Patents by Inventor Chris Heidelbauer

Chris Heidelbauer 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
    Publication number: 20060285652
    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: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: William McClelland, Steven Johnson, Mark Logan, Chris Heidelbauer, Benjamin Dudley, Kurt Haldeman
  • Systems and methods for facilitating communications involving hearing-impaired parties
    Publication number: 20050129185
    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: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: William McClelland, Steven Johnson, Mark Logan, Ivaylo Ivanov, Benjamin Dudley, Kurt Haldeman, Chris Heidelbauer
  • Method and system for providing communication services for hearing-impaired parties
    Publication number: 20050094775
    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 assistant may also establish a voice link with a hearing party. The hearing-impaired party and the communication assistant may then communicate via text messages, such as instant messages. The hearing party may send a voice message to the communication assistant. The communication assistant may then convert the voice message into an instant message and transmit the instant message to the hearing-impaired party. The communication assistant may also convert instant messages received from the hearing-impaired party into voice messages for the hearing party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: James Smith, William McClelland, Chris Heidelbauer