Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Couts

Jeffrey Couts 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 responding to a communication message with a canned reply
    Patent number: 7668915
    Abstract: The present invention is a data network system (110) and method for responding to a communication message with a canned reply by a target user of a target client device (one of 102-108). The data network system comprises a messaging server (112) and a messaging proxy (120) coupled to the messaging server. Initially, the target client device or, more particularly, the target user, configures one or more canned replies for the system. The messaging proxy then receives (204, 304, 404) a communication message from an originating client device (another one of 102-108) and retrieves (206, 306, 406) configuration data of the target client device. Next, the messaging proxy determines (208, 308, 408) whether the target client device is available for interactive communication with the originating client device based on the configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Couts, Uday Sagi, Dwight R. Smith
  • System and method for responding to a communication message with a canned reply
    Publication number: 20030120732
    Abstract: The present invention is a data network system (110) and method for responding to a communication message with a canned reply by a target user of a target client device (one of 102-108). The data network system comprises a messaging server (112) and a messaging proxy (120) coupled to the messaging server. Initially, the target client device or, more particularly, the target user, configures one or more canned replies for the system. The messaging proxy then receives (204, 304, 404) a communication message from an originating client device (another one of 102-108) and retrieves (206, 306, 406) configuration data of the target client device. Next, the messaging proxy determines (208, 308, 408) whether the target client device is available for interactive communication with the originating client device based on the configuration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Jeffrey Couts, Uday Sagi, Dwigh R. Smith