Patents by Inventor Christopher Arrant

Christopher Arrant 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for using a personal conference to privately establish and control media connections with a telephony device
    Patent number: 7715541
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for using a personal conference to privately establish and control media connections with a telephony device are disclosed. According to one method, a media connection is established between a first user and a personal conference instance. The first user is connected to the personal conference instance via a telephony device, such as a PSTN phone. A plurality of second media connections is established between a plurality of second users and the personal conference instance in a manner that conceals existence of the personal conference instance to at least one of the second users. Media packets from the second users are mixed and sent to the first user. Media packets from the first user are sent to the second users. The first user dynamically controls at least one aspect of the personal conference call instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: BroadSoft M6, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Arrant, Sunil Devireddy, Subash Madhusudan
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for using a personal conference to privately establish and control media connections with a telephony device
    Publication number: 20070058795
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for using a personal conference to privately establish and control media connections with a telephony device are disclosed. According to one method, a media connection is established between a first user and a personal conference instance. The first user is connected to the personal conference instance via a telephony device, such as a PSTN phone. A plurality of second media connections is established between a plurality of second users and the personal conference instance in a manner that conceals existence of the personal conference instance to at least one of the second users. Media packets from the second users are mixed and sent to the first user. Media packets from the first user are sent to the second users. The first user dynamically controls at least one aspect of the personal conference call instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Arrant, Sunil Devireddy, Subash Madhusudan