Patents by Inventor Scott J. Mollica

Scott J. Mollica 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).

  • Systems, methods, and devices for processing audio signals
    Patent number: 8019449
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: initiating a communications connection between an audio device and a CPE gateway coupled to the audio device, the CPE gateway coupleable to a network; and negotiating between the audio device and the CPE gateway for a parameter associated with processing an audio signal to be transmitted across the network, the audio signal corresponding to a selected audio bandwidth from a plurality of audio bandwidths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Scott J. Mollica, Thomas W. Hill
  • System, device, and method for providing data to a call participant
    Patent number: 7924813
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: via a CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a connection to a data network: facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call, and facilitating, via the data network connection, a display of data to a call participant of the PSTN call, the data provided the data network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: A&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: Irwin Gerszberg, Scott J. Mollica, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas W. Hill
  • Methods and systems for converting signals
    Patent number: 7873031
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding the plurality of digital samples via codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples to a plurality of VoATM packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott J. Mollica
  • Methods and systems for converting signals
    Patent number: 7535891
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding the plurality of digital samples via codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples to a plurality of VoATM packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott J. Mollica
  • Electronic loop provisioning methods and systems
    Patent number: 7508814
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding, via high-quality audio codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card, the plurality of digital samples; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples into a plurality of VoATM packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, II, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott J. Mollica