Patents by Inventor Robert J. Epsom

Robert J. Epsom 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).

  • Communications system for providing multiple services and hold capability of at least one service, and method therefor
    Patent number: 6650908
    Abstract: A communications system infrastructure (100), such as an integrated services radio system, is provided with a hold processor (126). The hold processor is operably coupled to at least one base station controller (114). If a mobile subscriber unit (102) is actively engaged in a first communication service, such as a telephone interconnect call, and desires to use a second communication service, such as making or responding to a dispatch call, the mobile subscriber unit request the first service to be held. The base station controller then switches the first service to the hold server, which in turn generates an identifier for transmittal to the mobile subscriber unit for storage and call retrieval at a later time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Coombes, Robert J. Epsom, Anatoly S. Belkin
  • Communications system for providing multiple services and hold capability of at least one service, and method therefor
    Patent number: 6138030
    Abstract: A communications system infrastructure (100), such as an integrated services radio system, is provided with a hold processor (126). The hold processor is operably coupled to at least one base station controller (114). If a mobile subscriber unit (102) is actively engaged in a first communication service, such as a telephone interconnect call, and desires to use a second communication service, such as making or responding to a dispatch call, the mobile subscriber unit request the first service to be held. The base station controller then switches the first service to the hold server, which in turn generates an identifier for transmittal to the mobile subscriber unit for storage and call retrieval at a later time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Coombes, Robert J. Epsom, Anatoly S. Belkin