Patents by Inventor Ingrid VanDenHoogen

Ingrid VanDenHoogen 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).

  • Peer-to-peer email messaging
    Patent number: 7849140
    Abstract: System and method for facilitating communications between peers in a peer-to-peer environment and network email clients. In one embodiment, network nodes including peer nodes may host mail transfer agents. The mail transfer agents may act as bridges between peer-to-peer protocols and email communication protocols. The mail transfer agents may communicate with peers according to peer-to-peer protocols and with email clients according to email communications protocols. Peers may communicate with mail transfer agents to send peer-to-peer messages to email clients. Email clients may communicate with the mail transfer agents to send email messages to and receive email messages from other email clients via the peer-to-peer network and to obtain peer-to-peer messages from peers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed M. Abdel-Aziz, Bernard A. Traversat, Matthew Reid, Ingrid VanDenHoogen, William N. Joy, Michael J. Clary
  • Peer-to-peer email messaging
    Publication number: 20040064511
    Abstract: System and method for facilitating communications between peers in a peer-to-peer environment and network email clients. In one embodiment, network nodes including peer nodes may host mail transfer agents. The mail transfer agents may act as bridges between peer-to-peer protocols and email communication protocols. The mail transfer agents may communicate with peers according to peer-to-peer protocols and with email clients according to email communications protocols. Peers may communicate with mail transfer agents to send peer-to-peer messages to email clients. Email clients may communicate with the mail transfer agents to send email messages to and receive email messages from other email clients via the peer-to-peer network and to obtain peer-to-peer messages from peers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Mohamed M. Abdel-Aziz, Bernard A. Traversat, Matthew Reid, Ingrid VanDenHoogen, William N. Joy, Michael J. Clary