Patents by Inventor Anit M. Patel

Anit M. 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).

  • Telephone network credit card calling apparatus and method of telephone network operation with credit card companies
    Patent number: 5226073
    Abstract: Apparatus for enabling a telephone network to establish connections between calling and called telephones in accordance with called telephone numbers identified with ones of a plurality of calling party credit cards. The apparatus is connected by data links with data bases maintained by each of the credit card companies and each credit card company is identified by a credit card number received from a calling party. The received credit card number is transmitted over a data link to a data base maintained by a credit card company identified as having issued a credit card assigned the received credit card number for an on-line determination of the calling party credit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Nandakishore A. Albal, Anit M. Patel