Patents by Inventor Cecil Bannister

Cecil Bannister 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).

  • Data processing system and method for providing personal information in a communication network
    Patent number: 6208659
    Abstract: A data processing system and methodology allow subscribers to have web business cards that are accessible by other individuals via communication networks such as the Internet. The data processing system serves as an enhanced paper business card by providing references to available communication devices that may be used to access an individual. The web cards also perform an active feedback operation to provide information about the roles played by and the status of the subscriber's communication devices. Additionally, information about the availability of the communication devices utilized to access the owner of the web card page may also be indicated to another individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Rangaprasad Govindarajan, Russ Edwards, Cecil Bannister, Raffi Gostanian, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for routing calls to a low power portable
    Patent number: 6097968
    Abstract: Radio units responsive to a paging signal seize a trunk to connect wireless calls to telephone apparatus serviced by a private branch exchange. The radio units can each respond to a different set of mobile identification numbers, or can be configured in a master-slave arrangement or can employ subaddressing. Wireless trunking to a wireless private branch exchange can also be accomplished and a system with multiple hierarchical layers can also be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Cecil Bannister, Raju Iyer, Kishore Raj, Richard Mo, Paul S. Meche, Sorin Cohn
  • Method and apparatus for wireless trunking to private branch exchanges
    Patent number: 5787355
    Abstract: Radio units responsive to a paging signal seize a trunk to connect wireless calls to telephone apparatus serviced by a private branch exchange. The radio units can each respond to a different set of mobile identification numbers, or can be configured in a master-slave arrangement or can employ subaddressing. Wireless trunking to a wireless private branch exchange can also be accomplished and a system with multiple hierarchical layers can also be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Cecil Bannister, Raju Iyer, Kishore Raj, Richard Mo, Paul S. Meche, Sorin Cohn