Patents by Inventor Amit A. Patel

Amit A. Patel 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).

  • Patent number: 7646860
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a caller who does not provide caller identification on an unanswered call. The caller is asked to record his/her name (or some other characteristic utterance). If the call is unanswered, the record is retained and can be accessed by the called party when that party requests his/her stored voice mail. Advantageously, even on unanswered calls, the identity of the caller can be presented to the called party when that called party requests stored voice mail messages, even if the calling party has private service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Randall L. Brown, Nicholas Michael DeVito, Gregory P. Gibson, Amit A. Patel, Tushar Ramesh Shah, Douglas William Varney
  • Publication number: 20040239217
    Abstract: A storage structure includes a housing. A front wall is movable to and from a closed position closing a forwardly facing opening of the housing. The front wall includes an upper section covering an upper part of the opening in the closed position thereof and a lower section covering a lower part of the opening in the closed position thereof. The lower section can be moved generally rectilinearly relative to the upper section into generally parallel, overlapped relation with the upper section. The upper section is pivotably mounted to the housing so that the front wall can be pivoted upwardly into a storage position generally parallel to and underneath the top wall for storing the upper and lower sections in the generally parallel, overlapped relation underneath the top wall. An actuator is connected to the upper section to apply a force that urges the upper section to pivot upwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: THE STANLEY WORKS
    Inventor: Amit A. Patel