Patents by Inventor Michael Robert Wistow Manning

Michael Robert Wistow Manning 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).

  • System for selective communication connection based on transaction pricing signals
    Patent number: 5802502
    Abstract: A communications network in which user equipment is provided with a selecting device which communicates with a pricing device in service provider equipment. When communications or other services are required, the selection circuit polls a plurality of service providers, and the pricing circuit of each service provider generates a price signal indicating the level of price for its services. The selection circuit then selects a service provider, based on price (and also other factors such as quality of service).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Gell, Michael Robert Wistow Manning, Jose-Luis Fernandez-Villacanas Martin