Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Johns

Joseph B. Johns 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).

  • Screen-based telephone set for interactive enhanced telephony service
    Patent number: 6064732
    Abstract: An interactive subscriber telephone terminal, comprising: a display screen; a plurality of temporarily definable response/data entry keys; and local control means for selectively causing the display screen and/or the response/data entry keys to be controlled by one of: remote signals transmitted to the terminal from a telephone switching office, and the local control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: William V. Pezzullo, Michel J. Brisebois, Joseph B. Johns, Kenneth M. Orford, Kristin J. Travis, Bruce H. Tsuji, William T. Ross, Andre J. Robert, Clifford D. Read
  • Screen-based telephone set for interactive enhanced telephony service
    Patent number: 5615257
    Abstract: An interactive subscriber telephone terminal, comprising: a display screen; a plurality of temporarily definable response/data entry keys; and local control means for selectively causing the display screen and/or the response/data entry keys to be controlled by one of: remote signals transmitted to the terminal from a telephone switching office, and the local control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: William V. Pezzullo, Michel J. Brisebois, Joseph B. Johns, Kenneth M. Orford, Kristin J. Travis, Bruce H. Tsuji, William T. Ross, Andre J. Robert, Clifford D. Read