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: 8126132Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: 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: 20080212754Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2008Publication date: September 4, 2008Inventors: James T. Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
-
Patent number: 7391859Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 23, 2003Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: 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: 7388952Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: AT&T Knowledge Ventures, LPInventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
-
Patent number: 7139383Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: 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: 6829343Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2003Date of Patent: December 7, 2004Assignee: 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: 20040137883Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Inventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Thomas Joseph McBlain
-
Patent number: 6633634Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 22, 1999Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr., Thomas Joseph McBlain
-
Publication number: 20030190028Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Inventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Susanne Marie Crockett, Thomas Joseph McBlain
-
Patent number: 6219414Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 19, 1998Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: James Thomas Maciejewski, Claude Lee Harrington, Nancy Ann Book, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Robert Wesley Bossemeyer, Jr.