Patents by Inventor Stephen Reeves

Stephen Reeves 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).

  • Storage of applications and associated digital goods for use in wireless communication devices and systems
    Patent number: 9288666
    Abstract: Methods and devices for restoring digital goods previously acquired and associated with an application are described. In one aspect, the method includes: receiving, at an application delivery server, a request for the application to be delivered to a communication device; and in response to receiving the request: retrieving the application associated with the request; sending the application associated with the request to the communication device; and restoring the digital goods previously acquired and associated with the application to the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Paul Mark Joseph Dumais, Kimberly Chaila Horne, Raymond Lee Canton, Stephen Reeves
  • STORAGE OF APPLICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED DIGITAL GOODS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130171978
    Abstract: Methods and devices for restoring digital goods previously acquired and associated with an application are described. In one aspect, the method includes: receiving, at an application delivery server, a request for the application to be delivered to a communication device; and in response to receiving the request: retrieving the application associated with the request; sending the application associated with the request to the communication device; and restoring the digital goods previously acquired and associated with the application to the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: Rearch In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Paul Mark Joseph Dumais, Kimberly Chaila Horne, Raymond Lee Canton, Stephen Reeves
  • Routing in a communications network
    Patent number: 6314092
    Abstract: A path between a selected first node and a selected second node is identified in a telecommunications network. A system cost is estimated for making a connection between the first node and the second node, a potential first intermediate note interconnectable from the first node is identified and a first set of systems costs are estimated from said first intermediate nodes to said second node. In addition, the second intermediate nodes connectable from the second node are identified and a second set of systems costs are estimated from the second intermediate nodes to the first node. On the basis of a comparison between the first set of systems costs and the second set of systems costs, between the first and second nodes, a starting node and a target node are selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventor: Stephen Reeve