Patents by Inventor Matthew Strand Bruening

Matthew Strand Bruening 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).

  • System and method of enhanced caller-ID display using a personal address book
    Patent number: 9900661
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a multifunction unit configured to provide television programming to a media device for display to a display device, a call signal including a caller identifier. The call identifier includes a calling number and a first name associated with the calling number. The method includes retrieving, via the multifunction unit, a second name associated with the calling number from a personal address book. The method also includes sending a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the second name from the multifunction unit to the media device for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry B. Pearson, Matthew Strand Bruening
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCED CALLER-ID DISPLAY USING A PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK
    Publication number: 20160066044
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a multifunction unit configured to provide television programming to a media device for display to a display device, a call signal including a caller identifier. The call identifier includes a calling number and a first name associated with the calling number. The method includes retrieving, via the multifunction unit, a second name associated with the calling number from a personal address book. The method also includes sending a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the second name from the multifunction unit to the media device for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Larry B. Pearson, Matthew Strand Bruening
  • System and method of enhanced caller-ID display using a personal address book
    Patent number: 9219823
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an analog telephony adapter unit, a voice over internet protocol call signal including a caller identifier. The caller identifier includes a calling number and a billing name associated with the calling number. The method further includes retrieving an alias (or display name) associated with the calling number from a personal address book. The method further includes transmitting a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the alias to an output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry B. Pearson, Matthew Strand Bruening
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENHANCED CALLER-ID DISPLAY USING A PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK
    Publication number: 20140126430
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, at an analog telephony adapter unit, a voice over internet protocol call signal including a caller identifier. The caller identifier includes a calling number and a billing name associated with the calling number. The method further includes retrieving an alias (or display name) associated with the calling number from a personal address book. The method further includes transmitting a modified caller identifier including the calling number and the alias to an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. (formerly known as SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.)
    Inventors: Larry B. Pearson, Matthew Strand Bruening
  • System and method of enhanced caller-ID display using a personal address book
    Patent number: 8654943
    Abstract: In one particular embodiment, a method includes receiving at a set-top box a call signal including a caller identifier from a network, where the caller identifier includes a calling number and a billing name associated with the calling number. An alias (or display name) associated with the calling number is retrieved from a personal address book stored in a memory of the set-top box. A modified caller identifier including the calling number and the alias is provided to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Larry B. Pearson, Matthew Strand Bruening