Patents by Inventor Lorin Bruce Rowe

Lorin Bruce Rowe 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing interactive text messages during a voice call
    Patent number: 7133899
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present information relate to a method and apparatus for providing interactive text messages to a user's device during a voice call. In one embodiment, information is received from a client and at least a portion of the received information is converted into a text format. Non-converted information is transmitted to the user's device on a voice portion of a communications channel and the converted information is transmitted to the user's device on a data control portion of the communications channel. Accordingly, interactive text messages are presented to a user's device during a voice call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventor: Lorin Bruce Rowe
  • Method and apparatus for providing interactive text messages during a voice call
    Publication number: 20030028601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present information relate to a method and apparatus for providing interactive text messages to a user's device during a voice call. In one embodiment, information is received from a client and at least a portion of the received information is converted into a text format. Non-converted information is transmitted to the user's device on a voice portion of a communications channel and the converted information is transmitted to the user's device on a data control portion of the communications channel. Accordingly, interactive text messages are presented to a user's device during a voice call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Lorin Bruce Rowe