Patents by Inventor Claude Lee Harrington

Claude Lee Harrington 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).

  • Patent number: 8126132
    Abstract: A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party and transmits an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Publication number: 20080212754
    Abstract: A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party and transmits an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: James T. Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Patent number: 7391859
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.
    Inventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Patent number: 7388952
    Abstract: A system and method for providing information about a calling party to a called party is disclosed. Generally, a network element obtains information about a calling party when a telephone line of a called party is busy. The network element notifies the called party that the calling party is attempting to contact the called party and transmits an audible version of the information about the calling party to the called party without receiving an input from the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LP
    Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Patent number: 7139383
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.
    Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Patent number: 6829343
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.
    Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Publication number: 20040137883
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Patent number: 6633634
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Ameritech Corporation
    Inventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Publication number: 20030190028
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
  • Patent number: 6219414
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting message to a customer when the customer is busy on a previous call and receives a current call. The call waiting message preferably includes a call waiting indicator and an audible representation of information associated with a current calling party. The call waiting message alerts the customer that a current call is waiting and provides the customer with information that assists the customer in deciding whether or not to take the current call. The call waiting indicator and the information associated with a current calling party are automatically transmitted to the customer without any customer commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ameritech Corporation
    Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr.