Patents by Inventor Tamara Kimble

Tamara Kimble 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).

  • Hands-free conferencing apparatus and method for use with a wireless telephone
    Patent number: 7957771
    Abstract: A hands-free teleconferencing apparatus for use with a wireless telephone for enabling multiple users to participate in a telephone call in a hands-free environment. An adapter of the apparatus configured to connect to a wireless telephone includes circuitry for communicating with at least two external speakers and at least one external microphone. The communications between the adapter and the external speakers and microphone may be wired or wireless. If wired, the external speakers and microphone may be part of respective earbud devices or headsets that connect to the adapter. Each earbud device includes an acoustic transducer that functions as an audio speaker and may include a microphone that converts the users' voices into electric audio signals. If wireless, the external speakers and microphone may be in respective headsets that have respective wireless transducers for communicating wirelessly with respective wireless transducers in the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Melvin D. Frerking, Tamara Kimble, Christopher Penrose, Alonzo L. Watts
  • Hands-free conferencing apparatus and method for use with a wireless telephone
    Publication number: 20050282592
    Abstract: A hands-free teleconferencing apparatus for use with a wireless telephone for enabling multiple users to participate in a telephone call in a hands-free environment. An adapter of the apparatus configured to connect to a wireless telephone includes circuitry for communicating with at least two external speakers and at least one external microphone. The communications between the adapter and the external speakers and microphone may be wired or wireless. If wired, the external speakers and microphone may be part of respective earbud devices or headsets that connect to the adapter. Each earbud device includes an acoustic transducer that functions as an audio speaker and may include a microphone that converts the users' voices into electric audio signals. If wireless, the external speakers and microphone may be in respective headsets that have respective wireless transducers for communicating wirelessly with respective wireless transducers in the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Melvin Frerking, Tamara Kimble, Christopher Penrose, Alonzo Watts