Patents by Inventor Dionne Pignatiello

Dionne Pignatiello 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).

  • Visual voicemail unavailability solution
    Patent number: 8526920
    Abstract: A solution for notifying a user of alternate means of accessing voicemail data utilize a timer that can be set on a user device upon receipt of a message waiting indicator. When the timer expires, if no data communications connection has been established between the user device and a voicemail server, the user device can present alternate voicemail access instructions to the user. These instructions may be obtained from the message waiting indicator or may be stored on the user device. In another embodiment, a voicemail server sets a timer after sending a message waiting indicator to a user device. The voicemail server sends a message containing alternate voicemail access instructions if no connection has been established between the voicemail server and the user device upon expiration of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alison Raphael, David Ingram, Dionne Pignatiello
  • Visual Voicemail Unavailability Solution
    Publication number: 20120238249
    Abstract: A solution for notifying a user of alternate means of accessing voicemail data utilize a timer that can be set on a user device upon receipt of a message waiting indicator. When the timer expires, if no data communications connection has been established between the user device and a voicemail server, the user device can present alternate voicemail access instructions to the user. These instructions may be obtained from the message waiting indicator or may be stored on the user device. In another embodiment, a voicemail server sets a timer after sending a message waiting indicator to a user device. The voicemail server sends a message containing alternate voicemail access instructions if no connection has been established between the voicemail server and the user device upon expiration of the timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alison Raphael, David Ingram, Dionne Pignatiello
  • Visual voicemail unavailability solution
    Patent number: 8199889
    Abstract: A solution for notifying a user of alternate means of accessing voicemail data utilize a timer that can be set on a user device upon receipt of a message waiting indicator. When the timer expires, if no data communications connection has been established between the user device and a voicemail server, the user device can present alternate voicemail access instructions to the user. These instructions may be obtained from the message waiting indicator or may be stored on the user device. In another embodiment, a voicemail server sets a timer after sending a message waiting indicator to a user device. The voicemail server sends a message containing alternate voicemail access instructions if no connection has been established between the voicemail server and the user device upon expiration of the timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alison Raphael, David Ingram, Dionne Pignatiello
  • Visual Voicemail Unavailability Solution
    Publication number: 20110143721
    Abstract: A solution for notifying a user of alternate means of accessing voicemail data utilize a timer that can be set on a user device upon receipt of a message waiting indicator. When the timer expires, if no data communications connection has been established between the user device and a voicemail server, the user device can present alternate voicemail access instructions to the user. These instructions may be obtained from the message waiting indicator or may be stored on the user device. In another embodiment, a voicemail server sets a timer after sending a message waiting indicator to a user device. The voicemail server sends a message containing alternate voicemail access instructions if no connection has been established between the voicemail server and the user device upon expiration of the timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Alison Raphael, David Ingram, Dionne Pignatiello