Patents by Inventor Richard M. K. Tam

Richard M. K. Tam 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: 7206611
    Abstract: A method used in wireless communications for displaying an icon on a wireless communications device indicating that a calling party is a subscriber of a same wireless communications service provider of a called party. A terminating mobile station switching center (MSC) flags a routing number port associated with a routing number and returns the routing number to an originating MSC when it determines that a request for the routing number is sent from a home locator register (HLR) of the called party's wireless communications service provider and the calling party is also a subscriber of the called party's wireless communications service provider. When receiving an incoming call, the terminating MSC inspects whether the incoming call is to be sent through a flagged routing number port. If so, the terminating MSC generates a SETUP message with an instructions to display the icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Wuthnow, William Rosenberg, Matthew Stafford, Richard M. K. Tam