Patents by Inventor Bernard Gerald Jansen

Bernard Gerald Jansen 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).

  • Multimedia public communication services distribution method and apparatus with distribution of configuration files
    Patent number: 6141684
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for distributing multimedia services. The apparatus includes a transmitter for transmitting for receipt by at least one device a multimedia configuration file for configuring at least one device to present multimedia services to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: John Maurice McDonald, Andrew Raines Hillson, Bruce Allen Fielding, James Marshall Judd, Nick Isgro, Bernard Gerald Jansen
  • Public communications services vending method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6118860
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for vending public communications services. The apparatus includes a telephone, a multimedia terminal, and a payment receiver for receiving an authorization to accept charges for enabling use of at least one of the telephone and the multimedia terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Raines Hillson, Alfred Chow, Douglas Brock Dickie, Michael George Manson, John Maurice McDonald, James Marshall Judd, Nick Isgro, Bernard Gerald Jansen