Patents by Inventor Jeffery F. Beamsley

Jeffery F. Beamsley 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).

  • Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer communication
    Patent number: 6219710
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer communication is established between two remote computing units over a network channel, even though a permanent network address is not known. An originating computer sends a message over a monitor channel, such as a circuit-switched telephone line, to a receiving computer creating a triggering event. In response to the triggering event, either the originating computer or the receiving computer determines a network address associated with either the originating computer or the receiving computer. Then, using the network address, peer-to-peer communication between the originating computer and receiving computer is established over the network channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Hilgrave Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew H. Gray, John K. Hile, Robert D. Everett, Jr., Jeffery F. Beamsley, John C. Masters
  • Method and apparatus for peer-to-peer communication
    Patent number: 6094676
    Abstract: Peer-to-peer communication is established between two remote computing units over a network channel, even though a permanent network address is not known. An originating computer sends a message over a monitor channel, such as a circuit-switched telephone line, to a receiving computer creating a triggering event. In response to the triggering event, either the originating computer or the receiving computer determines a network address associated with either the originating computer or the receiving computer. Then, using the network address, peer-to-peer communication between the originating computer and receiving computer is established over the network channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Hilgraeve Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew H. Gray, John K. Hile, Robert D. Everett, Jr., Jeffery F. Beamsley, John C. Masters