Patents by Inventor Mascha M. C. C. Van Oosterhout

Mascha M. C. C. Van Oosterhout 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).

  • Telecommunication station with call blocking and call transferring capabilities
    Patent number: 5999606
    Abstract: A telecommunication station having the capability to both block selected incoming calls and transfer other selected incoming calls. The station further has the capability to provide user messages to the blocked calls and thereafter, if desired, further divert the blocked calls to another selected station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gideon M. R. Weishut, Mascha M. C. C. Van Oosterhout, Walter J. Slegers
  • Terminal
    Patent number: 5923737
    Abstract: A communication terminal for use in a communication system comprises a display unit having a display screen onto which call states of different terminals in the system are represented by means of icons of different sizes and shapes, depending on the current call state of the terminal itself and the call states of other terminals in the system, in a quasi three-dimensional communication scene so as to graphically represent and distinguish terminal users involved in a communication scenario, displaying of the icons being such that a terminal user of the terminal perceives a substantial change of the communication scene upon call state changes of the terminal and other terminals in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gideon M. R. Weishut, Mascha M. C. C. Van Oosterhout, Walter J. Slegers