Patents by Inventor Alan C Munday

Alan C Munday 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).

  • Communications system automatically diverting calls when user not present
    Patent number: 6480593
    Abstract: In a communications network (130), call divert, for calls directed to a local telephone (100), from the local telephone (100) to a remote telephone (150) is initiated by a computer system (160) after the user has had no interaction with the computer system for a predetermined period of time. Thus, a user need not remember to initialize call divert manually before leaving the vicinity of the local telephone (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Alan C Munday, Graham J Norbury