Patents by Inventor John Ciarlante

John Ciarlante 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).

  • Systems and methods for routing messages to communications devices over a communications network
    Patent number: 7272662
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for routing a message to a communications device. These systems and methods may receive a message via a communications channel, convert the message into a uniform media format, identify at least one of the following: at least one user communications device to receive the message and at least one communications channel for delivering the message, then convert the uniform media formatted message for at least one communications protocol and then forward the message formatted for the at least one communications protocol to the at least one user communications device via at least one communications channel. In accordance with the systems and methods disclosed herein, messages sent in one communications protocol via a communications channel may be delivered to a user in a different communications protocol via a different communications channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: NMS Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Pascal Chesnais, Christopher Herot, Imran Qidwai, Joshua Randall, Kamal Ayad, John Ciarlante
  • Systems and methods for routing messages to communications devices over a communications network
    Publication number: 20020087704
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for routing a message to a communications device. These systems and methods may receive a message via a communications channel, convert the message into a uniform media format, identify at least one of the following: at least one user communications device to receive the message and at least one communications channel for delivering the message, then convert the uniform media formatted message for at least one communications protocol and then forward the message formatted for the at least one communications protocol to the at least one user communications device via at least one communications channel. In accordance with the systems and methods disclosed herein, messages sent in one communications protocol via a communications channel may be delivered to a user in a different communications protocol via a different communications channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Pascal Chesnais, Christopher Herot, Imran Qidwai, Joshua Randall, Kamal Ayad, John Ciarlante