Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Hill
Thomas W. Hill 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).
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Patent number: 9313768Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling a call using a wireless integrated access device that is compatible with Voice over ATM and Voice over DSL on a network side while being compatible with VoIP on a customer premise side are disclosed. For example, the present method employs a wireless integrated access device for receiving an incoming call from a broadband access network that uses dedicated connection switching. In turn, the method establishes a wireless connection for the incoming call with at least one VoIP enabled endpoint device located at a customer premise.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Mollica
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Patent number: 8848694Abstract: Providing high quality voice/sound communications over a local loop of a telephone network is disclosed. The method includes receiving a voice signal, digitizing the voice signal into a high quality voice signal, utilizing sampling rates and/or sizes above the threshold, negotiating voice processing characteristics between a customer premises equipment and a network element, receiving speech at a customer premises equipment according to the negotiation, converting the received speech into high bandwidth signal and transmitting the high bandwidth signal to a telephone local loop, transmitting the high bandwidth signal from the local loop to wideband node that packetizes the high bandwidth signal for transmission to a packet network and receiving the packetized signal from the packet network at a switch that switches between an on-network or off-network status. A voice over IP platform can route packetized signals from the packet network to the telephone network or another packet network.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Chanyu Holdings, LLCInventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Publication number: 20130315147Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling a call using a wireless integrated access device that is compatible with Voice over ATM and Voice over DSL on a network side while being compatible with VoIP on a customer premise side are disclosed. For example, the present method employs a wireless integrated access device for receiving an incoming call from a broadband access network that uses dedicated connection switching. In turn, the method establishes a wireless connection for the incoming call with at least one VoIP enabled endpoint device located at a customer premise.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: FARHAD BARZEGAR, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, JR., Scott Mollica
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Patent number: 8019449Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: initiating a communications connection between an audio device and a CPE gateway coupled to the audio device, the CPE gateway coupleable to a network; and negotiating between the audio device and the CPE gateway for a parameter associated with processing an audio signal to be transmitted across the network, the audio signal corresponding to a selected audio bandwidth from a plurality of audio bandwidths.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2004Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Scott J. Mollica, Thomas W. Hill
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Patent number: 7974271Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing high quality sound communications in an IP Centrex environment. The method aspect of the invention comprises, from a network switch, negotiating between a first customer premises equipment (CPE) and a second CPE, the negotiation being related to a possible quality of a call between the first CPE and the second CPE. Next, the switch controls mapping between a dialing plan and a network address, determining a network address of the first CPE and the second CPE and connecting the call between the first CPE and the second CPE. In this manner, the highest quality and broadest bandwidth possible between the first CPE and second CPE through the IP Centrex environment may be used for the call.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Patent number: 7940750Abstract: The present invention is directed to a local network access architecture and method of providing local services that advantageously replaces portions of the physical hardwired local loop with a path that is software-defined. In one embodiment the system comprises a remote terminal comprising a packet processor that converts an analog signal carried on a customer loop into digital packets and a packet node connected to the remote terminal configured to selectively forward the digital packets based on an identifier in the digital packets to equipment of one of a plurality of local exchange carriers, wherein said plurality of local exchange carriers are different companies and each one of said plurality of local exchange carriers provides at least one different service subscribed to by a subscriber.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2009Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Patent number: 7924813Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: via a CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a connection to a data network: facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call, and facilitating, via the data network connection, a display of data to a call participant of the PSTN call, the data provided the data network.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: A&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: Irwin Gerszberg, Scott J. Mollica, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas W. Hill
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Patent number: 7873031Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding the plurality of digital samples via codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples to a plurality of VoATM packets.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott J. Mollica
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Patent number: 7864753Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding, via high-quality audio codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card, the plurality of digital samples; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples into a plurality of VoATM packets.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott Mollica
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Publication number: 20090274147Abstract: The present invention is directed to a local network access architecture and method of providing local services that advantageously replaces portions of the physical hardwired local loop with a path that is software-defined. In one embodiment the system comprises a remote terminal comprising a packet processor that converts an analog signal carried on a customer loop into digital packets and a packet node connected to the remote terminal configured to selectively forward the digital packets based on an identifier in the digital packets to equipment of one of a plurality of local exchange carriers, wherein said plurality of local exchange carriers are different companies and each one of said plurality of local exchange carriers provides at least one different service subscribed to by a subscriber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, JR., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Patent number: 7599356Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing high quality sound communications in an IP Centrex environment. The method aspect of the invention comprises, from a network switch, negotiating between a first customer premises equipment (CPE) and a second CPE, the negotiation being related to a possible quality of a call between the first CPE and the second CPE. Next, the switch controls mapping between a dialing plan and a network address, determining a network address of the first CPE and the second CPE and connecting the call between the first CPE and the second CPE. In this manner, the highest quality and broadest bandwidth possible between the first CPE and second CPE through the IP Centrex environment may be used for the call.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Patent number: 7564833Abstract: The present invention is directed to a local network access architecture and method of providing local services that advantageously replaces portions of the physical hardwired local loop with a path that is software-defined.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2003Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Patent number: 7535891Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding the plurality of digital samples via codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples to a plurality of VoATM packets.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott J. Mollica
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Patent number: 7508814Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding, via high-quality audio codec instructions running on a digital signal processor installed on the subscriber interface line card, the plurality of digital samples; and converting, via conversion instructions running on the digital signal processor, the encoded plurality of digital samples into a plurality of VoATM packets.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2003Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott J. Mollica
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Patent number: 7450570Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for providing high quality voice/sound communications over a local loop of a telephone network.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2004Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Jr., Scott Joseph Mollica
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Publication number: 20040131047Abstract: The present invention is directed to a local network access architecture and method of providing local services that advantageously replaces portions of the physical hardwired local loop with a path that is software-defined.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2003Publication date: July 8, 2004Applicant: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas W. Hill, Scott Joseph Mollica