Patents by Inventor Thomas Joseph Galvin

Thomas Joseph Galvin 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).

  • Multiple routing options in a telecommunications service platform
    Patent number: 7894586
    Abstract: A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include call routing options. In a first call routing option, calls are routed to each phone number in a sequence of phone numbers until a live answer of the call is realized. In a second routing option, the routing of the call is based upon a schedule. Thus, a current time, current day of the week or current date may determine what phone number is called when an incoming call is routed. Routing may also be associated with personal identification numbers (PINs). In such an instance, a caller enters a PIN to identify the caller and the PIN is used to determine what routing profile to apply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Karen A. Gross, Thomas Joseph Galvin, Rupika Chib
  • Multiple routing options in a telecommunications service platform
    Patent number: 6931116
    Abstract: A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include call routing options. In a first call routing option, calls are routed to each phone number in a sequence of phone numbers until a live answer of the call is realized. In a second routing option, the routing of the call is based upon a schedule. Thus, a current time, current day of the week or current date may determine what phone number is called when an incoming call is routed. Routing may also be associated with personal identification numbers (PINs). In such an instance, a caller enters a PIN to identify the caller and the PIN is used to determine what routing profile to apply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Karen A. Gross, Thomas Joseph Galvin, Rupika Chib
  • Multiple routing options in a telecommunications service platform
    Publication number: 20040208305
    Abstract: A platform provides access to multiple telecommunications services via a single telephone number. These services may include call routing options. In a first call routing option, calls are routed to each phone number in a sequence of phone numbers until a live answer of the call is realized. In a second routing option, the routing of the call is based upon a schedule. Thus, a current time, current day of the week or current date may determine what phone number is called when an incoming call is routed. Routing may also be associated with personal identification numbers (PINs). In such an instance, a caller enters a PIN to identify the caller and the PIN is used to determine what routing profile to apply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Karen A. Gross, Thomas Joseph Galvin, Rupika Chib