Patents by Inventor Robert B. Collicott

Robert B. Collicott 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONVERGED SERVICE CREATION AND EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20090019462
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for a converged service creation and execution application. In an embodiment, an application is coupled to an application server. One or more open application programming interfaces are coupled to the application server, and service session management logic is also coupled to the application server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jeffrey P. Cassanova, Robert B. Collicott
  • Methods and systems for converged service creation and execution environment applications
    Patent number: 7458084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for a converged service creation and execution application. In an embodiment, an application is coupled to an application server. One or more open application programming interfaces are coupled to the application server, and service session management logic is also coupled to the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jeffrey P. Cassanova, Robert B. Collicott
  • Method and apparatus for providing internet call waiting with voice over internet protocol
    Patent number: 7342919
    Abstract: An Internet Call Waiting—Voice over Internet Protocol (ICW-VOIP) service that uses a service control point and service node of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), acting as a gatekeeper and bridge respectively, to enable ICW subscribers to answer telephone calls during an internet session without having to disconnect internet access. The primary network components of the ICW-VOIP service comprise a proxy firewall, a service node, and a gateway. When a PSTN call is placed to a subscriber whose line is being used for internet access, the service control point accesses the subscriber's internet address from a database and transmits a message over the internet to the subscriber giving the subscriber the option to accept the call as a VOIP call. Once accepted, the subscriber places an H.323 call through the gateway to the service node. The service control point also forwards the PSTN call to the service node. Using bridging information, the service node matches the subscriber H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Phase Systems LLC
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jeffrey P. Cassanova, Alan R. Blackburn, Robert B. Collicott
  • Methods and systems for converged service creation and execution environment applications
    Patent number: 6981263
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for a converged service creation and execution application. In an embodiment, an application is coupled to an application server. One or more open application programming interfaces are coupled to the application server, and service session management logic is also coupled to the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corp.
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jeffrey P. Cassanova, Robert B. Collicott
  • Method and apparatus for providing internet call waiting with voice over internet protocol
    Publication number: 20040090954
    Abstract: An Internet Call Waiting-Voice over Internet Protocol (ICW-VOIP) service that uses a service control point and service node of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), acting as a gatekeeper and bridge respectively, to enable ICW subscribers to answer telephone calls during an internet session without having to disconnect internet access. The primary network components of the ICW-VOIP service comprise a proxy firewall, a service node, and a gateway. When a PSTN call is placed to a subscriber whose line is being used for internet access, the service control point accesses the subscriber's internet address from a database and transmits a message over the internet to the subscriber giving the subscriber the option to accept the call as a VOIP call. Once accepted, the subscriber places an H.323 call through the gateway to the service node. The service control point also forwards the PSTN call to the service node. Using bridging information, the service node matches the subscriber H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jeffrey P. Cassanova, Alan R. Blackburn, Robert B. Collicott
  • Method and apparatus for providing internet call waiting with voice over internet protocol
    Patent number: 6661785
    Abstract: An Internet Call Waiting-Voice over Internet Protocol (ICW-VOIP) service that uses a service control point and service node of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), acting as a gatekeeper and bridge respectively, to enable ICW subscribers to answer telephone calls during an internet session without having to disconnect internet access. The primary network components of the ICW-VOIP service comprise a proxy firewall, a service node, and a gateway. When a PSTN call is placed to a subscriber whose line is being used for internet access, the service control point accesses the subscriber's internet address from a database and transmits a message over the internet to the subscriber giving the subscriber the option to accept the call as a VOIP call. Once accepted, the subscriber places an H.323 call through the gateway to the service node. The service control point also forwards the PSTN call to the service node. Using bridging information, the service node matches the subscriber H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Li Zhang, Jeffrey P. Cassanova, Alan R. Blackburn, Robert B. Collicott