Patents by Inventor Glenn Stuart Williman

Glenn Stuart Williman 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).

  • Automated inbound test facility and method
    Patent number: 5706328
    Abstract: A technique is provided for enabling remote testing of a telecommunications service provided by an international gateway switch (12). To accomplish such testing, a test facility (10) associated with the switch includes a DTMF interface (16) for automatically answering an inbound call and for verifying if the caller may access the service for testing purposes. The test facility also includes a signal converter (38) for translating DTMF signals entered during the inbound call to yield an activation sequence of signals for input to the international gateway switch to activate the service offered by the switch for testing purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: AT&T
    Inventor: Glenn Stuart Williman