Patents by Inventor Benjamin W. Dudley

Benjamin W. Dudley 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).

  • Systems and methods for facilitating communications involving hearing-impaired parties
    Patent number: 7573985
    Abstract: A method for providing communication services for the hearing-impaired may include receiving a telephone call from a hearing-impaired party or a hearing party. The method may also include forwarding the telephone call to a communication assistant and establishing a communication link, such an Internet protocol link, that links the hearing-impaired party, the communication assistant and the hearing party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: William A. McClelland, Steven C. Johnson, Mark R. Logan, Chris R. Heidelbauer, Benjamin W. Dudley, Kurt P. Haldeman
  • Method and system for providing communication services for hearing-impaired parties
    Patent number: 7236574
    Abstract: A method for providing communication services for the hearing-impaired includes establishing a communication link between a hearing-impaired party and a communication assistant. The communication link may be a full duplex link. The communication assistant may also establish a voice link with a hearing party. The hearing-impaired party and the hearing party may then communicate, with the communication assistant acting as a conduit for the conversation. For example, the hearing party may send a voice message to the communication assistant. The communication assistant may then convert the voice message into a text message and transmit the text message to the hearing-impaired party. The communication assistant may also convert text messages received from the hearing-impaired party into voice messages for the hearing party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Kurt P. Haldeman, William A. McClelland, Benjamin W. Dudley
  • Systems and methods for facilitating communications involving hearing-impaired parties
    Patent number: 7142642
    Abstract: A method for providing communication services for the hearing-impaired may include receiving a telephone call having a terminating number associated with a hearing-impaired party. The method may also include forwarding the telephone call to a communication assistant and establishing a communication link from the communication assistant to the hearing-impaired party based on the terminating number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: MCI, LLC
    Inventors: William A. McClelland, Steven C. Johnson, Mark R. Logan, Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Benjamin W. Dudley, Kurt P. Haldeman, Chris R. Heidelbauer