Patents by Inventor Timothy Kearney

Timothy Kearney 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).

  • Network-based method and apparatus for initiating and completing a telephone call via the internet
    Patent number: 6594257
    Abstract: A network-based method for initiating and completing a voice telephony call via the Internet comprises the steps of receiving call completion data at a voice/data network gateway of the public switched telephone network from an Internet application web server, which may comprise an Internet service provider or other entity serving Internet users via an Internet application web server, and transmitting call completion data to telecommunications switches for connecting an Internet user to a telephone of an application agent associated with the Internet server. The application agent may be associated with a 1-8YY toll-free number or other national or international telephone number. Call progress data is translated into data communications protocol format to be returned to the Internet server where it may be displayed to the user. Preferably, the link between the Internet application web server and the voice/data network gateway comprises a telecommunications data link, for example, an ISDN data link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Rajesh R. Doshi, Timothy Kearney, Gautham Natarajan, Dominic M. Ricciardi, Robert E. Witte
  • Network-based method and apparatus for initiating and completing a telephone call via the internet
    Patent number: 6144667
    Abstract: A network-based method for initiating and completing a voice telephony call via the Internet comprises the steps of receiving call completion data at a voice/data network gateway of the public switched telephone network from an Internet application web server, which may comprise an Internet service provider or other entity serving Internet users via an Internet application web server, and transmitting call completion data to telecommunications switches for connecting an Internet user to a telephone of an application agent associated with the Internet server. The application agent may be associated with a 1-8YY toll-free number or other national or international telephone number. Call progress data is translated into data communications protocol format to be returned to the Internet server where it may be displayed to the user. Preferably, the link between the Internet application web server and the voice/data network gateway comprises a telecommunications data link, for example, an ISDN data link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Rajesh R. Doshi, Timothy Kearney, Gautham Natarajan, Dominic M. Ricciardi, Robert E. Witte