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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew Tunnicliffe, Sawbridgeworth, GB;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370428 ; 370235 ; 370252 ; 370230 ; 370469 ; 379112 ; 379114 ;
Abstract
A method of message management in a communications network. The method comprises the steps of: (i) storing information comprising information about the communications network and user messages for message formats; (ii) storing at least one user message in one of a plurality of formats, the message being required to be sent using the communications network; (iii) negotiating, using one of the automated agents with one or more other of the automated agents; and (iv) using the one automated agent, determining, on the basis of the negotiation and the information, which of a second plurality of formats to send the user message in.