Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Breen

Thomas P. Breen 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).

  • COMMUNICATION ADAPTATION
    Publication number: 20170078226
    Abstract: Communication adaptation may be used to facilitate communications between devices where the communications are of a type unsupported by a recipient. In an example configuration, communication adaptation may be used to adapt emergency MMS messages sent to multiple recipients to an individual SMS message sent to an emergency services PSAP gateway while separately communicating the MMS message to the other recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Kevin Daly, DeWayne A. Sennett, Thomas P. Breen, George Stanek, Charles Peter Musgrove
  • Methods and systems for providing foreign call back number compatibility for VoIP E9-1-1 calls
    Patent number: 8036342
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide foreign call back number compatibility. The systems and methods receive a local telephone number assigned to a subscriber, the subscriber having a non-local telephone number as the normal calling number of the subscriber. Furthermore, the systems and methods query a database with the local telephone number to obtain the non-local telephone number and to provide the non-local telephone number. In addition, systems and methods provide a foreign call back number compatibility database. The systems and methods receive a local telephone number assigned to a subscriber and a non-local telephone number comprising the normal calling number of the subscriber and saving the local number and the non-local number to a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: Thomas P. Breen, Anne-Marie B. Darr
  • Methods and systems for providing foreign call back number compatibility for VoIP E9-1-1 calls
    Patent number: 7756253
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide foreign call back number compatibility. The systems and methods receive a local telephone number assigned to a subscriber, the subscriber having a non-local telephone number as the normal calling number of the subscriber. Furthermore, the systems and methods query a database with the local telephone number to obtain the non-local telephone number and to provide the non-local telephone number. In addition, systems and methods provide a foreign call back number compatibility database. The systems and methods receive a local telephone number assigned to a subscriber and a non-local telephone number comprising the normal calling number of the subscriber and saving the local number and the non-local number to a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: Thomas P. Breen, Anne-Marie B. Darr