virtual carrier addressing and routing for global short message service
    Patent number: 7860498
    Abstract: Network system and methods for addressing and routing Short Message Service (SMS) messages from international callers to domestic callers using Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) Mobile Application Part (MAP) Send Routing Info for Short Message (SRI for SM). The systems and methods create a virtual Home Location Register (HLR) and a virtual Mobile Switching Center (MSC) so that an intermediary, which is not itself a carrier, can handle such messages. The systems and methods generate and return an identifier associated with the intermediary as the location for an HLR and a MSC such that the international caller routes the SMS message to the intermediary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sybase 365, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Lovell, Jr., Eric Thomas Wimmer