Patents by Inventor James R. Forte-McRobbie

James R. Forte-McRobbie 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).

  • Voice-over-IP hybrid digital loop carrier
    Patent number: 8811384
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method of use comprising: for a call between a local IP network and a remote non-IP network, converting between IP packets and PCM robbed bit signaling via a VoIP channelized router; providing the PCM robbed bit signaling to a TDM switch via the VoIP channelized router; and/or converting between IP packets and GR303 call reference values via the VoIP channelized router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: James R. Forte-McRobbie, Irwin Gerszberg
  • VOICE-OVER-IP HYBRID DIGITAL LOOP CARRIER
    Publication number: 20120294304
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method of use comprising: for a call between a local IP network and a remote non-IP network, converting between IP packets and PCM robbed bit signaling via a VoIP channelized router; providing the PCM robbed bit signaling to a TDM switch via the VoIP channelized router; and/or converting between IP packets and GR303 call reference values via the VoIP channelized router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.
    Inventors: James R. Forte-McRobbie, Irwin Gerszberg
  • Voice-over-IP hybrid digital loop carrier
    Patent number: 8243720
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method of use comprising: for a call between a local IP network and a remote non-IP network, converting between IP packets and PCM robbed bit signaling via a VoIP channelized router; providing the PCM robbed bit signaling to a TDM switch via the VoIP channelized router; and/or converting between IP packets and GR303 call reference values via the VoIP channelized router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: James R. Forte-McRobbie, Irwin Gerszberg
  • Voice-over-IP Hybrid Digital Loop Carrier
    Publication number: 20080317008
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method of use comprising: for a call between a local IP network and a remote non-IP network, converting between IP packets and PCM robbed bit signaling via a VoIP channelized router; providing the PCM robbed bit signaling to a TDM switch via the VoIP channelized router; and/or converting between IP packets and GR303 call reference values via the VoIP channelized router.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: James R. Forte-McRobbie, Irwin Gerszberg
  • Voice-over-IP hybrid digital loop carrier
    Patent number: 7428234
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method of use comprising: for a call between a local IP network and a remote non-IP network, converting between IP packets and PCM robbed bit signaling via a VoIP channelized router; providing the PCM robbed bit signaling to a TDM switch via the VoIP channelized router; and/or converting between IP packets and GR303 call reference values via the VoIP channelized router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: James R. Forte-McRobbie, Irwin Gerszberg