Patents by Inventor Mary S. Arnoff

Mary S. Arnoff 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: 8681971
    Abstract: An intelligent interactive call handling system is provided that typically includes a central office, a call-handling device, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The call-handling device is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the call-handling device, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to at least one registered communication device, sends a prompt to the called party at said at least one registered communication device responsive to the presence determination, receives a reply from said at least one registered communication device, and routes the call responsive to the reply. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, Jr., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Patent number: 8355731
    Abstract: An intelligent interactive call handling system is provided that typically includes a central office, a call-handling device, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The call-handling device is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the call-handling device, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to at least one registered communication device, sends a prompt to the called party at said at least one registered communication device responsive to the presence determination, receives a reply from said at least one registered communication device, and routes the call responsive to the reply. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, Jr., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Patent number: 8180038
    Abstract: A rule-based intelligent call forwarding system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service control point, which is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the service control point, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to a registered communication device, parses rules associated with the called party, and terminates the call request responsive to the rules parsing and presence determination. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, Jr., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Patent number: 7945030
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing messages in one communication system by another communication system. In some embodiments, a request to access data is received from a second communication system. The data is located at a first communication system. The first communication system is configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol, while the second communication system is configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol. The received request is converted to a command of the first standard communication protocol. Using the command, the data at the first communication system is accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mary S. Arnoff, Dale W. Malik
  • Publication number: 20100215039
    Abstract: An intelligent interactive call handling system is provided that typically includes a central office, a call-handling device, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The call-handling device is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the call-handling device, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to at least one registered communication device, sends a prompt to the called party at said at least one registered communication device responsive to the presence determination, receives a reply from said at least one registered communication device, and routes the call responsive to the reply. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. f/k/a BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, JR., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Patent number: 7734294
    Abstract: An intelligent interactive call handling system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service control point is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the service control point, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to at least one registered communication device, sends a prompt to the called party at said at least one registered communication device responsive to the presence determination, receives a reply from said at least one registered communication device, and routes the call responsive to the reply. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I,L.P.
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, Jr., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Publication number: 20100091974
    Abstract: A rule-based intelligent call forwarding system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service control point, which is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the service control point, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to a registered communication device, parses rules associated with the called party, and terminates the call request responsive to the rules parsing and presence determination. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I., L.P. f/k/a BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, JR., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Patent number: 7680259
    Abstract: A rule-based intelligent call forwarding system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service control point, which is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system, which is coupled to the service control point, typically receives the internet call routing query, determines presence of the called party with respect to a registered communication device, parses rules associated with the called party, and terminates the call request responsive to the rules parsing and presence determination. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I,L.P.
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, Jr., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Patent number: 7274777
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for storing messages using multiple communication modalities, in which a first communication is received from a first communication system. The first communication system is configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol. The first communication is converted to a second communication, which is compatible with a second standard communication protocol. The first communication and second communication are separately stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Mary S. Arnoff, W. Todd Daniell, Larry G. Kent, Jr., Dale W. Malik
  • Patent number: 7184525
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accessing messages in one communication system by another communication system. In some embodiments, a request to access data is received from a second communication system. The data is located at a first communication system. The first communication system is configured to communicate using a first standard communication protocol, while the second communication system is configured to communicate using a second standard communication protocol. The received request is converted to a command of the first standard communication protocol. Using the command, the data at the first communication system is accessed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Mary S. Arnoff, Dale W. Malik
  • Patent number: 6970546
    Abstract: An intelligent remote caller identification system is provided that typically includes a central office, a service control point, and an internet call routing system. The central office typically triggers a query responsive to receiving a call request. The service control point is coupled to the central office, receives the query, and triggers an internet call routing query. The internet call routing system is coupled to the service control point and typically receives the internet call routing query, determines the presence of the called party with respect to a registered communication device, and sends an internet-based message to the called party at the registered communication device in response to the presence determination. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellecutal Property Corp.
    Inventors: Larry G. Kent, Jr., W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Publication number: 20040066404
    Abstract: A user friendly e-mail client is provided. A representative e-mail client includes a mailbox representation of a mailbox and an address book representation of an address book. The mailbox is operable to enable a user to review summary information regarding received messages. The address book representation is operable directly from the mailbox representation to enable the user to select recipients for an outgoing message. The address book representation is further operable to enable the user to enter a new addressee and addressee contact information comprising a contact directly into the address book. Methods and computer readable media for e-mail clients are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Mary S. Arnoff
  • Publication number: 20040068545
    Abstract: Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for organizing and managing attachments from electronic messages. One embodiment of the system, among others, includes an electronic messaging client for receiving electronic messages and an attachment management system configured to preorganize default directory locations for saving attachments into those directory locations and also to display descriptive information regarding attachments such as name, type, and size. Other systems and methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: W. Todd Daniell, Mary S. Arnoff, Dale W. Malik