Patents by Inventor Peter Ollodart

Peter Ollodart 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).

  • Enterprise management of public instant message communications
    Patent number: 8495155
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable enterprise management of public instant message (IM) communications. When a user requests a connection with a public IM service, the connection request is redirected to a gateway server that is associated with a domain specified in the user's user ID. The gateway server acts as a pass through server between the user's IM client application and the public IM service. The gateway server may be configured to log IM communications in which the user participates. The gateway server may also be configured to control whether or not the user is able to participate in point-to-point communications through the user's IM client application. An enterprise routing server may also be implemented in a geo-distributed enterprise to route a redirected public IM connection request to an enterprise IM gateway server based on a geographic location associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan W. Battle, Kenneth Fern, Peter Ollodart, Austina M. De Bonte, Yikang Xu, Christer Lundin
  • Enterprise Management of Public Instant Message Communications
    Publication number: 20100162362
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable enterprise management of public instant message (IM) communications. When a user requests a connection with a public IM service, the connection request is redirected to a gateway server that is associated with a domain specified in the user's user ID. The gateway server acts as a pass through server between the user's IM client application and the public IM service. The gateway server may be configured to log IM communications in which the user participates. The gateway server may also be configured to control whether or not the user is able to participate in point-to-point communications through the user's IM client application. An enterprise routing server may also be implemented in a geo-distributed enterprise to route a redirected public IM connection request to an enterprise IM gateway server based on a geographic location associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan W. Battle, Kenneth Fern, Peter Ollodart, Austina M. De Bonte, Yikang Xu, Christer Lundin
  • Enterprise management of public instant message communications
    Patent number: 7673001
    Abstract: Techniques are described that enable enterprise management of public instant message (IM) communications. When a user requests a connection with a public IM service, the connection request is redirected to a gateway server that is associated with a domain specified in the user's user ID. The gateway server acts as a pass through server between the user's IM client application and the public IM service. The gateway server may be configured to log IM communications in which the user participates. The gateway server may also be configured to control whether or not the user is able to participate in point-to-point communications through the user's IM client application. An enterprise routing server may also be implemented in a geo-distributed enterprise to route a redirected public IM connection request to an enterprise IM gateway server based on a geographic location associated with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan W. Battle, Kenneth Fern, Peter Ollodart, Austina De Bonte, Yikang Xu, Christer Lundin