Patents by Inventor Patrick H. Gorman, II

Patrick H. Gorman, II 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).

  • Call completion circuit and method
    Patent number: 4451705
    Abstract: There is disclosed a combined business communication system and an ACD system where each station in the system is available to handle, on a per call basis, either ACD or regular incoming calls. The system is arranged to accept from any user at any station an ID uniquely associated with that user. The ID in turn then controls the ACD system to direct calls to the user in accordance with the ID information without regard to the station location of that user. Calls between system users are completed either in accordance with station identification numbers or in accordance with the ID number of the desired user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1984
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Edmund T. Burke, Patrick H. Gorman, II, James A. Henderson, Jr., Nicholas K. Smith