Patents by Inventor Walter Bruce Galt

Walter Bruce Galt 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 adaptive time-based call routing in a communications system
    Patent number: 6898274
    Abstract: A method and apparatus in a communications system for routing a call. A call to a subscriber is received. Call routing information is identified for the subscriber. Responsive to identifying call routing information for the subscriber. A determination is then made as to whether a function has been selected for routing the call. Responsive to a determination that a function has been selected for routing the call, the call is routed using a sequence of destinations associated with the function. Responsive to an absence of a determination that the function has been selected for routing the call, the call is routed using a call routing scheduled based on time. Destinations to which calls are actually completed are monitored and the sequence in which destinations are selected and the sequence of destinations may be altered depending on the call completions made to destinations within the sequence of destinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Walter Bruce Galt, James Bartoszewicz, Roy Sells