Patents by Inventor Nigel H. Berry

Nigel H. Berry 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 apparatus for UE reachability subscription/notification to facilitate improved message delivery
    Patent number: 8768388
    Abstract: A method of handling data sessions between user devices in a network is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a first network element an indication of non-delivery of a short message service message directed to a user device. Next, an insert subscriber data request message is sent to a second network element, wherein the insert subscriber data request message includes a flag that informs the second network element of the non-delivery of the short message service message and requests that the second network element notify the first network element when the user device is reachable. The first network element receives an insert subscriber data request answer from the second network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Nigel H. Berry, Suzann Hua
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UE REACHABILITY SUBSCRIPTION/NOTIFICATION TO FACILITATE IMPROVED MESSAGE DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20100261490
    Abstract: A method of handling data sessions between user devices in a network is disclosed. The method includes receiving at a first network element an indication of non-delivery of a short message service message directed to a user device. Next, an insert subscriber data request message is sent to a second network element, wherein the insert subscriber data request message includes a flag that informs the second network element of the non-delivery of the short message service message and requests that the second network element notify the first network element when the user device is reachable. The first network element receives an insert subscriber data request answer from the second network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Nigel H. Berry, Suzann Hua