Patents by Inventor David Joseph Skiba

David Joseph Skiba 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).

  • Dynamic, interactive call notification
    Patent number: 7180991
    Abstract: A system and method that provides a dialog with the called party when a call is received, a process is initiated to communicate with the calling party and a process is initiated to communicate with the called party. The processes communicate with each other to provide limited communication between the called and calling parties without an actual connection being made between them. The called party process determines disposition of the call based on the caller ID of the calling party and the state of the called party telephone. Advantageously, the called party process prompts the called party as to how to handle the call. The called party can request further information regarding the person calling, the purpose of the call, etc., without a connection being made to the calling party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Krishna Kishore Dhara, David Joseph Skiba
  • Dynamic, interactive call notification
    Publication number: 20040005042
    Abstract: A system and method that provides a dialog with the called party when a call is received, a process is initiated to communicate with the calling party and a process is initiated to communicate with the called party. The processes communicate with each other to provide limited communication between the called and calling parties without an actual connection being made between them. The called party process determines disposition of the call based on the caller ID of the calling party and the state of the called party telephone. Advantageously, the called party process prompts the called party as to how to handle the call. The called party can request further information regarding the person calling, the purpose of the call, etc., without a connection being made to the calling party.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Krishna Kishore Dhara, David Joseph Skiba
  • Call classifier using automatic speech recognition to separately process speech and tones
    Publication number: 20030086541
    Abstract: Classifying a call to a called destination endpoint by a call classifier. The call classifier is responsive to information received from the called destination endpoint to perform the call classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Kenneth Brown, Norman C. Chan, Sharmistha Sarkar Das, David Joseph Skiba, Danny M. Wages