Patents by Inventor John W Shepherd

John W Shepherd 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).

  • Telecommunications switching network for making interconnections in accordance with customer data
    Patent number: 6600820
    Abstract: When a Service Switching Point (1,2) of a telecommunications network receives signalling from a first customer telephone (5) for a destination customer line equipped with a special divert response CPE, network signalling is used to request from the destination line specified by the digits signaled by the first customer, data defining a network destination to which the call is to be connected. The call may be diverted to another telephone or may be diverted to network apparatus arranged to provide voice information and/or data collection facilities to enable further decision on the ultimate destination of the incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventor: John W Shepherd
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20020051528
    Abstract: When a Service Switching Point (1, 2) of a telecommunications network receives signalling from a first customer telephone (5) for a destination customer line equipped with a special divert response CPE, network signalling is used to request from the destination line specified by the digits signalled by the first customer, data defining a network destination to which the call is to be connected. The call may be diverted to another telephone or may be diverted to network apparatus arranged to provide voice information and/or data collection facilities to enable further decision on the ultimate destination of the incoming call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventor: JOHN W SHEPHERD