Patents by Inventor Timothy Misner

Timothy Misner 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).

  • System and method of using presence information to delay dialing phone calls initiated by a caller to a callee
    Patent number: 7076043
    Abstract: In a communication system, a delayed call dialing processing system and method are described. The delayed call dialing processing system includes logic that allows a caller wishing to call a callee to delegate the task of monitoring presence information to detect when the callee is present to accept the call. The delayed call dialing process system further allows the caller to delegate the task of monitoring the delayed call and then makes the delegated task visible to the caller to enable the caller to either reschedule the delayed call or cancel the delayed call after the call has been queued for delay dialing. When presence information indicates that the caller and the callee are available, the calls are put through and bridged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Curbow, Timothy Misner, Nigel Simpson, Vicky Oliver
  • Methods and apparatus for automatically generating a routing table in a messaging server
    Patent number: 6865594
    Abstract: According to the present invention, methods, apparatus, and computer readable medium are disclosed for automatically defining a mail domain in a directory server associated with a messaging server are disclosed. When an message having new domain name is received by the messaging server, a directory server creates a corresponding entry in a directory for every component included in the new domain name that does not already exist in the directory. A corresponding domain name service record is automatically updated in a domain name server associated with the directory server based upon the entry which is used to identify the new domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Belissent, Fred Batty, Timothy Misner, Daryl Huff, Anil Srivastava
  • System and method of using presence information to delay dialing phone calls initiated by a caller to a callee
    Publication number: 20030206619
    Abstract: In a communication system, a delayed call dialing processing system and method are described. The delayed call dialing processing system includes logic that allows a caller wishing to call a callee to delegate the task of monitoring presence information to detect when the callee is present to accept the call. The delayed call dialing process system further allows the caller to delegate the task of monitoring the delayed call and then makes the delegated task visible to the caller to enable the caller to either reschedule the delayed call or cancel the delayed call after the call has been queued for delay dialing. When presence information indicates that the caller and the callee are available, the calls are put through and bridged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: David Curbow, Timothy Misner, Nigel Simpson, Vicky Oliver