Patents by Inventor Tom Bamert

Tom Bamert 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 and system for providing telephony services
    Patent number: 8644473
    Abstract: A method is provided for directing calls placed to a telephone number associated with a user according to a reservation identifying the user, a workspace, and a start time. The method includes acts of receiving a first message from a telephone device located at the workspace in response to a first input at the telephone device on or after the start time, retrieving the reservation from a reservation database in response to receiving the first message, sending a second message to the telephone device based at least in part on a portion of the reservation identifying the user, receiving a third message sent in response to a second input at the telephone device, the third message including an identifier of the telephone device, retrieving the telephone number associated with the user from a user database, and directing calls placed to the telephone number associated with the user to the telephone device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Ernst & Young U.S. LLP
    Inventors: Robert Bardwell, Steven N. Large, A. Brent Summers, Jeffrey E. Chulick, Craig Thrall, Scott Hallock, Tom Bamert