Patents by Inventor Peter M. Hillier

Peter M. Hillier 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: 11852738
    Abstract: A method and system for providing location information to a mobile device includes providing an apparatus with a beacon. The apparatus stores identification information associated with the apparatus, and obtains information describing the correspondence between location information and apparatus identification information to determine the location of the apparatus from the stored identification information. The apparatus transmits the location information to the beacon which transmits the information to the mobile device. In addition, information defining movement of a mobile device through a navigation zone includes an array of beacons that are in communication with each other. The mobile device is provided at a first location in the navigation zone and communicates with a first beacon to indicate its proximity to the first beacon. The device moves through the zone to other locations and communicates with another beacon in proximity to the second location to indicate its proximity to the second beacon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventor: Peter M. Hillier
  • Patent number: 11032420
    Abstract: A conventional call center includes a contact center (CC) and a customer relationship manager (CRM). The CC receives a communication and handles the initial voice communication tasks, which enables the CC to route the call to an appropriate agent. The CRM includes a data repository for the organization, including all the information relating to each client and their interactions with the organization. The CRM may also include an interface software for displaying the information from the data repository relevant to the caller on the agent's screen, and for enabling data entry and removal. To eliminate the need for the CC, an improved CRM system provides initial voice communication tasks with an automated chat session to establish call context, solve initial problems, and then route the call to a human agent, if necessary, based on information garnered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Upland Software, Inc./Logiciels Upland Inc.
    Inventors: Peter M. Hillier, Richard J. Loen
  • Publication number: 20210088619
    Abstract: A method and system for providing location information to a mobile device includes providing an apparatus with a beacon. The apparatus stores identification information associated with the apparatus, and obtains information describing the correspondence between location information and apparatus identification information to determine the location of the apparatus from the stored identification information. The apparatus transmits the location information to the beacon which transmits the information to the mobile device. In addition, information defining movement of a mobile device through a navigation zone includes an array of beacons that are in communication with each other. The mobile device is provided at a first location in the navigation zone and communicates with a first beacon to indicate its proximity to the first beacon. The device moves through the zone to other locations and communicates with another beacon in proximity to the second location to indicate its proximity to the second beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Peter M. Hillier
  • Publication number: 20200169636
    Abstract: A conventional call center includes a contact center (CC) and a customer relationship manager (CRM). The CC receives a communication and handles the initial voice communication tasks, which enables the CC to route the call to an appropriate agent. The CRM includes a data repository for the organization, including all the information relating to each client and their interactions with the organization. The CRM may also include an interface software for displaying the information from the data repository relevant to the caller on the agent's screen, and for enabling data entry and removal. To eliminate the need for the CC, an improved CRM system provides initial voice communication tasks with an automated chat session to establish call context, solve initial problems, and then route the call to a human agent, if necessary, based on information garnered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Peter M. Hillier, Richard J. Loen
  • Patent number: 9930633
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device are disclosed. A location of a second (e.g., mobile) device can be determined using location information of a first (e.g., stationary or wired) device. The location information of the first device can be sent, using the second device, to a server, which can then transmit corresponding location information to, for example, a call center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Katayoun Hillier, Peter M. Hillier
  • Publication number: 20160262126
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of a mobile device are disclosed. A location of a second (e.g., mobile) device can be determined using location information of a first (e.g., stationary or wired) device. The location information of the first device can be sent, using the second device, to a server, which can then transmit corresponding location information to, for example, a call center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Katayoun Hillier, Peter M. Hillier
  • Publication number: 20160025837
    Abstract: A method and system for providing location information to a mobile device includes providing an apparatus with a beacon. The apparatus stores identification information associated with the apparatus, and obtains information describing the correspondence between location information and apparatus identification information to determine the location of the apparatus from the stored identification information. The apparatus transmits the location information to the beacon which transmits the information to the mobile device. In addition, information defining movement of a mobile device through a navigation zone includes an array of beacons that are in communication with each other. The mobile device is provided at a first location in the navigation zone and communicates with a first beacon to indicate its proximity to the first beacon. The device moves through the zone to other locations and communicates with another beacon in proximity to the second location to indicate its proximity to the second beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: MITEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Peter M. Hillier
  • Patent number: 9137342
    Abstract: Systems and methods for populating a contacts directory are disclosed. A method of populating a contacts directory associated with a telephonic device includes placing a call from a first telephonic device to a second telephonic device. Called party contact information associated with the second telephonic device can be received and stored automatically in the contacts directory as a contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M Hillier, Kenneth Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20140057608
    Abstract: Systems and methods for populating a contacts directory are disclosed. A method of populating a contacts directory associated with a telephonic device includes placing a call from a first telephonic device to a second telephonic device. Called party contact information associated with the second telephonic device can be received and stored automatically in the contacts directory as a contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Peter M. Hillier, Kenneth Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20120134489
    Abstract: A method, user configurable interface and communication device for dynamic digit mapping based on a connected party. In one illustrative embodiment, the keypad can include a user configurable interface for dual-tone multi-frequency driven systems. The keypad can have an electronic memory storing associations between user entries to system entries for a dialed number. A generator circuit can be coupled to the electronic memory and have an input terminal to receive user entries and a terminal to transmit digits corresponding to the system entries for the dialed number. A program executable on the generator circuit can receive a user entry for the dialed number, map the user entry to a system entry using the associations stored within the electronic memory and provide output corresponding to the system entry through the terminal to the dialed number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Peter M. Hillier, Katayoun Hillier