Patents by Inventor T. J. Frain

T. J. Frain 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).

  • Patent number: 5398279
    Abstract: A portable cellular telephone capable of recognizing a Calling Line Identifications (CLI) signal. The telephone comprises a memory for storing telephone numbers and a counter for storing the respective number of calls received from telephone numbers stored in the memory. Preferably the counter comprises for each number stored in the memory an associated portion (counter field) of the same memory. The telephone may be adapted to display, e.g. on LCD, the number of calls received from telephone numbers stored in the memory. Hence the user can review at a glance how many times a particular caller has made an incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones (U.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: T. J. Frain