Patents Assigned to Caritas Technologies, Inc.
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Publication number: 20090252310Abstract: In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee may have a computer connected to the digital network, and each has an independent telephone instrument connected to the public switched telephone network. An in-charge conferee utilizes his computer containing appropriate software to initiate the conference and to control the participation of the conferees. The in-charge conferee sends digital control signals to a switch interface controlling a telephone switch as a gateway to the telephone network using SS7 control signals. These SS7 control signals include the commands by which the conferee telephones are rung up, brought on line, or dropped from the conference.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2009Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicant: CARITAS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Clark E. Johnson, JR., Richard J. Solomon, Tice F. DeYoung, David J. Farber
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Patent number: 7522542Abstract: In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee may have a computer connected to the digital network, and each has an independent telephone instrument connected to the public switched telephone network. An in-charge conferee utilizes his computer containing appropriate software to initiate the conference and to control the participation of the conferees. The in-charge conferee sends digital control signals to a switch interface controlling a telephone switch as a gateway to the telephone network using SS7 control signals. These SS7 control signals include the commands by which the conferee telephones are rung up, brought on line, or dropped from the conference.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2003Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Caritas Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Clark E. Johnson, Jr., Richard J. Solomon, Tice F. DeYoung, David J. Farber
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Patent number: 6661779Abstract: In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee may have a computer connected to the digital network, and each has an independent telephone instrument connected to the public switched telephone network. An in-charge conferee utilizes his computer containing appropriate software to initiate the conference and to control the participation of the conferees. The in-charge conferee sends digital control signals to a switch interface controlling a telephone switch as a gateway to the telephone network using SS7 control signals. These SS7 control signals include the commands by which the conferee telephones are rung up, brought on line, or dropped from the conference.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Caritas Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Clark E. Johnson, Jr., Richard J. Solomon, Tice F. DeYoung, David J. Farber
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Patent number: 6480474Abstract: A digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between two conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each of the two conferees has a computer connected to the digital network, and each has an independent telephone instrument connected to the public switched telephone network. One of the conferees utilizes his computer containing appropriate software to initiate the call to the other conferee. The initiating conferee sends digital control information to a switch interface controlling a telephone switch as a gateway to the telephone network using SS7 control signals which implements the telephone connection between the conferees. The switch also provides telephone status information transmitted back over the digital network, and the status information is displayed on the computer monitors of the conferees.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2001Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Caritas Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Clark E. Johnson, Jr., Richard J. Solomon, Tice F. DeYoung, David J. Farber
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Patent number: 6266328Abstract: In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network such as the Internet is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee may have a computer connected to the digital network, and each has an independent telephone instrument connected to the public switched telephone network. An in-charge conferee utilizes his computer containing appropriate software to initiate the conference and to control the participation of the conferees. The in-charge conferee sends digital control signals to a switch interface controlling a telephone switch as a gateway to the telephone network using SS7 control signals. These SS7 control signals include the commands by which the conferee telephones are rung up, brought on line, or dropped from the conference.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Caritas Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Clark E. Johnson, Jr., Richard J. Solomon, Tice F. DeYoung, David J. Farber
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Patent number: 6072780Abstract: In a telephone conferencing system, a digital communication network is used to establish and control the telephone connections between multiple conferees with the telephone network being the means of exchanging verbal information. Each conferee may have a computer connected to the digital network, and each has an independent telephone instrument connected to the public switched telephone network. An in-charge conferee utilizes his computer containing appropriate software to initiate the conference and to control the participation of the conferees. The in-charge conferee sends digital control signals to a switch interface controlling a telephone switch as a gateway to the telephone network. These control signals include the commands by which the conferee telephones are rung up, brought on line, or dropped from the conference.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1998Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Caritas Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Clark E. Johnson, Jr., Richard J. Solomon, Tice F. DeYoung, David J. Farber