Patents by Inventor Paul Flateby

Paul Flateby 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).

  • Method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for interruption-free conference calling
    Patent number: 7990879
    Abstract: The present invention relates to instability problems in circuit switched conferencing, and provides a method for establishing a backup “voice only” telephony link in parallel with a H.320 conference link. The two links between the calling parties is handled as one logical call entity. Audio is muted on the backup voice telephony link when status of the H.320 link is okay. If communication problems are detected on the H.320 link, audio is muted over the H.320 link and switched to the backup voice telephony link instead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Tandberg Telecom AS
    Inventor: Paul Flateby
  • Method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for interruption-free conference calling
    Publication number: 20050243741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to instability problems in circuit switched conferencing, and provides a method for establishing a backup “voice only” telephony link in parallel with a H.320 conference link. The two links between the calling parties is handled as one logical call entity. Audio is muted on the backup voice telephony link when status of the H.320 link is okay. If communication problems are detected on the H.320 link, audio is muted over the H.320 link and switched to the backup voice telephony link instead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Tandberg Telecom AS
    Inventor: Paul Flateby