Patents by Inventor Patrick Lee Price

Patrick Lee Price 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: 6745244
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention perform enhanced services for wireline and wireless subscribers in an integrated wireline and wireless switching system. The enhanced services may include, for example, group dialing plans, message waiting indicator activation, call forwarding, simultaneous ringing, call conferencing, calling line identification, automatic call back, automatic recall, speed dialing services, and/or any other services that may be provided by a switching system to wireless and/or wireline subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks, Ltd.
    Inventors: Barbara Cosgriff, William Gentry, R. Emery Hanzel, Patrick Lee Price, James Ziesig, Chandrakant Gundecha, Gary Steven Franks
  • Patent number: 6704796
    Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention perform enhanced services for wireline and wireless subscribers in an integrated wireline and wireless switching system. The enhanced services may include, for example, group dialing plans, message waiting indicator activation, call forwarding, simultaneous ringing, call conferencing, calling line identification, automatic call back, automatic recall, speed dialing services, and/or any other services that may be provided by a switching system to wireless and/or wireline subscribers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks, Limited
    Inventors: Barbara Cosgriff, William Gentry, R. Emery Hanzel, Patrick Lee Price, James Ziesig, Chandrakant Gundecha, Gary Steven Franks
  • Patent number: 6529737
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for enabling the originator of a telephone call to send a customized message or signal to an unavailable telephony subscriber on a terminating telephone and to establish a direct operative connection therewith within the same telephone call. The apparatus and method include a Short Message Service device, typically operating in conjunction with a voice mail system and a call forwarding service, for providing the originator of a telephone call to the subscriber with the option of sending a short message to the subscriber's telephone in situations where the subscriber is unavailable. The subscriber may then send a response to the originator and/or choose to establish a direct operative connection therewith within the same telephone call and without requiring either party to place a separate telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Francis Edward Skinner, Patrick Lee Price, Sherry Ann DeSoto