Patents by Inventor Edward T. Guy, III

Edward T. Guy, III 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL
    Publication number: 20080301310
    Abstract: Methods and systems for telecommunications operations and controls include (1) an enhanced text message process or methodology that allows a remote user who does not have, already installed, a specialized voice telephony program to nevertheless place and participate in a voice call, (2) call admission control using a “degrees of separation” metric, (3) real time controlled sharing of contact (buddy) lists, (4) multi-service instance messaging conferences, and (5) “meta buddies” or buddy lists that can be automatically imported and made part of a user's own buddy list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Pulver, Carl S. Ford, Edward T. Guy, III, James E. Toga
  • Systems and methods for advanced communications and control
    Patent number: 7412527
    Abstract: Methods and systems for telecommunications operations and controls include (1) an enhanced text message process or methodology that allows a remote user who does not have, already installed, a specialized voice telephony program to nevertheless place and participate in a voice call, (2) call admission control using a “degrees of separation” metric, (3) real time controlled sharing of contact (buddy) lists, (4) multi-service instance messaging conferences, and (5) “meta buddies” or buddy lists that can be automatically imported and made part of a user's own buddy list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Pulver.com
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Pulver, Carl S. Ford, Edward T. Guy, III, James E. Toga