Patents by Inventor Shaheedur R. Haque

Shaheedur R. Haque 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).

  • User-controlled routing of phone calls to voicemail
    Patent number: 8340645
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, a notification of an incoming phone call is received from a phone system. An indication of the incoming phone call is presented to a user, and the user can control the incoming phone call in different manners. The user can request to delay routing the incoming phone call to voicemail, to route the incoming phone call to voicemail without further delay, and to stop ringing of one or more phone handsets of the phone system. One or more of these control requests can be input by the user via a mobile phone and/or a television system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Baldwin, Shaheedur R. Haque
  • Data collection for a comprehensive program guide
    Patent number: 7882525
    Abstract: Data collection for a comprehensive program guide is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor communicates media content to client devices via an IP-based network. The client devices also receive off-air media content along with off-air program guide data that corresponds to the off-air media content. The content distributor can then receive the off-air program guide data from any one or more of the client devices to update a comprehensive program guide at the content distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Shaheedur R. Haque
  • User-Controlled Routing of Phone Calls to Voicemail
    Publication number: 20100159893
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, a notification of an incoming phone call is received from a phone system. An indication of the incoming phone call is presented to a user, and the user can control the incoming phone call in different manners. The user can request to delay routing the incoming phone call to voicemail, to route the incoming phone call to voicemail without further delay, and to stop ringing of one or more phone handsets of the phone system. One or more of these control requests can be input by the user via a mobile phone and/or a television system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Baldwin, Shaheedur R. Haque
  • Data collection for a comprehensive program guide
    Publication number: 20080263593
    Abstract: Data collection for a comprehensive program guide is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor communicates media content to client devices via an IP-based network. The client devices also receive off-air media content along with off-air program guide data that corresponds to the off-air media content. The content distributor can then receive the off-air program guide data from any one or more of the client devices to update a comprehensive program guide at the content distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Shaheedur R. Haque