Patents by Inventor Charlotte Koerschen

Charlotte Koerschen 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for non-simultaneous transmittal and storage of voice message and digital text or image
    Patent number: 5483580
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for non-simultaneously creating and storing in electronic format a composite voice/data message having a recorded voice message portion and a facsimile transmittal portion. The method provides for creating a voice message and sending a time-wise separated facsimile transmittal to a voice message/data storage system, and then associating the separate voice message and facsimile transmittal portions to form a composite voice/data message. The methods include a message identification scheme wherein a message identification number is assigned to the first-received message portion, and the caller is prompted to provide that message identification number in connection with the later-received message portion. Apparatus to accomplish these methods steps is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: Octel Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Yigal Brandman, Charlotte Koerschen, Frank C. H. Lin, Peter D. Olson, Shahryar Soroosh, Jason Subramaniam, Bruce Todd