Patents by Inventor Peter C. Gorham

Peter C. Gorham 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 and apparatus for billing of wireless telephone calls
    Patent number: 6169891
    Abstract: The airtime charge for a receiving wireless telephone station is assigned to an account that is not associated with the wireless telephone station receiving the call. For example, for a telephone call placed from a conventional home wired telephone station to a wireless telephone station, the airtime charge for the receiving wireless telephone station of the call is billed to the account associated with the home wired telephone station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Peter C. Gorham, Michael Edward McCarthy, Sandip Mukerjee, James A. Tavares