Patents by Inventor Jeffrey J. Meek

Jeffrey J. Meek 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 telecommunications system for transmitting a facsimile message
    Patent number: 6611581
    Abstract: A method and system for transmitting a facsimile message uses a public-switched telecommunications network, the public-switched telecommunication network having a messaging platform capable of storing a plurality of facsimile messages. The initiation of a telephone call to a destination is detected, the content of the call including the facsimile message. If the destination is available at a first time to receive a telephone call, the facsimile message is transmitted. The facsimile message is stored on the messaging platform only if the destination is unavailable at the first time. If the facsimile message was stored, the facsimile message is transmitted at a second time if the destination if the destination is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: SBC Properties, LP
    Inventors: Mark H. Nelson, Thomas F. Stevens, Matthew J. Yuschik, Jeffrey J. Meek