Patents by Inventor Robert Dewey Smith

Robert Dewey Smith 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, systems, and computer program products for processing a nature of address indicator and/or calling party number to support telecommunication features
    Patent number: 8787550
    Abstract: A call is processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call and allowing the call to complete in a jurisdiction associated with a national nature of address indicator if the nature of address indicator is international. A call is also processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call. A number of digits associated with a calling party number in the signaling message is determined and the call is allowed to complete if the nature of address indicator is national and the number of digits associated with the calling party number exceeds ten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald Starling, Robert Dewey Smith, Jr.
  • Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Processing a Nature of Address Indicator and/or Calling Party Number to Support Telecommunication Features
    Publication number: 20130279682
    Abstract: A call is processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call and allowing the call to complete in a jurisdiction associated with a national nature of address indicator if the nature of address indicator is international. A call is also processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call. A number of digits associated with a calling party number in the signaling message is determined and the call is allowed to complete if the nature of address indicator is national and the number of digits associated with the calling party number exceeds ten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Gerald Starling, Robert Dewey Smith, JR.
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a nature of address indicator and/or calling party number to support telecommunication features
    Patent number: 8467516
    Abstract: A call is processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call and allowing the call to complete in a jurisdiction associated with a national nature of address indicator if the nature of address indicator is international. A call is also processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call. A number of digits associated with a calling party number in the signaling message is determined and the call is allowed to complete if the nature of address indicator is national and the number of digits associated with the calling party number exceeds ten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald Starling, Robert Dewey Smith
  • Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Processing a Nature of Address Indicator and/or Calling Party Number to Support Telecommunication Features
    Publication number: 20120244845
    Abstract: A call is processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call and allowing the call to complete in a jurisdiction associated with a national nature of address indicator if the nature of address indicator is international. A call is also processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call. A number of digits associated with a calling party number in the signaling message is determined and the call is allowed to complete if the nature of address indicator is national and the number of digits associated with the calling party number exceeds ten.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Gerald Starling, Robert Dewey Smith
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a nature of address indicator and/or calling party number to support telecommunication features
    Patent number: 8213593
    Abstract: A call is processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call and allowing the call to complete in a jurisdiction associated with a national nature of address indicator if the nature of address indicator is international. A call is also processed by examining a nature of address indicator in a signaling message associated with the call. A number of digits associated with a calling party number in the signaling message is determined and the call is allowed to complete if the nature of address indicator is national and the number of digits associated with the calling party number exceeds ten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald Starling, Robert Dewey Smith
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a calling party number to activate a function and/or convey information at a terminating device
    Patent number: 7593518
    Abstract: A network processes a call that has a calling party number field in a signaling message that is associated therewith. The calling party number field includes a calling party number and command codes that are used to activate a function at a terminating device and/or convey information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald Starling, Robert Dewey Smith