Patents by Inventor Eugene W. Oates

Eugene W. Oates 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).

  • Telephone control system which connects a caller with a subscriber AT A telephone address
    Patent number: 5752191
    Abstract: A communications control system is disclosed which includes: a computer including means for storing a schedule for subscribers of the system, the schedule including time and call-processing information for the subscribers which indicate at least one call processing mode and at least one time for a subscriber to have telephone calls processed via the system; a switch controlled by the computer; a communication network for connecting a call from a caller to one or more points on the network; a two-way communications device; a communication apparatus for communicating with the communications device, the apparatus being coupled with the computer for communicating information therewith,the computer being programmed to control the switch to connect the caller, in response to a telephone call placed by the caller, to one or more points on the network selected by the computer using information supplied to the computer by the schedule, the subscriber and the communication apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: AccessLine Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Fuller, Frederick A. Epler, Eugene W. Oates