Patents by Inventor Rex Norman Bull
Rex Norman Bull 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).
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Patent number: 7961859Abstract: An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Rex Norman Bull, James Thomas Maciejewski
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Patent number: 7272221Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the providers regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 7260196Abstract: Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station and detecting a privacy level selected by a called party at the called communication station. The call is routed in response to the signalling information and the privacy level. This permits management of privacy levels at the called communication station using the signalling information for the call.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Raymond Walden Bennett III, Michael Steven Pickard, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Edmond W Israelski, Jordan Howard Light, Rex Norman Bull
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Patent number: 7233651Abstract: An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Rex Norman Bull, James Thomas Maciejewski
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Patent number: 7020268Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the providers regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6954521Abstract: An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Rex Norman Bull, James Thomas Maciejewski
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Patent number: 6807272Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the provider's regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6771754Abstract: Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station and detecting a privacy level selected by a called party at the called communication station. The call is routed in response to the signalling information and the privacy level. This permits management of privacy levels at the called communication station using the signalling information for the call.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Michael Steven Pickard, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Edmond W Israelski, Jordan Howard Light, Rex Norman Bull
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Publication number: 20030043983Abstract: Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station and detecting a privacy level selected by a called party at the called communication station. The call is routed in response to the signalling information and the privacy level. This permits management of privacy levels at the called communication station using the signalling information for the call.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Raymond Walden Bennett, Michael Steven Pickard, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Edmond W. Israelski, Jordan Howard Light, Rex Norman Bull
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Publication number: 20030035526Abstract: An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Applicant: Ameritech Corporation.Inventors: Rex Norman Bull, James Thomas Maciejewski
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Patent number: 6498841Abstract: An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1999Date of Patent: December 24, 2002Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Rex Norman Bull, James Thomas Maciejewski
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Patent number: 6496569Abstract: Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station and detecting a privacy level selected by a called party at the called communication station. The call is routed in response to the signalling information and the privacy level.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Michael Steven Pickard, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Edmond W Israelski, Jordan Howard Light, Rex Norman Bull
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Publication number: 20020126827Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the provider's regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2002Publication date: September 12, 2002Applicant: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6411704Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the provider's regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1999Date of Patent: June 25, 2002Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Publication number: 20010043691Abstract: An efficient and effective method and system for providing to a customer an audible call notification of a current call and a subsequently received call waiting call. The present embodiments notify the customer that a current call is waiting in an effective manner that reduces confusion. Confusion is reduced by the combination of audible call waiting indicators and audible caller identification information associated with the calling telephone station. Additionally, both the indicator and the representation of the information can be provided automatically without significant delay. The indication is provided even when standard caller identification information is not available by prompting the caller to provide spoken caller identification information. The spoken caller identification information is provided to the called party along with call disposition options, such as options to accept or reject the call, route the call to voice mail or send a sales refusal message.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 1999Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: REX NORMAN BULL, JAMES THOMAS MACIEJEWSKI