Patents by Inventor Laurance J Booton

Laurance J Booton 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).

  • Computer telephony system, method and server
    Patent number: 8433045
    Abstract: A computer telephony system allows a user to control different communications terminals at different times via a second system, external to the computer telephony system. The computer telephony system comprises a plurality of communications terminals each of which has an identifier. The computer telephony system further comprises means for generating a key and for recording internally a mapping linking the key and the identifier of a first communications terminal and means for changing the mapping, on a request by the user, so as to link the key with a second communications terminal. In operation, the key is provided to a second system, external to the computer telephony system and accessible by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Laurance J Booton