Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Bein

Timothy A. Bein 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).

  • System and method for dynamically specifying the manner in which calls to a roaming cellular telephone subscriber are to be handled
    Patent number: 5440614
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for enabling a cellular telephone subscriber located in a foreign service area to designate how calls placed to the subscriber should be handled by entering selections (such as call forwarding, caller notification) from the keyboard of his mobile telephone set. When these selections are received by a foreign service MTSO, the foreign service MTSO validates the roaming subscriber and the services that are available to the subscriber and then notifies the home MTSO how calls received at the home site should be handled. If the caller is to receive calls in the foreign service area (either forwarded calls or direct calls to the foreign service area), the foreign MTSO assigns a temporary roaming number to the subscriber for use in the foreign service area after the subscriber has been validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Sonberg, Timothy A. Bein
  • Cellular telephone system and method for dynamically switching between call routing options
    Patent number: 5142654
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for enabling a cellular telephone subscriber located in a foreign service area to designate how calls placed to the subscriber should be handled by entering selections (such as call forwarding, caller notification) from the keyboard of his mobile telephone set. When these selections are received by a foreign service MTSO, the foreign service MTSO validates the roaming subscriber and the services that are available to the subscriber and then notifies the home MTSO how calls received at the home site should be handled. If the caller is to receive calls in the foreign service area (either forwarded calls or direct calls to the foreign service area), the foreign MTSO assigns a temporary roaming number to the subscriber for use in the foreign service area after the subscriber has been validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: Appex Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Sonberg, Timothy A. Bein