Patents by Inventor William Herschel Dudley

William Herschel Dudley 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).

  • Patent number: 6959194
    Abstract: A system for routing SMS-messages to a plurality of short message service centers, comprising: a first transceiver for sending and receiving SMS-messages over a fixed network; a router table for identifying from a recipient address of a SMS-message a short message service center that services the intended recipient of the SMS-message, said first transceiver cooperating with the router table in order to submit a received SMS-message to an identified short message service center servicing the intended recipient. The system further comprises a GSM-node comprising a second transceiver for sending and receiving SMS-messages to and from a GSM-network, said second transceiver connected to said first transceiver; wherein said first transceiver and said GSM-node are connected and wherein said first transceiver is adapted to submit a SMS-message to said GSM-node when the short message is of a predetermined format, so that the GSM-node forms a proxy connected to the GSM-network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: CMG International B.V.
    Inventors: Sander Martijn Brouwer, William Herschel Dudley
  • Publication number: 20040043777
    Abstract: A system for routing SMS-messages to a plurality of short message service centers, comprising:a first transceiver for sending and receiving SMS-messages over a fixed network; a router table for identifying from a recipient address of a SMS-message a short message service center that services the intended recipient of the SMS-message, said first transceiver cooperating with the router table in order to submit a received SMS-message to an identified short message service center servicing the intended recipient. The system further comprises a GSM-node comprising a second transceiver for sending and receiving SMS-messages to and from a GSM-network, said second transceiver connected to said first transceiver; wherein said first transceiver and said GSM-node are connected and wherein said first transceiver is adapted to submit a SMS-message to said GSM-node when the short message is of a predetermined format, so that the GSM-node forms a proxy connected to the GSM-network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Applicant: CMG International B.V.
    Inventors: Sander Martijn Brouwer, William Herschel Dudley