Patents by Inventor Karen Jeanne Pelletier
Karen Jeanne Pelletier 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).
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Patent number: 7095826Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting announcement to a called party that is busy on a first call and receives a second call. Information provided by a second calling party is recorded and played back to the called party after the first call is over. The called party is not interrupted during the duration of the first call.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2003Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Tricia Ehlers Henry, Roberto Carrion, Mary Louis Hardzinski, Thomas Joseph McBlain
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Patent number: 7085363Abstract: A menu is provided in a first telephone call. The menu provides a plurality of destination options including a first destination option for a residence of a family, a second destination option for a first member of the family at a first location other than the residence, and a third destination option for a second member of the family at a second location other than the residence. A selection of one of the destination options is received in the first telephone call. A second telephone call is initiated to a telephone number corresponding to the selection. The first telephone call and the second telephone call are connected.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Vanessa Besteda Jackson, Robert Joseph Thornberry, Jr.
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Patent number: 7020268Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the providers regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6920211Abstract: A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. The information is provided to the subscriber by way of information displayed on a caller-ID display and/or by way of talking caller-ID.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2003Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Michael Steven Pickard, Gayle Roberta Ekstrom, Robert Welsey Bossemeyer, Jr., Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Jordan Howard Light, Edmond W. Israelski, Bruce Edward Stuckman
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Patent number: 6870912Abstract: A system (10) and method (40) are provided permitting cookie files to be used with telephonic customer premises equipment (CPE) (12). The caller CPE (12) can be an intelligent telephone adapted to generate, store, transmit and receive cookie files. The cookie files can include information tokens describing a caller profile. The CPE (12) can provide a template cookie file upon request from a called party during a conversation between the caller and called party. The template file can then be transmitted to the called party and modified. The modified cookie file can then be returned to the caller CPE (12) for future use during subsequent calls to the called party. The cookie file can reduce the processing time of calls placed to automated dial-up service centers and also reduces its computer resources required by the service system.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Michael Steven Pickard, Jordan Howard Light, Robert Welsey Bossemeyer, Jr., Edmond W. Israelski, Bruce Edward Stuckman, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6807272Abstract: A system and method for providing telephony services, such as caller ID, voice mail, selective call forwarding, and the like, to a remote subscriber, typically located outside the provider's regional territory. The system can include customer premise equipment (CPE) selectively connectable to a remote central office (CO), a packet-switched network gateway, such as an Internet telephony gateway (ITG), for remotely communicating service requests to a local service node. The local service node can be located within the service provider's territory and returns telephony service responses via the packet-switched network gateway to the remote CO, and ultimately the remote CPE.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Rex Norman Bull, Bruce A. Chatterley, David Anthony Orwick, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6771754Abstract: Processing a call from a calling party at a calling communication station to a called communication station includes detecting signalling information for the call, including determining whether standard caller identification for the calling communication station can be provided to the called communication station and detecting a privacy level selected by a called party at the called communication station. The call is routed in response to the signalling information and the privacy level. This permits management of privacy levels at the called communication station using the signalling information for the call.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Michael Steven Pickard, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Edmond W Israelski, Jordan Howard Light, Rex Norman Bull
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Publication number: 20040120496Abstract: A speed dial list associated with a telephone line is received via at least one of a computer network and a telephone network. The speed dial list is stored in a database and associated with an identifier of the telephone line. An event of connecting a telephone set to the telephone line is detected. Based on the event, the telephone line to which the telephone set has been connected is identified. The speed dial list associated with the identified telephone line is retrieved. A machine-readable form of the speed dial list is communicated to the telephone set via the telephone network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2003Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Michael Steven Pickard, Edmond W. Israelski, Donald Bernard Liebrecht, Karen Jeanne Pelletier
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Publication number: 20040096042Abstract: A system and method for emergency telephone call notification. The system includes an AIN capable switch, a service control point (SCP) having a database of designated contact numbers associated with a service subscriber telephone number, and an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP for contacting the designated contact numbers. The method includes the steps of recognizing an N11 trigger and the SCP initiating telephone calls, via the IP, to each of the contact numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the subscriber making the emergency telephone call.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: David Anthony Orwick, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Todd August Bartels, Thomas Joseph McBlain, Dianna Inara Tiliks, Gordon Lynn Blumenschein, James Daniel Kovarik
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Patent number: 6735285Abstract: A system and method for emergency telephone call notification. The system includes an AIN capable switch, a service control point (SCP) having a database of designated contact numbers associated with a service subscriber telephone number, and an intelligent peripheral (IP) in communication with the SCP for contacting the designated contact numbers. The method includes the steps of recognizing an N11 trigger and the SCP initiating telephone calls, via the IP, to each of the contact numbers corresponding to the telephone number of the subscriber making the emergency telephone call.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: David Anthony Orwick, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Todd August Bartels, Thomas Joseph McBlain, Dianna Inara Tiliks, Gordon Lynn Blumenschein, James Daniel Kovarik
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Publication number: 20040086103Abstract: A telephone set comprises a help key, a telephone service key to initiate a telephone service, and a logic circuit. The logic circuit detects a simultaneous actuation of the help key and the telephone service key, and in response thereto, retrieves help information specific to the telephone service.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2003Publication date: May 6, 2004Applicant: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Bruce Edward Stuckman, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Edmond W. Israelski
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Publication number: 20040017908Abstract: A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. The information is provided to the subscriber by way of information displayed on a caller-ID display and/or by way of talking caller-ID.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2003Publication date: January 29, 2004Inventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Michael Steven Pickard, Gayle Roberta Ekstrom, Robert Welsey Bossemeyer, Raymond Walden Bennett, Jordan Howard Light, Edmond W. Israelski, Bruce Edward Stuckman
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Publication number: 20040013249Abstract: A system (10) and method (40) are provided permitting cookie files to be used with telephonic customer premises equipment (CPE) (12). The caller CPE (12) can be an intelligent telephone adapted to generate, store, transmit and receive cookie files. The cookie files can include information tokens describing a caller profile. The CPE (12) can provide a template cookie file upon request from a called party during a conversation between the caller and called party. The template file can then be transmitted to the called party and modified. The modified cookie file can then be returned to the caller CPE (12) for future use during subsequent calls to the called party. The cookie file can reduce the processing time of calls placed to automated dial-up service centers and also reduces its computer resources required by the service system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Raymond Walden Bennett, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Michael Steven Pickard, Jordan Howard Light, Robert Welsey Bossemeyer, Edmond W. Israelski, Bruce Edward Stuckman, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6678367Abstract: A speed dial list associated with a telephone line is received via at least one of a computer network and a telephone network. The speed dial list is stored in a database and associated with an identifier of the telephone line. An event of connecting a telephone set to the telephone line is detected. Based on the event, the telephone line to which the telephone set has been connected is identified. The speed dial list associated with the identified telephone line is retrieved. A machine-readable form of the speed dial list is communicated to the telephone set via the telephone network.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2000Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: SBC Properties, INCInventors: Michael Steven Pickard, Edmond W. Israelski, Donald Bernard Liebrecht, Karen Jeanne Pelletier
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Publication number: 20040005045Abstract: A system and method include implementing and accessing a subscriber's telecommunications services, using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system via the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The system and method enable a subscriber to review, schedule and modify call forwarding information stored and implemented by a service control point (SCP) through a common server from any dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) telephone and IVR system via the PSTN or any GUI and Web client via the Internet. The subscriber is able to build and edit call forwarding data, such as a scheduler and priority and rejection screening lists, by the GUI via the Internet for subsequent implementation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: SBC Technology Resources, Inc., Austin, TexasInventors: Thomas Lee Adams, Xiaolian Yang Bi, Gordon Lynn Blumenschein, Nancy Ann Book, Rodney T. Brand, Susanne Marie Crockett, Laura Kay Culli, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Michael Albert Machacek, Thomas Joseph McBlain, John Wesley Moss, Stephen Mark Mueller, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Richard Everett Sabinson, Paul Wilczynski, Elizabeth Goldwyn Gibson
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Publication number: 20030210775Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing an enhanced call waiting announcement to a called party that is busy on a first call and receives a second call. Information provided by a second calling party is recorded and played back to the called party after the first call is over. The called party is not interrupted during the duration of the first call.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2003Publication date: November 13, 2003Applicant: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Susanne Marie Crockett, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Tricia Ehlers Henry, Roberto Carrion, Mary Louis Hardzinski, Thomas Joseph McBlain
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Patent number: 6643361Abstract: A system (10) and method (40) are provided permitting cookie files to be used with telephonic customer premises equipment (CPE) (12). The caller CPE (12) can be an intelligent telephone adapted to generate, store, transmit and receive cookie files. The cookie files can include information tokens describing a caller profile. The CPE (12) can provide a template cookie file upon request from a called party during a conversation between the caller and called party. The template file can then be transmitted to the called party and modified. The modified cookie file can then be returned to the caller CPE (12) for future use during subsequent calls to the called party. The cookie file can reduce the processing time of calls placed to automated dial-up service centers and also reduces its computer resources required by the service system.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: SBC Properties, L.P.Inventors: Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Michael Steven Pickard, Jordan Howard Light, Robert Welsey Bossemeyer, Jr., Edmond W. Israelski, Bruce Edward Stuckman, Wayne Robert Heinmiller
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Patent number: 6631186Abstract: A system and method include implementing and accessing a subscriber's telecommunications services, using a graphical user interface (GUI) via the Internet, and an interactive voice response (IVR) system via the public switched telecommunications network (PSTN). The system and method enable a subscriber to review, schedule and modify call forwarding information stored and implemented by a service control-point (SCP) through a common server from any dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) telephone and IVR system via the PSTN or any GUI and Web client via the Internet. The subscriber is able to build and edit call forwarding data, such as a scheduler and priority and rejection screening lists, by the GUI via the Internet for subsequent implementation.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2000Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: SBC Technology Resources, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Lee Adams, Xiaolian Yang Bi, Gordon Lynn Blumenschein, Nancy Ann Book, Rodney T Brand, Susanne Marie Crockett, Laura Kay Culli, Mary Louise Hardzinski, Michael Albert Machacek, Thomas Joseph McBlain, John Wesley Moss, Stephen Mark Mueller, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Richard Everett Sabinson, Paul Wilczynski, Elizabeth Goldwyn Gibson
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Patent number: 6618478Abstract: A telephone set comprises a help key, a telephone service key to initiate a telephone service, and a logic circuit. The logic circuit detects a simultaneous actuation of the help key and the telephone service key, and in response thereto, retrieves help information specific to the telephone service.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 1999Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Bruce Edward Stuckman, Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Edmond W. Israelski
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Patent number: 6608891Abstract: A network-based announcement and message delivery service for providing a landline customer with information of interest such as weather, financial market data, time/temperature, sporting event results, etc. In a first embodiment, information is provided to a subscriber who simply lifts the handset of the telephone. The subscriber instead of hearing a dial tone hears the information in the form of streaming audio. In another embodiment, information is provided to the subscriber by way of information displayed on a caller-ID display and/or by way of talking caller-ID.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1999Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Ameritech CorporationInventors: Karen Jeanne Pelletier, Laura Marie Griffith, Michael Steven Pickard, Gayle Roberta Ekstrom, Robert Welsey Bossemeyer, Jr., Raymond Walden Bennett, III, Jordan Howard Light, Edmond W. Israelski, Bruce Edward Stuckman