Patents by Inventor Richard Cline Hilton

Richard Cline Hilton 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).

  • Message billing arrangement for a communication system
    Patent number: 3995117
    Abstract: An automatic message billing arrangement for use with a telephone system is disclosed. The billing arrangement monitors the trunks to ascertain when a trunk is seized for service. In response to a trunk being seized, the common control markers, which establish connections between the lines and trunks, are interrogated to determine which marker has seized the detected trunk. When the marker is found, the identity of the calling line to be connected to the trunk is ascertained from the marker. The calling line identity and trunk identity are used in recording the initial billing entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Rogers Fallon, Louis Gawron, Jr., Richard Cline Hilton