Patents by Inventor Donald Bruce Keeler

Donald Bruce Keeler 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 and apparatus for delivering and presenting calling name information in a wireless communications system
    Patent number: 6061560
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a wireless communications system for presenting a calling party name to a mobile station within the wireless communications system. A communications signal is received from a network to initiate a call to a mobile station within the wireless communications system. Next, a determination is made as to whether the mobile station is provisioned to receive calling party names in response to receiving the communications signal. A calling party name is either identified using a database located within the wireless communications system or the calling party name is received as part of the initial call setup signal. Then, the calling party name is sent to the mobile station over the air interface in response to identifying the calling party name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Khosrow Tony Saboorian, Sonia Doshi, Donald Bruce Keeler