Patents by Inventor Barbara Ann Hamilton

Barbara Ann Hamilton 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 control system and method
    Patent number: 8767938
    Abstract: A method of providing a user the option to accept an incoming call, play a prerecorded message to the incoming party, ignore the incoming call or forward the incoming call to a separate telephone number is disclosed for use when the user is connected, via the same telephone line, to the Internet. The disclosed invention reduces the number of times the incoming call is transferred which reduces the number of reserves used in processing the incoming call. This reduction frees up system resources and allows overall system resources to be used more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: John Herman Wurster, Barbara Ann Hamilton
  • TELEPHONE NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100054442
    Abstract: A method of providing a user the option to accept an incoming call, play a prerecorded message to the incoming party, ignore the incoming call or forward the incoming call to a separate telephone number is disclosed for use when the user is connected, via the same telephone line, to the Internet. The disclosed invention reduces the number of times the incoming call is transferred which reduces the number of reserves used in processing the incoming call. This reduction frees up system resources and allows overall system resources to be used more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: John H. Wurster, Barbara Ann Hamilton
  • Telephone network control system and method
    Patent number: 7616747
    Abstract: A method of providing a user the option to accept an incoming call, play a prerecorded message to the incoming party, ignore the incoming call or forward the incoming call to a separate telephone number is disclosed for use when the user is connected, via the same telephone line, to the Internet. The disclosed invention reduces the number of times the incoming call is transferred which reduces the number of reserves used in processing the incoming call. This reduction frees up system resources and allows overall system resources to be used more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: John H. Wurster, Barbara Ann Hamilton
  • Telephone network control system and method
    Publication number: 20040028203
    Abstract: A method of providing a user the option to accept an incoming call, play a prerecorded message to the incoming party, ignore the incoming call or forward the incoming call to a separate telephone number is disclosed for use when the user is connected, via the same telephone line, to the Internet. The disclosed invention reduces the number of times the incoming call is transferred which reduces the number of reserves used in processing the incoming call. This reduction frees up system resources and allows overall system resources to be used more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: John H. Wurster, Barbara Ann Hamilton
  • Internet call manager
    Patent number: 6647108
    Abstract: A method of providing a user the option to accept an incoming call, play a prerecorded message to the incoming party, ignore the incoming call or forward the incoming call to a separate telephone number is disclosed for use when the user is connected, via the same telephone line, to the Internet. The disclosed invention reduces the number of times the incoming call is transferred which reduces the number of reserves used in processing the incoming call. This reduction frees up system resources and allows overall system resources to be used more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: John H. Wurster, Barbara Ann Hamilton