Patents by Inventor Charles Richard Wiebe

Charles Richard Wiebe 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).

  • Geographically distributed telephony
    Patent number: 6411703
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for efficient telephone number portability within a geographically dispersed telephony and the like switching system, wherein ported telephone numbers, when dialled and found non-existent at their number-inherent destination, a “Release Treatment” with a trigger (automatic flexible routing) searches in a database from the originating switching node or office, whereupon their new network node address is directly connected to following normal routing procedures; thus permitting realistically affordable telephone number portability, particularly local number portability (LNP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Edgar Martinez, Locillo Giuseppe Pino, Charles Richard Wiebe
  • Enhanced efficient telephone number portability
    Patent number: 5867569
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for efficient telephone number portability within a geographically dispersed telephony and the like switching system, wherein ported telephone numbers, when dialled and found non-existent at their number-inherent destination, a "Release Treatment" with a trigger (automatic flexible routing) searches in a database from the originating switching node or office, whereupon their new network node address is directly connected to following normal routing procedures; thus permitting realistically affordable telephone number portability, particularly local number portability (LNP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Edgar Martinez, Locillo Giuseppe Pino, Charles Richard Wiebe