Patents by Inventor Abid T. Rashid

Abid T. Rashid 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).

  • Telephony method, system and application for barring personal calls outside a local telephony system
    Publication number: 20040071281
    Abstract: A telephony method and system are provided in a local telephony system for selectively barring calls outside the system for a system user including the steps of/means for: compiling a list of telephone numbers tagged as personal number specific to the user; determining a busy time when there is a level of call activity above an activity threshold; and barring specific user calls corresponding to the personal numbers during the busy time. A soft call-barring application (and database schema) for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Abid T. Rashid