Patents by Inventor R. Tyler Wallis
R. Tyler Wallis 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).
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Publication number: 20170163812Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. TYLER WALLIS, WILLIAM STANLEY ROBBINS, SUSAN STEELE, MARK RYAN
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Patent number: 9635184Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, David Dudley
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Patent number: 9615146Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, Susan S. Steele, Mark Ryan
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Publication number: 20170041661Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to detect a media device operating externally to the communication device actively engaged in presenting media content, detect an incoming communication session initiated by another communication device, present a notice identifying the media device and the media content being presented by the media device, detect a directive to modify an operation of the media device to mitigate interrupting a communication session with the other communication device, and instruct the media device to modify its operation according to the directive. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Inventors: William Stanley Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D. Karnalkar
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Patent number: 9503493Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to detect a media device operating externally to the communication device actively engaged in presenting media content, detect an incoming communication session initiated by another communication device, present a notice identifying the media device and the media content being presented by the media device, detect a directive to modify an operation of the media device to mitigate interrupting a communication session with the other communication device, and instruct the media device to modify its operation according to the directive. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: William Stanley Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D Karnalkar
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Publication number: 20160277795Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: William Stanley Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D. Karnalkar, Mark Ryan
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Publication number: 20160248913Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, David Dudley
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Publication number: 20160212621Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: WILLIAM STANLEY ROBBINS, LARRY B. PEARSON, R. TYLER WALLIS, MARK RYAN
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Patent number: 9386348Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: William Stanley Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D Karnalkar, Mark Ryan
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Patent number: 9357360Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, David Dudley
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Patent number: 9332576Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, at a base station, communicating with a mobile phone where the base station comprises a premises wireless access point, at the base station, communicating with a mobile communication system by way of a broadband connection, and instructing a landline phone communicatively coupled to the base station to communicate with a remote end user device via the mobile communication system utilizing identification information of the mobile phone and responsive to communications between the base station and the mobile phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: William Stanley Robbins, Larry B. Pearson, R. Tyler Wallis, Mark Ryan
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Patent number: 9326018Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a tablet with a touch-sensitive display. The tablet can be adapted to present a user interface (UI), receive a UI policy from a service provider of a communication system communicatively couplable to the tablet to manage operations of the UI, detect a request from a user of the tablet to adapt the UI, and manage the adaptation of the UI according to the UI policy. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Mark Ryan, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, Susan Steele
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Publication number: 20160088138Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to detect a selection of an image from a graphical user interface, identify an entry in a contact book responsive to the detected selection of the image, and retrieve one or more communication identifiers associated with the party from the entry of the contact book for initiating a communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: ANUP D. KARNALKAR, R. TYLER WALLIS, WILLIAM STANLEY ROBBINS, SUSAN STEELE, LARRY B. PEARSON
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Patent number: 9247047Abstract: A process, system and software that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, determining whether prior network communications were established between a first device having a first communication identifier and a second device having a second communication identifier using a network-compliant calling format. Responsive to determining that the prior network communications were not established using the network-compliant calling format, a network-compliant calling format of the second communication identifier is determined from a portion of the second communication identifier and the first communication identifier of the first device. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: William Stanley Robbins, Anup D Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis
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Patent number: 9237221Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to detect a selection of an image from a graphical user interface, identify an entry in a contact book responsive to the detected selection of the image, and retrieve one or more communication identifiers associated with the party from the entry of the contact book for initiating a communication session. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: Anup D Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William Stanley Robbins, Susan Steele, Larry B. Pearson
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Publication number: 20150358788Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, David Dudley
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Publication number: 20150341688Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: William Stanley Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D. Karnalkar, Mark Ryan
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Patent number: 9143905Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Anup D. Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William S. Robbins, David Dudley
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Patent number: 9137571Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a controller to present media content at a presentation device as directed by a user, monitor the media content consumed by the user, detect a first behavioral pattern based on the media content consumed by the user, transmit the detected first behavioral pattern to a communication device of the user, receive from the communication device a second behavioral pattern, and identify media content correlating to the second behavioral pattern. The communication device can be adapted to adjust communication operations according to the detected first behavioral pattern. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: William Stanley Robbins, R. Tyler Wallis, Anup D Karnalkar, Mark Ryan
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Patent number: 9084101Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a cordless phone operating in an establishment with a plurality of cordless phone handsets having a controller adapted to monitor a source for weather alerts, detect a weather alert, determine from the weather alert a weather alert type, retrieve a user profile, identify from the user profile and the weather alert type one or more of the plurality of cordless phone handsets to be notified of the weather alert, select from the user profile a ringtone type for each of the identified cordless phone handsets, wherein the ringtone type identifies the weather alert type, and transmit a message to cause each of the indentified cordless phone handsets to assert the ringtone type identified therefor. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LPInventors: Anup D Karnalkar, R. Tyler Wallis, William Stanley Robbins, Susan Steele