Patents by Inventor Joseph E. Schlessinger

Joseph E. Schlessinger 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).

  • Arrangement for interfacing a telephone device with a personal computer
    Patent number: 5727047
    Abstract: An arrangement provides an interface between a telephone device and a personal computer in such a manner that enhanced capability for both the telephone device and the computer in processing information in an analog telephone environment is provided. The telephone device attaches to an analog telephone line and advantageously operates either as a stand-alone device when the computer is powered-off or in tandem with the computer when the computer is powered-on. A user is able to access any of the available telephony features from the telephone device at all times and from the computer when it is powered-on. Such available telephony features include, by way of example, Caller ID for decoding available information presented on the analog telephone line and an integrated telephone answering system, which provides for reception, transmission, and storage of voice, facsimile, and electronic mail messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Louis Bentley, Greg E. Blonder, Paul W. Hutchison, Kevin M. Ow-Wing, Michael S. Raven, Joseph E. Schlessinger, Dennis W. Specht, Eric E. Sumner, Jr., Ralph J. Weaver, III
  • Pulmonary monitor
    Patent number: 4546770
    Abstract: A pulmonary monitor for measuring a complex set of variables utilizing a group of three pushbuttons arranged to operate in hierarchical a hierarchical pattern for facilitating operator control of the functions of the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: Critikon
    Inventors: Joseph E. Schlessinger, Richard G. Hamilton
  • Pulmonary monitor
    Patent number: 4413632
    Abstract: A pulmonary monitor for measuring a complex set of variables utilizing a group of three pushbuttons arranged to operate in a hierarchical pattern for facilitating operator control of the functions of the monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: Critikon, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph E. Schlessinger, Richard G. Hamilton