Patents by Inventor James Lashlee Matlock

James Lashlee Matlock 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).

  • Integrated telecommunication collaboration system
    Patent number: 6256389
    Abstract: An integrated telecommunication collaboration system which allows the close integration of desktop computer applications, data communications, and public switched telephone network voice connections. Client software which implements the invention includes a voice agent for establishing telephone sessions, a data agent for establishing associated data sessions, a communications agent which synchronizes the date and voice agents, and an integration agent which integrates the data and voice communications with a computer operating system, and with various applications. The integrated telecommunication collaboration system controls the establishment of harmonized calls by sending and receiving various requests and status messages to and from a server, and another client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: William Clyde Prentice Dalrymple, James Lashlee Matlock, Patrick Michael O'Shaughnessey, Ta-Ming Chen, Robert Donald Monroe, Jr.