Patents by Inventor Lee Inman

Lee Inman 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: 8634529
    Abstract: An improved conference calling system that operates to correlate a conference call with other conference calls, along with collateral information pertinent to the conference call, and deliver the correlated information to conference call participants or other entities. When setting up a conference call, a reservation system interface enables a user to not only schedule the conference call, but to also enter information that can be used to (a) correlate the instance conference call with previous or future conference calls, (b) set up for the recordation of the conference call, (c) set up for the delivery of the recorded conference call through one or more media channels, and (d) provide the recorded conference call as well as any related collateral and correlated conference calls to various parties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Amercian Teleconferencing Services, Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas R. Miller, Lee Inman
  • Patent number: 8249234
    Abstract: A conferencing system that can be configured by a host, and then reconfigured on the fly, in real time. The host initially provides configuration information to the system to define the initial operation of the conference call. The host can then update this information during the conference call to reconfigure the conference call. For instance, the information may include a question set. The initial question set is presented to participants as they enter the conference call. When the configuration information is changed by providing a new question, the new question is then presented to the participants in the conference call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: American Teleconferencing Services, Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Miller, Lee Inman
  • Publication number: 20090016513
    Abstract: An improved conference calling system that operates to correlate a conference call with other conference calls, along with collateral information pertinent to the conference call, and deliver the correlated information to conference call participants or other entities. When setting up a conference call, a reservation system interface enables a user to not only schedule the conference call, but to also enter information that can be used to (a) correlate the instance conference call with previous or future conference calls, (b) set up for the recordation of the conference call, (c) set up for the delivery of the recorded conference call through one or more media channels, and (d) provide the recorded conference call as well as any related collateral and correlated conference calls to various parties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas R. Miller, Lee Inman
  • Publication number: 20090016514
    Abstract: A conferencing system that can be configured by a host, and then reconfigured on the fly, in real time. The host initially provides configuration information to the system to define the initial operation of the conference call. The host can then update this information during the conference call to reconfigure the conference call. For instance, the information may include a question set. The initial question set is presented to participants as they enter the conference call. When the configuration information is changed by providing a new question, the new question is then presented to the participants in the conference call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Ray Miller, Lee Inman