Patents by Inventor Robert Haarde

Robert Haarde 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
    Patent number: 10142482
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Douglas Blewett, Megan Blewett, Joseph Gibbons, Robert Haarde
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AMBIENT SOCIAL TELEPHONY
    Publication number: 20170094060
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Douglas BLEWETT, Megan BLEWETT, Joseph GIBBONS, Robert HAARDE
  • Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
    Patent number: 9549074
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Douglas Blewett, Megan Blewett, Joseph Gibbons, Robert Haarde
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AMBIENT SOCIAL TELEPHONY
    Publication number: 20150237214
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Charles Douglas Blewett, Megan Blewett, Joseph Gibbons, Robert Haarde
  • Method and apparatus for providing ambient social telephony
    Patent number: 9025752
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Douglas Blewett, Megan Blewett, Joseph Gibbons, Robert Haarde
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AMBIENT SOCIAL TELEPHONY
    Publication number: 20130108029
    Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing a communications service in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a conference call, detects a triggering event during the conference call registered for a particular user, wherein the particular user is not a participant in the conference call, and notifies the particular user of the triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Charles Douglas BLEWETT, Megan BLEWETT, Joseph GIBBONS, Robert HAARDE
  • Device and Method for Identity Theft Resistant Transcations
    Publication number: 20110153503
    Abstract: An authorization device includes an input module, a key generator, and an output module. The input module receives a request to authorize a transaction between a mobile device and a merchant terminal. The key generator generates a key used for authorizing the transaction. The key relates only to the transaction. The output module transmits an authorization for the transaction that is based on a processing of the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Charles Blewett, Megan Blewett, Juan Garay, Robert Haarde, Thomas Killian, Simon Urbanek