Patents by Inventor James Dury

James Dury 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: 9203957
    Abstract: A system for managing telephone messages played by a telephone includes an integrated telephone answering device configured to playback a plurality of outgoing messages. The system further includes a first memory section to store a default outgoing message and a second memory section to store one or more custom outgoing messages. The system further includes a handset operable to send outgoing messages for storage in the base unit and to send information related to outgoing messages for storage in a database of the base unit, the information including an outgoing message identifier associated with each outgoing message and a list of calling numbers associated with each outgoing message identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Limited
    Inventor: James Dury
  • Publication number: 20140314217
    Abstract: A system for managing telephone messages played by a telephone includes an integrated telephone answering device configured to playback a plurality of outgoing messages. The system further includes a first memory section to store a default outgoing message and a second memory section to store one or more custom outgoing messages. The system further includes a handset operable to send outgoing messages for storage in the base unit and to send information related to outgoing messages for storage in a database of the base unit, the information including an outgoing message identifier associated with each outgoing message and a list of calling numbers associated with each outgoing message identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: James Dury
  • Patent number: 8755497
    Abstract: A system for managing telephone messages played by a telephone includes an integrated telephone answering device configured to playback a plurality of outgoing messages. The system further includes a first memory section to store a default outgoing message and a second memory section to store one or more custom outgoing messages. The system further includes a handset operable to send outgoing messages for storage in the base unit and to send information related to outgoing messages for storage in a database of the base unit, the information including an outgoing message identifier associated with each outgoing message and a list of calling numbers associated with each outgoing message identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Ltd.
    Inventor: James Dury
  • Publication number: 20090323911
    Abstract: A system for managing telephone messages played by a telephone includes an integrated telephone answering device configured to playback a plurality of outgoing messages. The system further includes a first memory section to store a default outgoing message and a second memory section to store one or more custom outgoing messages. The system further includes a handset operable to send outgoing messages for storage in the base unit and to send information related to outgoing messages for storage in a database of the base unit, the information including an outgoing message identifier associated with each outgoing message and a list of calling numbers associated with each outgoing message identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: James Dury
  • Patent number: 6983144
    Abstract: A cordless telephone base unit having a dynamically changeable cellular telephone adapter and partially reconfigurable software is provided. The software includes a static portion containing core application software, and a dynamic portion containing reconfigurable driver software for interfacing with an external device such as a cellular telephone. The driver software can be downloaded from a removable cellular telephone adapter. The core software and the driver software each contain interface portions at fixed locations. The interface portions provide for transparent interaction between core application and driver software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Limited
    Inventors: Holger Janssen, Gary Louie, James Dury, Sean Wong
  • Patent number: 6950652
    Abstract: The present invention permits access to information stored on a remote device from a local device without requiring that a complete physical copy of the remote information be made. An enhanced and refined hash table permits access to the remote information in order or according to a search key with significant reduction in the memory requirements on the local device even though the remote information is not sorted. Scrolling through the remote data structure without accessing any unnecessary record on the remote device and hence reducing scroll response time is also achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: VTech Telecommunications Limited
    Inventors: Holger Janssen, Gary Louie, James Dury, Sean Wong
  • Publication number: 20040203738
    Abstract: A cordless telephone base unit having a dynamically changeable cellular telephone adapter and partially reconfigurable software is provided. The software includes a static portion containing core application software, and a dynamic portion containing reconfigurable driver software for interfacing with an external device such as a cellular telephone. The driver software can be downloaded from a removable cellular telephone adapter. The core software and the driver software each contain interface portions at fixed locations. The interface portions provide for transparent interaction between core application and driver software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Holger Janssen, Gary Louie, James Dury, Sean Wong
  • Publication number: 20040131173
    Abstract: The present invention permits access to information stored on a remote device from a local device without requiring that a complete physical copy of the remote information be made. An enhanced and refined hash table permits access to the remote information in order or according to a search key with significant reduction in the memory requirements on the local device even though the remote information is not sorted. Scrolling through the remote data structure without accessing any unnecessary record on the remote device and hence reducing scroll response time is also achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Holger Janssen, Gary Louie, James Dury, Sean Wong