Patents by Inventor Jeremy Thomas Brown

Jeremy Thomas Brown 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).

  • Intelligent telephone number processing
    Patent number: 8838078
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that converts a telephone number based on the location of a telephone is described. The device receives the telephone number, where telephone number is to be used to place a telephone call on the device. The device further determines if the telephone number is suitable to place the telephone call based on a content of the telephone number and a location of the device. If the telephone number is not suitable to place the telephone call, the device converts the telephone number to a telephone number suitable to be used to place the telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua H. Shaffer, Jeremy Thomas Brown
  • Intelligent Telephone Number Processing
    Publication number: 20120307991
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that converts a telephone number based on the location of a telephone is described. The device receives the telephone number, where telephone number is to be used to place a telephone call on the device. The device further determines if the telephone number is suitable to place the telephone call based on a content of the telephone number and a location of the device. If the telephone number is not suitable to place the telephone call, the device converts the telephone number to a telephone number suitable to be used to place the telephone call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Joshua H. Schaffer, Jeremy Thomas Brown