Patents by Inventor JOHN M. MASKI

JOHN M. MASKI 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 enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call
    Patent number: 11032426
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: John M. Maski
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A MOBILE ENDPOINT DEVICE TO BE A HUB FOR A CONFERENCE CALL
    Publication number: 20180309876
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventor: John M. Maski
  • Method and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call
    Patent number: 10009473
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: John M. Maski
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A MOBILE ENDPOINT DEVICE TO BE A HUB FOR A CONFERENCE CALL
    Publication number: 20170230506
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: JOHN M. MASKI
  • Method and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call
    Patent number: 9635698
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: John M. Maski
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A MOBILE ENDPOINT DEVICE TO BE A HUB FOR A CONFERENCE CALL
    Publication number: 20150139044
    Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for enabling a mobile endpoint device to be a hub for a conference call are disclosed. For example, the method connects to the conference call, broadcasts a signal to at least one slave mobile endpoint devices to join the conference call over a personal area network, receives a pairing request from the at least one slave mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, accepts the pairing request and connects the at least one slave mobile endpoint device to the conference call via the master mobile endpoint device over the personal area network, wherein both the master mobile endpoint device and the at least one slave mobile endpoint device have two-way communications with the conference call and conference call controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: JOHN M. MASKI