Patents by Inventor Nigel Bird

Nigel Bird 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).

  • Telecommunications system
    Publication number: 20070123277
    Abstract: A telecommunications system provides a facility for communicating a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a mobile user equipment using a subscriber identity number when the mobile user equipment is communicating via an Internet Protocol network using an Internet Protocol (IP) communication being terminated on the IP network. The system comprises an SMS network including a Short Message Service Centre (SM-SC), a gateway mobile switching centre (GMSC), the SMS network providing a facility for communicating SMS messages, and an Internet Protocol/SMS (IP/SMS) gateway for communicating between the SMS network and the IP network. The system also includes a home location database for maintaining address data identifying a current location of a mobile user equipment. The gateway mobile switching centre is operable in response to the SMS message to interrogate the home location database for an address to which the SMS message should be sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Orange SA
    Inventors: Martin Harris, Nick Sampson, Nigel Bird