Patents by Inventor Jeremy P. Staples

Jeremy P. Staples 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 Apparatus for Using a User Message From a Caller Terminal as a Call Alert For a Callee Terminal
    Publication number: 20090185670
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and apparatus for using a user message from a caller terminal as a call alert for a callee terminal. In one embodiment, a method for providing a user message from a caller terminal as a call alert includes detecting a request at the caller terminal to establish a connection, receiving a user message at the caller terminal and propagating the user message from the caller terminal toward the callee terminal, wherein the user message is adapted for use as a call alert to the callee terminal. In one embodiment, a method for using a user message as a call alert includes receiving, at a callee terminal, a user message associated with a connection establishment request and presenting the user message as a call alert for the connection establishment request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventor: Jeremy P. Staples