Patents by Inventor Jonathon Marchant

Jonathon Marchant 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 system for facilitating communication between wireless communication devices
    Patent number: 9065970
    Abstract: There is provided a method in a first communications device operable to communicate with a second device using a network supporting first and second different communication methods. The method comprises: allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the first communication method; registering the first device on a service platform of the network; requesting from the service platform a second device status indicator of the ability of the second device to communicate using the second communication method; receiving the second device status indicator from the service platform; and, allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the second communication method in dependence on the received second device status indicator. The second device status indicator depends on the current network connectivity of the second device. At least one of the first and second devices is a mobile telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Rogelio Martinez, Phillip Carter, Oscar Gallego Gomez, Alfonso Gomez, Jonathon Marchant
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140375747
    Abstract: There is provided a method in a first communications device operable to communicate with a second device using a network supporting first and second different communication methods. The method comprises: allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the first communication method; registering the first device on a service platform of the network; requesting from the service platform a second device status indicator of the ability of the second device to communicate using the second communication method; receiving the second device status indicator from the service platform; and, allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the second communication method in dependence on the received second device status indicator. The second device status indicator depends on the current network connectivity of the second device. At least one of the first and second devices is a mobile telecommunications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Rogelio MARTINEZ, Phillip CARTER, Oscar GALLEGO GOMEZ, Alfonso GOMEZ, Jonathon MARCHANT
  • Method and system for facilitating communication between wireless communication devices
    Patent number: 8868072
    Abstract: There is provided a method in a first communications device operable to communicate with a second device using a network supporting first and second different communication methods. The method comprises: allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the first communication method; registering the first device on a service platform of the network; requesting from the service platform a second device status indicator of the ability of the second device to communicate using the second communication method; receiving the second device status indicator from the service platform; and, allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the second communication method in dependence on the received second device status indicator. The second device status indicator depends on the current network connectivity of the second device. At least one of the first and second devices is a mobile telecommunications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Vodafone IP Licensing Limited
    Inventors: Rogelio Martinez, Phillip Carter, Oscar Gallego Gomez, Alfonso Gomez, Jonathon Marchant
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120225652
    Abstract: There is provided a method in a first communications device operable to communicate with a second device using a network supporting first and second different communication methods. The method comprises: allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the first communication method; registering the first device on a service platform of the network; requesting from the service platform a second device status indicator of the ability of the second device to communicate using the second communication method; receiving the second device status indicator from the service platform; and, allowing the first device to communicate with the second device using the second communication method in dependence on the received second device status indicator. The second device status indicator depends on the current network connectivity of the second device. At least one of the first and second devices is a mobile telecommunications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: VODAFONE IP LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Rogelio MARTINEZ, Phillip Carter, Oscar Gallego Gomez, Lafonso Gomez, Jonathon Marchant