Patents by Inventor Robert E. Hankey

Robert E. Hankey 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).

  • Publication number: 20030012346
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for recording telephone conversations. In one embodiment, a telephone conversation between two or more parties is recorded and the recording of the conversation can be stopped without terminating or effecting the communication between the parties. Any of the parties to the conversation may request that the conversation be recorded or terminate the recording of that conversation. The party initiating the recording of the conversation may request the playback of the recorded conversation provided that party has playback service. If one of the parties requests that the conversation be recorded, then the non-recording parties (i.e., the one or more parties not requesting that the conversation be recorded) are notified that the conversation is being recorded if the applicable law at the location of the non-recording parties mandates that the non-recording parties be notified that the conversation is being recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher Langhart, Robert E. Hankey
  • Publication number: 20020118798
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for recording telephone conversations. In one embodiment, a telephone conversation between two or more parties is recorded and the recording of the conversation can be stopped without terminating or effecting the communication between the parties. Any of the parties to the conversation may request that the conversation be recorded or terminate the recording of that conversation. The party initiating the recording of the conversation may request the playback of the recorded conversation provided that party has playback service. If one of the parties requests that the conversation be recorded, then the non-recording parties (i.e., the one or more parties not requesting that the conversation be recorded) are notified that the conversation is being recorded if the applicable law at the location of the non-recording parties mandates that the non-recording parties be notified that the conversation is being recorded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Christopher Langhart, Robert E. Hankey