Patents by Inventor John Robert Bratt

John Robert Bratt 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).

  • Architecture and method for rapid development and implementation of voice over IP features
    Patent number: 7599354
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, program product and system for facilitating efficient development and deployment of features in a voice over internet protocol telephony system comprising protocol specific equipment. The method and program product comprise: developing a feature for deployment in the telephony system using a developer protocol, the developer protocol being independent of any specific VoIP protocol, and performing communication protocol conversion between the developer protocol and a specific VoIP protocol used by the telephony system on feature-related messages in order to communicate with the protocol specific equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: M5 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Robert Bratt, Gary H. Yi, David Chi-Wing Mak