Patents by Inventor THOMAS P. BENZAIA

THOMAS P. BENZAIA 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).

  • Publication number: 20170230618
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive a call originating from an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network where the calls are directed to the media processor by a gateway having a switch that routes the call in accordance with a destination address included in a session initiation protocol header message, and selectively answer the call at any of a plurality of terminal devices including a mobile cellular phone coupled to the media processor via a femtocell. The computer instructions can be operable to present an audio portion of the call through a speaker of a presentation device operatively coupled to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: LAKSHMINARASHIMHAN NAIDU, THOMAS P. BENZAIA, BERNARD KU
  • Publication number: 20130033562
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method at a residential gateway device that registers at least one mobile phone number with the residential gateway device via a femtocell integrated with the residential gateway device when a mobile device associated with the at least one mobile phone number is within range of the femtocell, registers at least one voice over internet protocol phone number with the residential gateway device, and selectively receives and makes calls using one of a set top box registered with the residential gateway device, the mobile device registered with the femtocell, a voice over internet protocol phone corresponding to the at least one voice over internet protocol phone number. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: LAKSHMINARASHIMAHN NAIDU, THOMAS P. BENZAIA, BERNARD KU
  • Publication number: 20120081501
    Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive an audio call or a video call originating from an IP Multimedia Subsystem network where the calls are directed to the media processor by a gateway having a switch that routes the audio call or video call in accordance with a destination address included in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) header message, and selectively answer one of the audio call or the video call. The computer instructions can be operable to present an audio portion of the audio call through a speaker of a presentation device when an audio call is answered. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: THOMAS P. BENZAIA, Bernard Ku, Lakshminarashimhan Naidu