Patents by Inventor Michael Lloyd Wells

Michael Lloyd Wells 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).

  • Providing caller identification to mobile devices
    Patent number: 9185207
    Abstract: A caller information server provides caller identification (ID) information to a mobile device. The server receives caller ID information from local address books stored on multiple mobile devices. The caller information server aggregates the received caller ID information to generate a pooled address book. The caller information server may determine whether names within the caller ID information are legitimate and store or filter the information accordingly. When a mobile device receives a call from a telephone number for which it lacks caller ID information in its local address book, the mobile device sends a request for the caller ID information for the telephone number, to the caller information server. The server identifies caller ID information associated with the telephone number in the pooled address book, and sends this information to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: WhitePages, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Anthony Devitt, Michael Lloyd Wells
  • Providing caller identification to mobile devices
    Patent number: 9106739
    Abstract: A caller information server provides caller identification (ID) information to a mobile device. The server receives caller ID information from local address books stored on multiple mobile devices. The caller information server aggregates the received caller ID information to generate a pooled address book. The caller information server may determine whether names within the caller ID information are legitimate and store or filter the information accordingly. When a mobile device receives a call from a telephone number for which it lacks caller ID information in its local address book, the mobile device sends a request for the caller ID information for the telephone number, to the caller information server. The server identifies caller ID information associated with the telephone number in the pooled address book, and sends this information to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: WhitePages, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Anthony Devitt, Michael Lloyd Wells