Patents by Inventor Laurence R. Siegel

Laurence R. Siegel 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).

  • Universal access to caller-specific ringtones
    Patent number: 9300794
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing universal access to caller-specific ringtones are described. A universal address book server is implemented that contains user-specific address books for users of a communications network. Each address book includes ringtones associated with contacts and groups defined in the address book. The universal address book server also provides a synchronization service to the communication devices of each user allowing the communication devices to synchronize the ringtones associated with the contacts and groups between the user's address book on the universal address book server and a local storage of the ringtones in the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Laurence R. Siegel
  • Universal Access to Caller-Specific Ringtones
    Publication number: 20100202604
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing universal access to caller-specific ringtones are described. A universal address book server is implemented that contains user-specific address books for users of a communications network. Each address book includes ringtones associated with contacts and groups defined in the address book. The universal address book server also provides a synchronization service to the communication devices of each user allowing the communication devices to synchronize the ringtones associated with the contacts and groups between the user's address book on the universal address book server and a local storage of the ringtones in the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventor: Laurence R. Siegel