Patents by Inventor William Allan

William Allan 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).

  • Telephony and data network services at a telephone
    Patent number: 8964727
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Rockstar Consortium US LP
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • TELEPHONY AND DATA NETWORK SERVICES AT A TELEPHONE
    Publication number: 20100202442
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the Internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Telephony and data network services at a telephone
    Patent number: 7660295
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Telephony and data network services at a telephone
    Publication number: 20070297394
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert Morley, Kris Kramer, Larry David, Kenneth Orford, Peter Blatherwick, Robert Star, Kenneth Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Telephony and data network services at a telephone
    Patent number: 7068641
    Abstract: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may control the display of the IT to indicate the current function of certain of the soft keys. Some of the functions are requests for data services at the telephone (e.g., video or programmed audio over the internet). When a user requests such a service with a key press, the NI sets up the service between the data source and the telephone. This may require associating a new configuration data structure with the keys of the IT. The IT user may activate multiple data services through the NI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: William Allan, Robert S. Morley, Kris W. Kramer, Larry John David, Kenneth M. Orford, Peter P. Blatherwick, Robert M. Star, Kenneth J. Liang, Dariusz Otreba, Paul Provencal, Robert Joly
  • Collaborative conferencing circuit
    Patent number: 6069943
    Abstract: A circuit and method is described enabling a telephone having two or more lines to have the capability of initiating two simultaneous calls, where there is two-way communication on one of the calls (the collaborating call"), and active monitoring of the second call (the "teleconference"). A router is used so that the outbound audio signal of the user can easily be switched between the teleconference and the collaborating call. At all times, the transmit path of one of the calls is muted to ensure privacy of the other call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Larry John David, William Allan, Timothy Augustus Kuechler
  • Fungal herbicide for control of lamb's quarters and other chenopodium weeds
    Patent number: 4915724
    Abstract: A method for controlling growth of plants of Chenopodium weed species in agricultural crops. This method comprises applying to the plants or to the locus of the plants an effective amount of the fungus Ascochyta hyalospora to effect and produce typical lesions so as to inhibit the growth of or kill the plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning
    Inventors: Alan Watson, William Allan, Lee Wymore