Patents by Inventor Ted Stine

Ted Stine 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: 7606554
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wireless account calling feature indications to a display of a mobile device associated with the account are described. Feature indications can be provided to inform a user of the mobile device that an incoming call or outgoing call is eligible for an account calling feature based on whether the conditions for the calling feature to apply are currently met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Thomas W. Bonner, Ted Stine
  • Publication number: 20080214181
    Abstract: A wireless phone includes a memory, a processor, and a call queue function, the call queue function to enable the configuration and storage in the memory of a call queue, the call queue comprising an ordered list of entries to dial, wherein the processor and the memory cooperate to enable the call queue function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Ted Stine, Joseph A. Speeney
  • Patent number: 7373179
    Abstract: A wireless phone includes a memory, a processor, and a call queue function, the call queue function to enable the configuration and storage in the memory of a call queue, the call queue comprising an ordered list of entries to dial, wherein the processor and the memory cooperate to enable the call queue function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Ted Stine, Joseph A. Speeney
  • Publication number: 20030114197
    Abstract: A wireless phone includes a memory, a processor, and a call queue function, the call queue function to enable the configuration and storage in the memory of a call queue, the call queue comprising an ordered list of entries to dial, wherein the processor and the memory cooperate to enable the call queue function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted Stine, Joseph A. Speeney
  • Publication number: 20030099336
    Abstract: A method and system to generate a communications identification announcement including an indication of an identity of an author of an incoming communication is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a communication having a communication identifier and then searching a database to match the communication identifier to a data or audio file in the database that had been mapped to the communication identifier. If the communication identifier is located, then the data or audio file having the communications identification announcement including the identity of the author of the communication is announced to the contacted party. If the communication identifier is not located, then a previously stored announcement, generated in anticipation of failing to locate the communication identifier, may be broadcast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph A. Speeney, Ted Stine
  • Patent number: 6570983
    Abstract: A method and system to generate a communications identification announcement including an indication of an identity of an author of an incoming communication is disclosed. In an embodiment the method. Includes receiving a communication having a communication identifier and then searching a database to match the communication identifier to a data or audio file in the database that had been mapped to the communication identifier. If the communication identifier is located, then the data or audio file having the communications identification announcement including the identity of the author of the communication is announced to the contacted party. If the communication identifier is not located, then a previously stored announcement, generated in anticipation of failing to locate the communication identifier, may be broadcast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Speeney, Ted Stine
  • Publication number: 20020186826
    Abstract: A system and method for offering a service upgrade to a service user. The system includes a server that monitors utilization by the user and evaluates the user's utilization pattern to determine which, if any, service upgrades may be appropriate for the user. Once a set of candidate service upgrades has been identified, the server then determines whether there is sufficient available capacity to accommodate the provision of such additional services. If such capacity exists, the user is offered the service upgrade. Since the offer is not made unless there is shown to be sufficient available capacity, once the offer is made, the system is able to implement the upgrade in real time with the user's approval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Wen-Ling Hsu, Ronald Sherman, Ted Stine, John G. Ramage