Patents by Inventor Barbara Stemmer

Barbara Stemmer 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).

  • Service wait time notification
    Patent number: 8259925
    Abstract: A system for communicating service information to a potential customer is provided. The system includes one or more potential customer devices, one or more session initiation protocol (SIP) client devices, and a SIP server. The SIP server is operable to determine an estimated service wait time based on information received from the one or more SIP client device and communicate the estimated wait time to the one or more potential customer devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Smith, Julie Goodwin, Barbara Stemmer, Nigel Smith
  • Service wait time notification
    Publication number: 20090252318
    Abstract: A system for communicating service information to a potential customer is provided. The system includes one or more potential customer devices, one or more session initiation protocol (SIP) client devices, and a SIP server. The SIP server is operable to determine an estimated service wait time based on information received from the one or more SIP client device and communicate the estimated wait time to the one or more potential customer devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Sandra Smith, Julie Goodwin, Barbara Stemmer, Nigel Smith