Patents by Inventor Tracy Edwin III East

Tracy Edwin III East 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 apparatus for supporting voice message services with automatic rebound in a wireless intelligent network
    Patent number: 6839555
    Abstract: The present invention supports a voice messaging service in a wireless communications system. A subscriber accesses a voice messaging system (VMS) through a wireless device in order to retrieve voice messages that are deposited into the subscriber's voice mailbox. The subscriber may wish to return a call to a call sender. The call is established to the call sender's directory number through a serving mobile switching center (MSC) in concert with a service control point (SCP) and an intelligent peripheral (IP). The subscriber may return to the VMS so that the subscriber can resume the voice mail session. The subscriber ends the call or optionally enters a feature rebound code. The IP detects an associated call event and initiates a connection between the subscriber and the VMS. The IP notifies the SCP, causing the SCP to instruct the serving MSC to re-establish the connection between the subscriber and the VMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Langdon Edward Alger, Robert Thomas Calabrese, Tracy Edwin III East, John Mitchell Rendak, Robert John Zurawski
  • Method and apparatus for supporting voice message services with automatic rebound in a wireless intelligent network
    Publication number: 20020160755
    Abstract: The present invention supports a voice messaging service in a wireless communications system. A subscriber accesses a voice messaging system (VMS) through a wireless device in order to retrieve voice messages that are deposited into the subscriber's voice mailbox. The subscriber may wish to return a call to a call sender. The call is established to the call sender's directory number through a serving mobile switching center (MSC) in concert with a service control point (SCP) and an intelligent peripheral (IP). The subscriber may return to the VMS so that the subscriber can resume the voice mail session. The subscriber ends the call or optionally enters a feature rebound code. The IP detects an associated call event and initiates a connection between the subscriber and the VMS. The IP notifies the SCP, causing the SCP to instruct the serving MSC to re-establish the connection between the subscriber and the VMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Langdon Edward Alger, Robert Thomas Calabrese, Tracy Edwin III East, John Mitchell Rendak, Robert John Zurawski