Patents by Inventor Nikos Kryvossidis

Nikos Kryvossidis 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).

  • Geographical number portability
    Patent number: 7020267
    Abstract: Telecommunication system, with a communication network (1), and a database (10), accessible through the network (1), the database (10) comprising telephone numbers (60), and associated with a telephone number a location identification (70), each location identification (70) comprising a primary geographical location identifier (71) and a secondary geographical location identifier (72), wherein the primary geographical location identifier (71) is an identifier of an area (I–VI) of the network (1), such as a postal code, and the secondary geographical location identifier (72) is an identifier of the geographical location associated with the corresponding telephone number (60), such as a geographical place name.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Nikos Kryvossidis, Jeroen Langeberg
  • Geographical number portability
    Publication number: 20020176563
    Abstract: Telecommunication system, with a communication network (1), and a database (10), accessible through the network (1), the database (10) comprising telephone numbers (60), and associated with a telephone number a location identification (70), each location identification (70) comprising a primary geographical location identifier (71) and a secondary geographical location identifier (72), wherein the primary geographical location identifier (71) is an identifier of an area (I-VI) of the network (1), such as a postal code, and the secondary geographical location identifier (72) is an identifier of the geographical location associated with the corresponding telephone number (60), such as a geographical place name.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Nikos Kryvossidis, Jeroen Langeberg