Patents by Inventor Jordan M. Roderick

Jordan M. Roderick 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).

  • Personal communicator with flip element display
    Patent number: 7310540
    Abstract: A portable personal communicator includes a body portion and a flip element having a built-in display. The body portion includes either a telephone keypad or a second display. The personal communicator functions as a radiotelephone, and can also transmit and receive non-voice data messages. Input keys on the flip element are provided proximate to the flip element display so that software-definable functions performed by the keys can be indicated on the display adjacent to the respective keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Charlene L. Meins, Jordan M. Roderick, Michael F. Buhrmann
  • Personal communicator with flip element display
    Publication number: 20030211872
    Abstract: A portable personal communicator includes a body portion and a flip element having a built-in display. The body portion includes either a telephone keypad or a second display. The personal communicator functions as a radiotelephone, and can also transmit and receive non-voice data messages. Input keys on the flip element are provided proximate to the flip element display so that software-definable functions performed by the keys can be indicated on the display adjacent to the respective keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventors: Charlene L. Meins, Jordan M. Roderick, Michael F. Buhrmann
  • Personal communicator with flip element display
    Patent number: 6587700
    Abstract: A portable personal communicator include a body portion and a flip element having a built-in display. The body portion includes either a telephone keypad or a second display. The personal communicator functions as a radiotelephone, and can also transmit and receive non-voice data messages. Input keys on the flip element are provided proximate to the flip element display so that software-definable functions performed by the keys can be indicated on the display adjacent to the respective keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlene L. Meins, Jordan M. Roderick, Michael F. Buhrmann
  • Calling party paid wireless telecommunication system
    Patent number: 6311053
    Abstract: A telecommunication network processes a telephone call from a calling party to a called party. The called party uses a wireless telephone that is associated with an MSC and has a MIN. The telecommunication network, responsive to the calling party dialing the MIN, receives the MIN at an originating switch. The network then translates the MIN to an internal routing number and routes the telephone call to a terminating switch based on the internal routing number. The terminating switch is directly connected to the MSC. The network then translates the internal routing number back to the MIN and routes the telephone call to the MSC. After the call is completed, the billing of the called party is suppressed for at least some of the telephone call air time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: AT&T Corp., AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan Feit, Roderick Nelson, Jordan M. Roderick