Patents by Inventor Graeme R. Dollar

Graeme R. Dollar 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).

  • Clearinghouse for messages between disparate networks
    Patent number: 8516067
    Abstract: A system and method are directed towards managing interoperability between disparate IM networks. A clearinghouse server is provided that receives IM messages from disparate IM networks. The clearinghouse server examines the IM message to determine it is in a compatible protocol for a destination IM network. If the IM message is incompatible a translation service is used to translate the message into a compatible protocol. The translation service further determines if the destination IM network supports a feature employed by the received IM message. If the feature is supported or can be translated to a supported feature, the translation service will also perform the feature translation. Otherwise, the translation service may return an error message indicating that the received IM message includes an unsupported feature for the destination IM network. Upon satisfactory translation, the clearinghouse server forwards the translated IM message towards the destination IM network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme R. Dollar, Alexander Q. Musil, Thyagarajapuram S. Ramakrishnan
  • CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MESSAGES BETWEEN DISPARATE NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20120271897
    Abstract: A system and method are directed towards managing interoperability between disparate IM networks. A clearinghouse server is provided that receives IM messages from disparate IM networks. The clearinghouse server examines the IM message to determine it is in a compatible protocol for a destination IM network. If the IM message is incompatible a translation service is used to translate the message into a compatible protocol. The translation service further determines if the destination IM network supports a feature employed by the received IM message. If the feature is supported or can be translated to a supported feature, the translation service will also perform the feature translation. Otherwise, the translation service may return an error message indicating that the received IM message includes an unsupported feature for the destination IM network. Upon satisfactory translation, the clearinghouse server forwards the translated IM message towards the destination IM network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme R. Dollar, Alex Musil, Thyagarajapuram S. Ramakrishnan
  • Clearinghouse for messages between disparate networks
    Patent number: 8230029
    Abstract: A system and method are directed towards managing interoperability between disparate IM networks. A clearinghouse server is provided that receives IM messages from disparate IM networks. The clearinghouse server examines the IM message to determine it is in a compatible protocol for a destination IM network. If the IM message is incompatible a translation service is used to translate the message into a compatible protocol. The translation service further determines if the destination IM network supports a feature employed by the received IM message. If the feature is supported or can be translated to a supported feature, the translation service will also perform the feature translation. Otherwise, the translation service may return an error message indicating that the received IM message includes an unsupported feature for the destination IM network. Upon satisfactory translation, the clearinghouse server forwards the translated IM message towards the destination IM network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme R. Dollar, Alexander Q. Musil, Thyagarajapuram S. Ramakrishnan
  • CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MESSAGES BETWEEN DISPARATE NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20090313345
    Abstract: A system and method are directed towards managing interoperability between disparate IM networks. A clearinghouse server is provided that receives IM messages from disparate IM networks. The clearinghouse server examines the IM message to determine it is in a compatible protocol for a destination IM network. If the IM message is incompatible a translation service is used to translate the message into a compatible protocol. The translation service further determines if the destination IM network supports a feature employed by the received IM message. If the feature is supported or can be translated to a supported feature, the translation service will also perform the feature translation. Otherwise, the translation service may return an error message indicating that the received IM message includes an unsupported feature for the destination IM network. Upon satisfactory translation, the clearinghouse server forwards the translated IM message towards the destination IM network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme R. Dollar, Alex Musil, Thyagarajapuram S. Ramakrishnan
  • Clearinghouse for messages between disparate networks
    Patent number: 7626991
    Abstract: A system and method are directed towards managing interoperability between disparate IM networks. A clearinghouse server is provided that receives IM messages from disparate IM networks. The clearinghouse server examines the IM message to determine it is in a compatible protocol for a destination IM network. If the IM message is incompatible a translation service is used to translate the message into a compatible protocol. The translation service further determines if the destination IM network supports a feature employed by the received IM message. If the feature is supported or can be translated to a supported feature, the translation service will also perform the feature translation. Otherwise, the translation service may return an error message indicating that the received IM message includes an unsupported feature for the destination IM network. Upon satisfactory translation, the clearinghouse server forwards the translated IM message towards the destination IM network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Graeme R. Dollar, Alexander Q. Musil, Thyagarajapuram S. Ramakrishnan