Patents by Inventor Trenton A. Pomeroy

Trenton A. Pomeroy 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).

  • Apparatus for television display of telephone audio and data dialog
    Patent number: 5937038
    Abstract: This invention relates apparatus for interconnection with the telephone network to manipulate and direct audio and data dialog relating to subscriber-directed audio, interactive voice response and data dialogue over the telephone network using a television set connected to the apparatus disclosed herein. The dialogue is controlled by the subscriber using a hand-held remote control which directs the subscriber dialogue over the telephone network to data bases and other services accessed by the subscriber to provide information to the subscriber via a television set and to allow the subscriber to initiate transactions with the data bases and other services to permit the delivery of information to the subscriber and to enable the subscriber to place orders, do home banking, home shopping and a host of other activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: The New Brunswick Telephone Company, Limited
    Inventors: Michael D. Bell, Robert M. Beaumont, Allan B. Cameron, Trenton A. Pomeroy, Gerry Verner, Ken A. Mayhew, Glen P. Gnazdowsky, Barb A. Roesch, Dana Allan
  • Display based marketing message control system and method
    Patent number: 5873068
    Abstract: A marketing system for use in a public switched telephone system having stored program controlled switches connected to customer premise equipment having an Analog Display Service Interface, comprises a storage device for storing predetermined information respecting each of customer premise equipment, a device for assembling and managing messages including creating a message to be delivered to one or more of the customer premise equipment, linking each message with one or more of the customer premise equipment, scheduling the delivery of the messages at a predetermined time, and measuring the response of each customer premise equipment to messages delivered thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignee: New North Media Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Beaumont, Danny J. Doiron, Christopher G. Keevill, Trenton A. Pomeroy, Gerald L. Pond, Mark L. Thorburn, Douglas B. Drummond, J. Marc Bouchard
  • Display based marketing message control system and method
    Patent number: 5812647
    Abstract: A marketing system for use in a public switched telephone system having stored program controlled switches connected to customer premise equipment having an Analog Display Service Interface, comprises a storage device for storing predetermined information respecting each of customer premise equipment, a device for assembling and managing messages including creating a message to be delivered to one or more of the customer premise equipment, linking each message with one or more of the customer premise equipment, scheduling the delivery of the messages at a predetermined time, and measuring the response of each customer premise equipment to messages delivered thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: New North Media Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Beaumont, Danny J. Doiron, Christopher G. Keevill, Trenton A. Pomeroy, Gerald L. Pond