Patents by Inventor Dario Franco

Dario Franco 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).

  • Method for managing a conference call in a telephone network
    Patent number: 8270957
    Abstract: A method of managing, in a telephone network, a conference call among a first terminal and a plurality of terminals, includes: setting up at least one voice channel for activating the conference call among the first terminal and the plurality of terminals; and causing deactivation of a microphone of at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dario Franco, Marcello Sampo′, Agostino Cotevino
  • METHOD FOR MANAGING A CONFERENCE CALL IN A TELEPHONE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100035593
    Abstract: A method of managing, in a telephone network, a conference call among a first terminal and a plurality of terminals, includes: setting up at least one voice channel for activating the conference call among the first terminal and the plurality of terminals; and causing deactivation of a microphone of at least one terminal of the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Dario Franco, Marcello Sampo, Agostino Cotevino
  • Equipment for sending digitally pre-stored voice announcements to the subscribers connected to a telephone network
    Patent number: 4706270
    Abstract: The equipment consists of one or more voice units (U1 . . . Un) each connected to a certain number of independent lines (E1 . . . En) connected to a telephone network (RT). Each unit presents an announcement data base (AA1 . . . AAn) which contains all possible announcements to be supplied to the subscribers, a computer (EL1 . . . ELn) which manages the research of an announcement in the data base (AA1 . . . AAn) and its sending to the subscribers (UT1 . . . UTx) and an interface (IEC1 . . . IECn) towards the network (RT) for the temporary storage of the announcements or part of them before the sending, the processing of the telephone signalling, the possible conversion into analog form, and the equipment supervision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Assignee: Societa' Italiana per l'Esercizio Telefonico p.a.
    Inventors: Luciano Astegiano, Ottavio Bertoglio, Fulvio Bosco, Alfredo de Bosio, Dario Franco, Piero Lampiano, Antonio Melle, Luciano Rosboch