Patents by Inventor Robert J. Flood

Robert J. Flood 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 system for affinity termination of calls
    Patent number: 5953638
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to affinity termination of telephone calls. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a telephone switch which can be configured to terminate unanswered calls by paging the called party. Specifically, the telephone switch can be programmed by a user to communicate with specific pagers when unanswered telephone calls from specific calling telephone numbers to specific called telephone numbers are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Flood, William L. Wilson
  • System and method for controlling telephone use
    Patent number: 5864613
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling the use of a telephone based on usersupplied access criteria. The system includes a database for storing the access criteria. The access criteria can be modified in response to commands received from the telephone. The system also includes a switch, electrically coupled between the telephone and a telephone network, for selectively coupling the telephone and the telephone network based on the access criteria stored in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Flood