Patents by Inventor Kenneth Ronald Vance

Kenneth Ronald Vance 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).

  • Alpha enhanced paging and voice mail system and method
    Patent number: 6397059
    Abstract: A wireless communications system, such as a paging system, that provides caller identification to a mobile unit. The paging system includes an IVR unit for prompting a caller to enter a call back number and a caller base number. The call base number is a number associated with the identity of the caller, such as the caller's home number or main business number. The paging system further includes an interface unit for obtaining caller identification information from a telephone listing database in an external database, such as the line identification database (LIDB) in a public switched telephone network. In operation, the paging system first determines caller identification from the base number by accessing the LIDB database for a listing corresponding to the base number. The paging system may also perform other steps to determine the caller identification from the caller's base number, such as searching a reverse look-up telephone directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Inventors: Kenneth Ronald Vance, Edward Ernest Jungerman, Jr.
  • Alpha enhanced paging and voice mail system and method
    Patent number: 6094574
    Abstract: A wireless communications system, such as a paging system, that provides caller identification to a mobile unit. The paging system includes an IVR unit for prompting a caller to enter a call back number and a caller base number. The call base number is a number associated with the identity of the caller, such as the caller's home number or main business number. The paging system further includes an interface unit for obtaining caller identification information from a telephone listing database in an external database, such as the line identification database (LIDB) in a public switched telephone network. In operation, the paging system first determines caller identification from the base number by accessing the LIDB database for a listing corresponding to the base number. The paging system may also perform other steps to determine the caller identification from the caller's base number, such as searching a reverse look-up telephone directory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Inventors: Kenneth Ronald Vance, Edward Ernest Jungerman, Jr.