Patents by Inventor Robert M. Stekl

Robert M. Stekl 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).

  • Method and apparatus for storing announcements in a communications system
    Patent number: 4357493
    Abstract: A telephone network having a public announcement system is disclosed. Announcements are divided into message segments each of which is stored in a sector of a disc memory. When an announcement is activated, the message segments are loaded into a corresponding number of buffers for transmittal to calling customers. Each buffer will transmit the entire message, but in real time the buffers contain different message segments. Upon request for an announcement, the buffer containing the beginning message segment is selected to minimize holding time and customer waiting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas W. Anderson, Robert V. Jenness, Richard J. Milczarek, Edwin M. Schaefer, III, Robert M. Stekl