Patents by Inventor Ronald Robert Carleton

Ronald Robert Carleton 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).

  • System and method for improved user interface in prompting systems
    Patent number: 6370238
    Abstract: An improved prompting system for accessing specified functions. According to one embodiment, a particular user may identify himself to the system and thereafter preprogram one or more paths that lead directly to a desired function within the hierarchical menu prompting system. The next time the user needs to access the system the user can navigate directly to the desired function by pressing a predetermined key or sequence of keys on his or her Touch-Tone dial. Alternatively, the prompting system may present as an option a direct path to the desired function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc.
    Inventors: Elaine J. Sansone, William J. Beyda, Ronald Robert Carleton, Edward Anthony Del Prete, Steven Duane Hopla, David Harmon Howell, Jose Garcia Reyes, Bernie Vallez, Steven Bryan Wilson
  • Apparatus and method for adding a subject line to voice mail messages
    Patent number: 6069940
    Abstract: A system and method for organizing and accessing multi-media messages from a displayless interface (112a, 112b). According to one embodiment, voice recognition techniques are used to allow the user to identify and create a hierarchical organization (200) for stored messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Robert Carleton, William Joseph Beyda, Shmuel Shaffer
  • System and method for changing the priority of voice mail messages within the recipient's mailbox
    Patent number: 5966351
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling the sender of electronic mail messages to access a recipient's mailbox to reprioritize the messages previously sent by the sender. The system searches the recipient's mailbox for messages sent by the sender and unread by the recipient. An unopened message counter is used to determine the number of unopened messages in the recipient's mailbox. A message review unit enables the sender to review the unread messages. A message prioritization unit is used to reprioritize the unread messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Information and Communications Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Robert Carleton, William Joseph Beyda, Shmuel Shaffer