Patents by Inventor Mark Anthony Elias

Mark Anthony Elias 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).

  • Methods and apparatus to implement voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phones
    Patent number: 9154336
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to implement voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phones are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes detecting removal of a first user-replaceable network interface from a first port of a phone, the first network interface to communicate with a gateway using a first VOIP; detecting insertion of a second user-replaceable network interface into the first port of the phone, the second network interface to communicate with the gateway using a second VOIP, the second VOIP being different from the first VOIP; receiving a driver for the second network interface via a second port defined in the housing of the phone, the driver to enable the second network interface to communicate with the gateway using the second VOIP, the driver being received after a boot procedure to initialize the phone; and initializing the second network interface based on the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Elias, Robert Paul Lowmaster
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VoIP) PHONES
    Publication number: 20130010776
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to implement voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phones are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes detecting removal of a first user-replaceable network interface from a first port of a phone, the first network interface to communicate with a gateway using a first VOIP; detecting insertion of a second user-replaceable network interface into the first port of the phone, the second network interface to communicate with the gateway using a second VOIP, the second VOIP being different from the first VOIP; receiving a driver for the second network interface via a second port defined in the housing of the phone, the driver to enable the second network interface to communicate with the gateway using the second VOIP, the driver being received after a boot procedure to initialize the phone; and initializing the second network interface based on the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Elias, Robert Paul Lowmaster
  • Methods and apparatus to implement voice over internet protocol (VoIP) phones
    Patent number: 8279850
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to implement voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phones are disclosed. A disclosed example VoIP phone comprises a phone housing, a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) processor located in the phone housing, and a bay defined in the phone housing and dimensioned to receive a user-replaceable network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Mark Anthony Elias, Robert Paul Lowmaster