Patents by Inventor Kevin Gatesman

Kevin Gatesman 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).

  • Patent number: 7110390
    Abstract: Instead of having to subscribe to multiple telephone lines for multiple devices that a user has, a module of the present invention can connect each of the user's devices to an outside communications network using the same telephone line. Such multiple inside connections to the outside communication network using the same telephone line is achieved by provisioning within the invention module the appropriate telephone and computer interface units for the user's telephones and computers, and an appropriate network interface unit for connection to the telephone line that connects the invention module to the external communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: MCI, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Gatesman