Patents by Inventor Anthony Keaton Holton

Anthony Keaton Holton 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: 6393288
    Abstract: A method of establishing call termination to a mobile station of a called subscriber in a fixed wireless communication network which can be only allowed to receive call terminations in one of its HomeZones. The identification and location of the MS is ascertained prior to routing a call to the switching center serving the MS. The radio link between the serving switching center and the MS is maintained and used to terminate a call if the MS is determined to be within a HomeZone. The present invention eliminates the need to page a MS twice thereby speeding up the call termination. The MS provides its location area code and Cell ID to the serving/visited mobile switching center to facilitate the SCP identifying the MS's location prior to routing the call termination to the MS. The HomeZone call may be routed to a mobile station voicemail if it is determined to be outside its HomeZones, or, terminated to the mobile station but at a higher wireless billing rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Patrick N. Sollee, Anthony Keaton Holton