Patents by Inventor Merle L. Walker

Merle L. Walker 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: 20140282041
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods for presenting a change contact entries option to a user of a first communication device, and causing a contact entry corresponding to the first communication device to be replaced with a contact entry corresponding to a user group to which the first communication device belongs. The first communication device is configured to communicate with one or more servers responsive to being addressed both with a first unique identifier assigned thereto and a first group unique identifier assigned thereto as a member of the user group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sorenson Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Merle L. Walker, Adam Montero
  • Publication number: 20140272814
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for notifying a group of communication devices about a missed call are disclosed. Each communication device is associated with a group identifier that is shared with all the communication devices in a group. Each communication device is also associated with an individual identifier that is unique to that communication device. An unanswered communication to the group identifier is received on all the communication devices in the group. A first communication device transmits to a remote server an acknowledgement notification that the unanswered communication related to the group identifier has been acknowledged by the user. A clear indicator indicating that the unanswered communication has been acknowledged is transmitted from the remote server to all the devices in the group except the first communication device. Each of the communication devices receiving the clear indicator can then clear its indicator that notifies the user of a missed call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sorenson Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Parent, Merle L. Walker, Richard Shields
  • Publication number: 20140267580
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a plurality of communication devices configured to be associated with a user group. Each communication device of the plurality of communication devices may be configured to communicate with one or more servers both as an individual communication device with an individual unique identifier assigned thereto and as the user group with a group unique identifier assigned thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Sorenson Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Parent, Richard Shields, Scot L. Brooksby, Merle L. Walker, Lane Walters, Jason Andersen