# Alcatel SA — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Alcatel SA has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Software Services Pass Messages Across Different Network Zones](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/6073184/method-of-transmitting-a-notification-to-a-receiver-from-plural-notification-services-in-a-distributed-application-network-and-a-network-for-implementing-the-method) — granted 2000
  A method for letting different parts of a large software network communicate by linking their notification services together like a relay race.

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