Patents by Inventor Kenneth J. Bugbee

Kenneth J. Bugbee 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).

  • Messaging system
    Patent number: 6289392
    Abstract: A messaging system for passing messages between calling programs and called programs wherein all messages are passed within a defined message block and via a message interface. The message interface has memory for storing, for each called program, an identifier and a program interface. In use, the message interface receives a message block from a calling program containing an identifier, associates the identifier with a particular called program and a particular program interface, and sends a message block to the particular called program utilizing the particular program interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: British Telecommunications plc
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Bugbee