AvantGo Receives Notice of Allowance for Third Mobile Technology Patent.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2003 AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading provider of mobile enterprise software, today announced that it has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property that the Company will receive its third patent for its innovative mobile technology. The Company believes the patent will be issued before the end of March 2003. AvantGo is a pioneer in allowing individuals to mobilize web-based content and applications using handheld devices, whether those devices are connected wirelessly or synchronized though a desktop computer or server. This newest patent will cover AvantGo's industry-leading methodology for off-line viewing of web pages or "channels" of content that enable marketers and enterprises to deliver robust mobile applications in an always-available mode. It will include the synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. of content, the definition of channels and the viewing of content for XML-based web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , applications and data for applications where field data and transaction integrity are critical. As with the Company's first two patents, the invention is core to the unique ability for AvantGo software to enable wireless and off-line access to information on a variety of mobile devices. "This patent recognizes our unique systems and methods for delivering web content to mobile devices, as well as optimizing that content for speed, size and efficiency, whether or not a device is connected to a network. It is encouraging to see that our development teams' efforts in these areas are being recognized for their innovation," said Tom Whittaker Tom Whittaker may refer to:
About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is a leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo delivers mobile customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) solutions that unlock the return on investment of popular CRM/SFA systems by driving adoption, and mobile data collection solutions that improve field productivity and data accuracy. AvantGo's mobile solutions, which are built on the company's award-winning enterprise mobile software platform, can be deployed within an enterprise or delivered through the hosted My AvantGo service, which has more than seven million registered users. Currently, AvantGo's customers comprise 38 of the Fortune 100, and include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco, FedEx and CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. . Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the actual issuance of the patent by the USPTO USPTO abbr. United States Patent and Trademark Office . For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . Note to Editors: AvantGo, AvantGo M-Business Server and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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