Patents by Inventor Richard J. Petillo

Richard J. Petillo 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).

  • Apparatus and method for screening foreign incollect calls to domestic non-collect call telephone numbers to reduce fraud
    Patent number: 5465293
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for automating the processing of foreign collect calls to U.S. telephone numbers. By automating the check of the U.S. telephone number against the pay telephone numbers and other non-billable numbers in U.S. databases, the amount of foreign operator effort required is reduced. The apparatus and method also reduces the losses to U.S. telephone companies due to foreign collect call processing errors and foreign collect calls fraudulently completed to pay telephones or other non-billable telephone numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Martin S. Chiller, Peter I. Coulter, Richard J. Petillo