Patents by Inventor Massimo Malcontenti

Massimo Malcontenti 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 for sending a short message and debiting the recipient
    Patent number: 7917122
    Abstract: A method for sending short messages using a debiting service with debiting to a recipient by the following steps: 1) receiving a short message from a sending number addressed to a recipient's number, with the addition of a prefix, the prefix being associated with the debiting service; ii) checking an authorization of the sending number to debit a cost of the short message to the recipient; iii) checking if a credit of the recipient is greater than the cost; and iv) if outcomes of both checks ii and iii are positive, sending the short message to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Tim Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Tony Baldassini, Massimo Malcontenti
  • Method for sending a short message and debiting the recipient
    Publication number: 20060128403
    Abstract: A method for sending short messages using a debiting service with debiting to a recipient by the following steps: 1) receiving a short message from a sending number addressed to a recipient's number, with the addition of a prefix, the prefix being associated with the debiting service; ii) checking an authorization of the sending number to debit a cost of the short message to the recipient; iii) checking if a credit of the recipient is greater than the cost; and iv) if outcomes of both checks ii and iii are positive, sending the short message to the recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Tony Baldassini, Massimo Malcontenti