Patents by Inventor Joseph Budziak

Joseph Budziak 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 extending PBX features via the public network
    Patent number: 7200218
    Abstract: A system and method allow PBX features to be extended through the public network. A teleworker calls into a PBX system and is assigned a fictitious port. The fictitious port is controlled by a telework server and appears to the PBX to be a local device. PBX features are invoked by particular sequences of DTMF tones or by voice prompt, or another data input system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Lindley, Peggy Stumer, Faramarz Sahim, Joseph Budziak, Henry Wu
  • Systems for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client remotely coupled to a PBX
    Patent number: 6678356
    Abstract: Systems for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client according to the invention include apparatus that implement the steps of detecting at a teleworking client when an emergency number is dialed, disconnecting the teleworking client from the PBX/MLTS, connecting the teleworking client to the PSTN, and dialing an associated stored number. Though the invention is described with reference to a teleworking client, it may also be applied to any other dialup network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Peggy M. Stumer, Nissim Ozery, David J. Swartz, David A. Vander Meiden, Charles Goodman, Joseph Budziak
  • Methods and apparatus for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client remotely coupled to a PBX
    Patent number: 6587546
    Abstract: Methods for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client according to the invention include detecting at the teleworking client when an emergency number is dialed, disconnecting the teleworking client from the PBX/MLTS, connecting the teleworking client to the PSTN, and dialing an associated stored number. The apparatus of the invention resides in software that is installed in off the shelf hardware. Though the invention is described with reference to a teleworking client, it may also be applied to any other dialup network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Peggy M. Stumer, Nissim Ozery, David J. Swartz, David A. Vander Meiden, Charles Goodman, Joseph Budziak
  • Systems for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client remotely coupled to a PBX
    Publication number: 20020136358
    Abstract: Systems for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client according to the invention include apparatus that implement the steps of detecting at a teleworking client when an emergency number is dialed, disconnecting the teleworking client from the PBX/MLTS, connecting the teleworking client to the PSTN, and dialing an associated stored number. Though the invention is described with reference to a teleworking client, it may also be applied to any other dialup network connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Peggy M. Stumer, Nissim Ozery, David J. Swartz, David A. Vander Meiden, Charles Goodman, Joseph Budziak
  • Methods and apparatus for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client remotely coupled to a PBX
    Publication number: 20020136359
    Abstract: Methods for dialing an emergency telephone number from a teleworking client according to the invention include detecting at the teleworking client when an emergency number is dialed, disconnecting the teleworking client from the PBX/MLTS, connecting the teleworking client to the PSTN, and dialing an associated stored number. The apparatus of the invention resides in software that is installed in off the shelf hardware. Though the invention is described with reference to a teleworking client, it may also be applied to any other dialup network connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Peggy M. Stumer, Nissim Ozery, David J. Swartz, David A. Vander Meiden, Charles Goodman, Joseph Budziak