Patents by Inventor Mavis Bates

Mavis Bates 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).

  • Publication number: 20040198327
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for flexibly completing a call to one of several associated telephone stations or to voice mail, or to a paging system. When a call is received for a called party having called party location service, a database is accessed to determine the routing of this call. The routing can be a function of the caller's identification, the status of various telephone stations of the called party, and of specific requests made by the called party. Advantageously, calls are routed in conformance with the called party's wishes, the number of desired call completions that are not effected is reduced, and the number of undesired call completions is also reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Mavis Bates, William Jackson Bushnell