Patents by Inventor Edward A. Fitzgerald, IV

Edward A. Fitzgerald, IV 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).

  • Key system module for softphone or embedded voice applications
    Patent number: 11470200
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for a key system module which enables a presentable key system on devices provisioned with softphone and embedded voice applications. A method includes provisioning a key system module for operation with the softphone to enable the key system, establishing, by the softphone application using a service provider Internet Protocol (IP) telephony server, a non-shared line association with the key system, establishing, by the softphone application using the service provider IP telephony server, associations with key lines in the key system, receiving, from the service provider IP telephony server, key line statuses, generating, by the key system module, a key line user interface based on at least the statuses of the key lines, and presenting, by the softphone application and the key system module on a device associated with the softphone client, the key line user interface with the key lines in the key system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Holly Hinze, Edward A. Fitzgerald, IV, Steven Monti
  • KEY SYSTEM MODULE FOR SOFTPHONE OR EMBEDDED VOICE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220103691
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for a key system module which enables a presentable key system on devices provisioned with softphone and embedded voice applications. A method includes provisioning a key system module for operation with the softphone to enable the key system, establishing, by the softphone application using a service provider Internet Protocol (IP) telephony server, a non-shared line association with the key system, establishing, by the softphone application using the service provider IP telephony server, associations with key lines in the key system, receiving, from the service provider IP telephony server, key line statuses, generating, by the key system module, a key line user interface based on at least the statuses of the key lines, and presenting, by the softphone application and the key system module on a device associated with the softphone client, the key line user interface with the key lines in the key system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Holly Hinze, Edward A. Fitzgerald, IV, Steven Monti