Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Yackey, Jr.

Thomas Edward Yackey, Jr. 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 on-demand teleconferencing
    Patent number: 6330321
    Abstract: An on-demand teleconferencing system and method for setting up an on-demand conference call in a telecommunications system having the Advanced Information Network (AIN) architecture with system signaling the number 7 (SS7) and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). A subscriber is assigned an on-demand conference call number. When that number is dialed into the PSTN, it is identified by the PSTN that the dialed number requires handling by the SS7. The SS7 links the dialed number to a conference allocation and control system (CACS) which is connected to a plurality of scalable bridge servers. The CACS selects bridge servers available to handle the conference call and based upon a selection criteria such as a peak load sets up the on-demand conference call in one of the selected bridge servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Voyant Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Francis Detampel, Jr., Ronald D. Phillips, Thomas Edward Yackey, Jr., Gregory Wayne Selig, Eric Jay Nylander, Kevin Dale Barnes
  • Method and apparatus for on-demand teleconferencing
    Patent number: 6181786
    Abstract: An on-demand teleconferencing system and method for setting up an on-demand conference call in a telecommunications system having the Advanced Information Network (AIN) architecture with system signaling the number 7 (SS7) and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). A subscriber is assigned an on-demand conference call number. When that number is dialed into the PSTN, it is identified by the PSTN that the dialed number requires handling by the SS7. The SS7 links the dialed number to a conference allocation and control system (CACS) which is connected to a plurality of scalable bridge servers. The CACS selects bridge servers available to handle the conference call and based upon a selection criteria such as a peak load sets up the on-demand conference call in one of the selected bridge servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Voyant Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Francis Detampel, Jr., Ronald D. Phillips, Thomas Edward Yackey, Jr., Gregory Wayne Selig, Eric Jay Nylander, Kevin Dale Barnes
  • Method and apparatus for on-demand teleconferencing
    Patent number: 5995608
    Abstract: An on-demand teleconferencing system and method for setting up an on-demand conference call in a telecommunications system having the Advanced Information Network (AIN) architecture with system signaling the number 7 (SS7) and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). A subscriber is assigned an on-demand conference call number. When that number is dialed into the PSTN, it is identified by the PSTN that the dialed number requires handling by the SS7. The SS7 links the dialed number to a conference allocation and control system (CACS) which is connected to a plurality of scalable bridge servers. The CACS selects bridge servers available to handle the conference call and based upon a selection criteria such as a peak load sets up the on-demand conference call in one of the selected bridge servers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Confertech Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Francis Detampel, Jr., Ronald D. Phillips, Thomas Edward Yackey, Jr., Gregory Wayne Selig, Eric Jay Nylander, Kevin Dale Barnes