Patents by Inventor Gopal Anatharaman

Gopal Anatharaman 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).

  • Call control across multiple interfaces
    Patent number: 8660255
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for call control are disclosed. In one example, methods and apparatuses for receiving communications associated with a monitoring of a first interface, a second interface, and a third interface for an incoming call. A current active call is placed in a bold queue, the hold queue configured to contain calls placed on hold received over the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface. Notification of a second user action to place the incoming call on a hold status is received. The incoming call is placed in the hold queue, a next call from the hold queue is retrieved, and the next call is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Theivendran, Mark Clark, Gopal Anatharaman
  • CALL CONTROL ACROSS MULTIPLE INTERFACES
    Publication number: 20130156177
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for call control are disclosed. In one example, methods and apparatuses for receiving communications associated with a monitoring of a first interface, a second interface, and a third interface for an incoming call. A current active call is placed in a bold queue, the hold queue configured to contain calls placed on hold received over the first interface, the second interface, and the third interface. Notification of a second user action to place the incoming call on a hold status is received. The incoming call is placed in the hold queue, a next call from the hold queue is retrieved, and the next call is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: PLANTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh Theivendran, Mark Clark, Gopal Anatharaman