Patents by Inventor John Eric Lumsden

John Eric Lumsden 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).

  • Graphical message notification
    Patent number: 6888927
    Abstract: The invention provides a method, apparatus and system for providing an addressee of a stored message with a graphical notification associated with a source of the stored message. In general terms, a communications device of the addressee is presented with the graphical notification in the form of an information signal which relates the stored message to at least one graphical image associated with the source of the stored message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Brian Cruickshank, Paul Michael Brennan, John Eric Lumsden