Patents by Inventor Mohammed Smadi

Mohammed Smadi 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: 8467350
    Abstract: For initially establishing a voice call, a first connection leg for the voice call is established between a mobile device operating in a wireless network and a conference room of a conferencing gateway. A second connection leg is established via the conferencing gateway between a processor and a communication device connected in a telephone network. Subsequently, the processor sends a message to the conferencing gateway for transferring the second connection leg from between the processor and the communication device to the conference room and the communication device, for initially establishing the voice call. The conference gateway is configured to combine media streams of connection legs of the voice call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignees: Research In Motion Limited, McMaster University
    Inventors: Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Terence D. Todd, Mohammed Smadi, Dongmei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120300678
    Abstract: For initially establishing a voice call, a first connection leg for the voice call is established between a mobile device operating in a wireless network and a conference room of a conferencing gateway. A second connection leg is established via the conferencing gateway between a processor and a communication device connected in a telephone network. Subsequently, the processor sends a message to the conferencing gateway for transferring the second connection leg from between the processor and the communication device to the conference room and the communication device, for initially establishing the voice call. The conference gateway is configured to combine media streams of connection legs of the voice call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicants: MCMASTER UNIVERSITY, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Terence D. Todd, Mohammed Smadi, Dongmei Zhao
  • Patent number: 8265038
    Abstract: Techniques for use in a network processing component is for initially establishing, via a gateway, a voice call between a mobile device which operates in a wireless network and a destination device. A first connection leg of the voice call is to be established between the mobile device and a conference room of the gateway. The technique involves sending to the gateway a request message for establishing a second connection leg between the network processing component and the destination device, and then subsequently sending to the gateway a re-routing message for re-routing the second connection leg from the network processing component to the conference room. This causes a voice call having the first and the second connection legs to be initially established between the mobile device and the destination device via the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Research In Motion Limited, McMaster University
    Inventors: Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Terence D. Todd, Mohammed Smadi, Dongmei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20110243118
    Abstract: Techniques for use in a network processing component is for initially establishing, via a gateway, a voice call between a mobile device which operates in a wireless network and a destination device. A first connection leg of the voice call is to be established between the mobile device and a conference room of the gateway. The technique involves sending to the gateway a request message for establishing a second connection leg between the network processing component and the destination device, and then subsequently sending to the gateway a re-routing message for re-routing the second connection leg from the network processing component to the conference room. This causes a voice call having the first and the second connection legs to be initially established between the mobile device and the destination device via the gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Terence D. Todd, Mohammed Smadi, Dongmei Zhao
  • Patent number: 7986665
    Abstract: A mobile communication device operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) of a communication network maintains an inter-enterprise voice call via its WLAN interface (e.g. 802.11/VoIP/SIP) with another communication device in the communication network. During the voice call, a handover of the voice call from the WLAN to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) (e.g. GSM/GPRS) is identified. In response to identifying a handover indication, the mobile device causes a request message (e.g. a SIP INVITE message) to be sent over the WWAN to the conferencing gateway for establishing a first connection leg through the WWAN via its WWAN interface with a conference room of the conferencing gateway. The mobile device also causes a re-routing message (e.g. a SIP REFER message) to be sent to the communication device, so that a second connection leg between the communication device and the conference room may be established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Terence D. Todd, Mohammed Smadi, Dongmei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20070070948
    Abstract: In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) of a communication network maintains an inter-enterprise voice call via its WLAN interface (e.g. 802.11/VoIP/SIP) with another communication device in the communication network. Communications of the voice call are maintained solely within the communication network and not routed through a conferencing gateway. During the voice call, a handover of the voice call from the WLAN to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) (e.g. GSM/GPRS) may or may not be required. In response to identifying a handover indication during the voice call, the mobile device causes a request message (e.g. a SIP INVITE message) to be sent over the WWAN to the conferencing gateway for establishing a first connection leg through the WWAN via its WWAN interface with a conference room of the conferencing gateway. The mobile device also causes a re-routing message (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Vytautas Kezys, Terence Todd, Mohammed Smadi, Dongmei Zhao