Patents by Inventor Walter J. Slegers

Walter J. Slegers 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).

  • Telecommunication system intruding on a busy called party
    Patent number: 6047057
    Abstract: A telecommunication system is described which comprises at least a first and a second end station. The first end station enables intruding on the second end station if the latter is in a busy mode by sending an intrude message to the second end station. The second end station is configured for reproducing the intrude message. This makes it possible to intrude without disturbing the call being held by the second end station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gideon M. R. Weishut, Mascha M. C. C. Van Ooster-Hout, Walter J. Slegers
  • Telecommunication station with call blocking and call transferring capabilities
    Patent number: 5999606
    Abstract: A telecommunication station having the capability to both block selected incoming calls and transfer other selected incoming calls. The station further has the capability to provide user messages to the blocked calls and thereafter, if desired, further divert the blocked calls to another selected station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gideon M. R. Weishut, Mascha M. C. C. Van Oosterhout, Walter J. Slegers
  • Terminal
    Patent number: 5923737
    Abstract: A communication terminal for use in a communication system comprises a display unit having a display screen onto which call states of different terminals in the system are represented by means of icons of different sizes and shapes, depending on the current call state of the terminal itself and the call states of other terminals in the system, in a quasi three-dimensional communication scene so as to graphically represent and distinguish terminal users involved in a communication scenario, displaying of the icons being such that a terminal user of the terminal perceives a substantial change of the communication scene upon call state changes of the terminal and other terminals in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gideon M. R. Weishut, Mascha M. C. C. Van Oosterhout, Walter J. Slegers
  • Digital communication system, a communication station for use in the system, and a method for use in the station
    Patent number: 5892794
    Abstract: Known is a digital communication system comprising wireless terminals for voice and non-voice data communication. In order to get a flexible mixed voice and non-voice data communication system terminals for mixed real time voice and reliable non-voice data communication are provided in which set-up channels are dynamically assigned to non-voice or to mixed voice and non-voice communications without first releasing the assigned communication resources. Herewith, at a higher level layer such as an application layer very fast switching over is achieved while other devices in the system are fully unaware of such switching over. In multimedia communications, such a fast switching over is particularly advantageous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Walter J. Slegers