Patents by Inventor Francine S. Frome

Francine S. Frome 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).

  • Patent number: 5222125
    Abstract: A common adjunct switch integrated with a telecommunications network and associated with a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers prefixed by a common code is provided with a facility which allows telephone subscribers that are assigned respective ones of the telephone numbers to personalize the way in which they receive long distance telephone calls. For example, such a subscriber may program his/her associated service record to put into effect call forwarding or call screening. In addition, each such subscriber may be associated with one or more caller identification numbers, in which a caller identification number is used to determine whether a call placed to a service number is billed to the called subscriber or the calling party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Carroll W. Creswell, Francine S. Frome, Daniel Furman, Philip S. Kravitz, Ramnath A. Lakshmi-Ratan, Steven G. Lanning, Bernard S. L. Renger, John A. Rotondo