Patents by Inventor Charles V. Rankin

Charles V. Rankin 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).

  • Call processing based on call patterns and other criteria
    Patent number: 8054962
    Abstract: The patent application describes techniques for managing calls. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises detecting a call to a target phone; determining a source of the call; determining one or more patterns of talk time for calls between the source and the target phone, wherein the patterns indicate one or more call durations for the calls between the source and the target phone; determining an amount of talk time a battery in the target phone can sustain; determining that at least one of the call durations for the calls between the source and target phone is greater than the amount of talk time the battery in the target phone can sustain; and sending the call to a voice mail associated with the target phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Howard N. Anglin, Frank A. Nuzzi, Charles V. Rankin
  • CALL PROCESSING BASED ON CALL PATTERNS AND OTHER CRITERIA
    Publication number: 20100080366
    Abstract: The patent application describes techniques for managing calls. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises detecting a call to a target phone; determining a source of the call; determining one or more patterns of talk time for calls between the source and the target phone, wherein the patterns indicate one or more call durations for the calls between the source and the target phone; determining an amount of talk time a battery in the target phone can sustain; determining that at least one of the call durations for the calls between the source and target phone is greater than the amount of talk time the battery in the target phone can sustain; and sending the call to a voice mail associated with the target phone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Howard N. Anglin, Frank A. Nuzzi, Charles V. Rankin