Patents by Inventor Tom Lichtenberg

Tom Lichtenberg 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).

  • Patent number: 8325906
    Abstract: Communication systems and methods are described that include class-based call request routing. Components of the communication systems are configured to receive information of a class at a calling device. In response to the class information, a call request is automatically generated and addressed to resources of a class group. The resources of the class group all possess a common attribute of the class. The attribute includes one or more of a skill, job specialty code, job title, company, department, and division. The generated call request is routed to target devices of the resources. In response to a resource accepting the call request, a response message is received from a target device of the resource. Communications are established between the calling device and the at least one target device in response to the response message received from the target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Fullarton, Tom Lichtenberg, Michael Rothrock, Steven D. Schramm, Ankur Shah
  • Publication number: 20070201661
    Abstract: Communication systems and methods are described that include class-based call request routing. Components of the communication systems are configured to receive information of a class at a calling device. In response to the class information, a call request is automatically generated and addressed to resources of a class group. The resources of the class group all possess a common attribute of the class. The attribute includes one or more of a skill, job specialty code, job title, company, department, and division. The generated call request is routed to target devices of the resources. In response to a resource accepting the call request, a response message is received from a target device of the resource. Communications are established between the calling device and the at least one target device in response to the response message received from the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Fullarton, Tom Lichtenberg, Michael Rothrock, Steven Schramm, Ankur Shah