Patents by Inventor William L. Millios

William L. Millios 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).

  • Relaying of messages between hearing impaired callers using keyboards and other callers
    Patent number: 5463665
    Abstract: A call between a caller using a telephone device for the deaf (TDD) and another including a TDD user is connected by automatically prompting the TDD caller for calling information, parsing the received calling information to determine a forward number, and routing the call to one of a number of communication assistants. One embodiment involves storing the forward number before routing the call so the communications assistant can press a single button to connect the call. Another embodiment entails connecting the call automatically routing the call to the communications assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: William L. Millios, David E. Schulz