Patents by Inventor Robert F. Mortenson

Robert F. Mortenson 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).

  • Messaging agent and method for retrieving and consolidating messages
    Patent number: 6446114
    Abstract: A method and system for consolidating multiple mailboxes into a single universal mailbox. The system comprises an agent, a user database, an application database and a mail repository. The agent searches a user database to determine the list of messaging systems the user subscribes to. The agent then recalls from the application database the procedures for accessing the messaging systems and logs onto each messaging system in turn to retrieve any new messages. The agent notifies the user of new messages according to a predefined notification method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew Frederick Bulfer, Bruce Lowell Hanson, Robert F. Mortenson, Steven Charles Salimando, Peter H. Stuntebeck, Roy Philip Weber
  • Intelligent network messaging agent and method
    Patent number: 6175858
    Abstract: A method and system for consolidating multiple mailboxes into a single universal mailbox. The system comprises an agent, a user database, an application database and a mail repository. The agent searches a user database to determine the list of messaging systems the user subscribes to. The agent then recalls from the application database the procedures for accessing the messaging systems and logs onto each messaging system in turn to retrieve any new messages. The agent notifies the user of new messages according to a predefined notification method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Andrew Frederick Bulfer, Bruce Lowell Hanson, Robert F. Mortenson, Steven Charles Salimando, Peter H. Stuntebeck, Roy Philip Weber
  • Multimedia information service access
    Patent number: 5956482
    Abstract: Real time delivery of multimedia information accessed either through the Internet, or otherwise, simultaneously, or sequentially time delayed to one more users, is enabled by delivering the multimedia information over a switched network via a multipoint control unit. A client establishes a connection with a server, or other remote location where desired multimedia information is resident, identifies the desired multimedia information and provides client information identifying the locations of the users. The client information may include the telephone numbers or other access numbers of each of the multiple users. The multimedia information is then delivered by a multimedia server to a bridging apparatus through a switched network guaranteeing high quality of service, secure connection and billing control. Connecting one or more users to a live agent is also made possible by providing the telephone numbers of the users and the live agent directly to the multipoint control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: AT&T Corp
    Inventors: Sanjay Agraharam, Mehmet Reha Civanlar, Barin Geoffry Haskell, Ashok K. Kuthyar, Robert Edward Markowitz, Robert F. Mortenson, Carlos Alberto Perea, Ram S. Ramamurthy, Kenneth H. Rosen, Peter H. Stuntebeck
  • Network based multimedia messaging method and system
    Patent number: 5751791
    Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for handling multimedia messages when the intended recipient is unavailable. The telecommunication based method and system allows a party to leave a greeting message which will be furnished to a caller when the party is unavailable. The method and system further allows a caller to leave a multimedia message for the unavailable intended recipient. The method and system further alerts the party that a multimedia message has been recorded and allows the party to retrieve the multimedia message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: AT&T Corp
    Inventors: Mon-Mei Chen, Howard Paul Katseff, Ashok K. Kuthyar, Robert Edward Markowitz, Robert F. Mortenson, Ram S. Ramamurthy, Bethany Scott Robinson, Peter H. Stuntebeck