Patents by Inventor James Gewecke

James Gewecke 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).

  • Method and system to proxy phone directories
    Patent number: 8644486
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed to proxy mobile and network originated call sessions. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method to access a phone directory using a mobile device including transmitting on a data channel of a wireless communications network a request for access to the phone directory, transmitting on the data channel one or more selective requests to search the phone directory, receiving on the data channel one or more successive portions of the phone directory according to the one or more selective requests, and transmitting on the data channel an abbreviated identifier associated with an entry of the phone directory for establishing voice communications with a terminal device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: James Gewecke
  • Method and System to Proxy Phone Directories
    Publication number: 20120225642
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed to proxy mobile and network originated call sessions. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method to access a phone directory using a mobile device including transmitting on a data channel of a wireless communications network a request for access to the phone directory, transmitting on the data channel one or more selective requests to search the phone directory, receiving on the data channel one or more successive portions of the phone directory according to the one or more selective requests, and transmitting on the data channel an abbreviated identifier associated with an entry of the phone directory for establishing voice communications with a terminal device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: James GEWECKE
  • Method and system to proxy phone directories
    Patent number: 8254546
    Abstract: A method (300) and system (100) are disclosed to proxy mobile and network originated call sessions. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method having the steps of simulating (302-314) a seamless phone directory, and simulating (318-344) a mobile originated call as a network originated call according to a selected identifier of the phone directory proxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: James Gewecke
  • Method and system to proxy phone directories
    Publication number: 20070117555
    Abstract: A method (300) and system (100) are disclosed to proxy mobile and network originated call sessions. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method having the steps of simulating (302-314) a seamless phone directory, and simulating (318-344) a mobile originated call as a network originated call according to a selected identifier of the phone directory proxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures LP
    Inventor: James Gewecke