Patents by Inventor Peter Pradeep

Peter Pradeep 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).

  • System and method for playing tones and announcements in multimedia communications networks
    Patent number: 7804951
    Abstract: A method of assigning responsibility for playing tones and announcements to a network element in a multimedia communications network is provided. The method includes receiving a call from a caller to a subscriber at a first network element, as part of the call a tone or an announcement needs to be played to the subscriber; determining whether a second network element is able to play the tone or announcement; playing the tone or announcement through the second network element, if the second network element is able to play the tone or announcement; attempting to locate a third network element that is able to play the tone or announcement, if the second network element is not able to meet the request; and playing the tone or announcement through the third network element, if the third network element is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Mariana Benitez Pelaez, Dipak V. Patel, Peter Pradeep, Rajesh Rasalkar
  • System and method for playing tones and announcements in multimedia communications networks
    Publication number: 20050157855
    Abstract: A method of assigning responsibility for playing tones and announcements to a network element in a multimedia communications network is provided. The method includes receiving a call from a caller to a subscriber at a first network element, as part of the call a tone or an announcement needs to be played to the subscriber; determining whether a second network element is able to play the tone or announcement; playing the tone or announcement through the second network element, if the second network element is able to play the tone or announcement; attempting to locate a third network element that is able to play the tone or announcement, if the second network element is not able to meet the request; and playing the tone or announcement through the third network element, if the third network element is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Mariana Pelaez, Dipak Patel, Peter Pradeep, Rajesh Rasalkar