Patents by Inventor Terry Hect

Terry Hect 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).

  • Method for segregating billable transactions in a multimode communication device
    Patent number: 8660525
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for segregating transactions in a multimode communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device (102) has a controller (206) for managing operations of a wireless transceiver (202) that supports a plurality of access technologies. The controller can be programmed to update (301) a phonebook stored in the communication device, wherein each entry in the phonebook comprises a calling number and one among a plurality of account designations, and submit (344) the phonebook to a network management system (110) for segregating (514) billing of incoming and outgoing calls directed to and from the communication device on each of the access technologies according to a corresponding account designation retrieved (510) from the phonebook according to said calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Terry Hect
  • METHOD FOR SEGREGATING BILLABLE TRANSACTIONS IN A MULTIMODE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130303116
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for segregating transactions in a multimode communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device (102) has a controller (206) for managing operations of a wireless transceiver (202) that supports a plurality of access technologies. The controller can be programmed to update (301) a phonebook stored in the communication device, wherein each entry in the phonebook comprises a calling number and one among a plurality of account designations, and submit (344) the phonebook to a network management system (110) for segregating (514) billing of incoming and outgoing calls directed to and from the communication device on each of the access technologies according to a corresponding account designation retrieved (510) from the phonebook according to said calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Terry Hect
  • Method for segregating billable transactions in a multimode communication device
    Patent number: 8515387
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for segregating transactions in a multimode communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device (102) has a controller (206) for managing operations of a wireless transceiver (202) that supports a plurality of access technologies. The controller can be programmed to update (301) a phonebook stored in the communication device, wherein each entry in the phonebook comprises a calling number and one among a plurality of account designations, and submit (344) the phonebook to a network management system (110) for segregating (514) billing of incoming and outgoing calls directed to and from the communication device on each of the access technologies according to a corresponding account designation retrieved (510) from the phonebook according to said calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Terry Hect
  • Method for segregating billable transactions in a multimode communication device
    Publication number: 20070135109
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for segregating transactions in a multimode communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device (102) has a controller (206) for managing operations of a wireless transceiver (202) that supports a plurality of access technologies. The controller can be programmed to update (301) a phonebook stored in the communication device, wherein each entry in the phonebook comprises a calling number and one among a plurality of account designations, and submit (344) the phonebook to a network management system (110) for segregating (514) billing of incoming and outgoing calls directed to and from the communication device on each of the access technologies according to a corresponding account designation retrieved (510) from the phonebook according to said calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: SBC Knowledge Ventures LP
    Inventors: Edward Walter, Terry Hect