Daniel T Furman

US Patent:

6445783, Sep 3, 2002

Filed:

Jul 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/115311

Inventors:

Carroll W. Creswell - Basking Ridge NJ
Gary R. Dalton - Green Brook NJ
Salvatore Richard Lawrence DiRubbo - Port Murray NJ
Daniel Selig Furman - Summit NJ
Shelley B. Goldman - East Brunswick NJ
Barbara A. Hisiger - Martinsville NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

37920713, 37922108, 37911426

Abstract:

A system and method that provides specialized processing based on the source of the communication and/or type of communication being made. The system includes at least one user device connected to at least one network through a communications link. The network includes a specialized processor that has access to at least one database and which determine the source and/or type of communication being made. The database stores information necessary for identifying the appropriate processing for the type of communication. The specialized processor performs the appropriate specialized processing based on the source and/or type of communication and the information obtained from the database. The method according to the invention includes automatically determining the source and/or type of communication being made. Based on the determined source and/or type of communication, information indicating the specialized processing that is to be performed for that source and/or type of communication is retrieved from the database. Based on the information retrieved, specialized processing identified by the retrieved information is performed on the communication.

US Patent:

6453043, Sep 17, 2002

Filed:

Dec 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/222802

Inventors:

Lee Begeja - Gillette NJ
Carroll W. Creswell - Basking Ridge NJ
Daniel Selig Furman - Summit NJ
Michael Joseph Haller - Summit NJ
John A. McMaster - Basking Ridge NJ
John C. Songrady - Washington Crossing PA
Thomas Wasilewski - Marlboro NJ
Donald Joseph Youtkus - Scotch Plains NJ

Assignee:

ATT Corp. - New York NY

International Classification:

H04M 900

US Classification:

37940603, 379400, 381123

Abstract:

A speech processor uses at least two speech processing features to enhance the quality of speech signals received by a user during a telephone call. The speech processing features are applied to the speech signals. However, the user only hears speech signals affected by one speech processing feature until both features have fully converged or ramped-up, and the two features are no longer interfering with each other. At that point, a âflash-cutâ of the second speech processing feature is activated. The flash-cut instantaneously switches to speech signals affected by both features. This quick transition makes the speech processing features more noticeable to the user, and the user is not subjected to the period where the features interfere. Further, an optional audio indicator is generated before implementing the flash-cut, so the user is alerted to the flash-cut, and the speech processing features are even more noticeable.

US Patent:

6493443, Dec 10, 2002

Filed:

Mar 7, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/519775

Inventors:

Daniel S. Furman - Summit NJ
David P. Silverman - Somerville NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

37921001, 37912701, 37914204, 37920704, 37921601

Abstract:

A technique for bridging the gap between an initial call and a return call by using network capabilities to capture the callers information and by providing efficacious means for reaching the caller at a later time. The subscribed user, i. e. , the called party, is provided with an opportunity to access a self-generating return call list which stores the names and the telephone numbers of the callers who could not speak to the subscribed user e. g. , the subscribed user was not available to answer within a predetermined number of rings or was busy with another call. In addition, the system may be configured to create entries in the return call list for all incoming calls to the subscribed user, irrespective of whether the incoming calls were answered or not. The subscribed user may at any time access the return call list, either from his own telephone or some other DTMF telephone set.

US Patent:

58598979, Jan 12, 1999

Filed:

Jul 16, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/682065

Inventors:

Daniel Selig Furman - Summit NJ
David G. Unger - Morristown NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Middletown NJ

International Classification:

H04M 164

US Classification:

379 8801

Abstract:

A system and method of providing a telephone calling card service including the steps of providing a user with an access number to a telephone network and a personal identification code, prompting the user to input a personal identification code to initiate automatic dialing of at least one pre-selected telephone number associated with the personal identification code, and determining whether a call has been successfully completed to a called party via the pre-selected telephone number. The system may continue dialing pre-selected telephone numbers until a call has been successfully connected. In the alternative, the system may automatically and simultaneously dial all of the pre-selected phone numbers. An arrangement for determining whether an answering machine has answered a call is also provided. To implement the method, a telephone communications apparatus is used including a structure for recording a series of telephone numbers associated with a personal identification code, and a structure for retrieving the telephone numbers associated with the code and automatically dialing the telephone numbers until a call has been successfully completed to an individual.

US Patent:

60495944, Apr 11, 2000

Filed:

Jul 24, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/899789

Inventors:

Daniel Selig Furman - Summit NJ
Daniel Jitzchak Mayer - Warren NJ
Dennis James Morgan - Gahanna OH
Glen Alan Taylor - Columbus OH

Assignee:

AT&T Corp - New York NY

International Classification:

H04M 164
H04M 1100
H04M 700

US Classification:

379 671

Abstract:

A technique for creating, training, and using a telecommunication network-based automatic voice-dialing system is provided through the automatic determination, by a network element, of likely called parties for a given customer. This determination is made based on records of network usage by the customer. Names of the likely called parties are determined through the use of, e. g. , a conventional reverse telephone directory database.

US Patent:

58599088, Jan 12, 1999

Filed:

Dec 18, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/767358

Inventors:

Lee Begeja - Gillette NJ
Carroll W. Creswell - Basking Ridge NJ
Daniel Selig Furman - Summit NJ
Michael Joseph Haller - Summit NJ
John A. McMaster - Basking Ridge NJ
John C. Songrady - Washington Crossing PA
Thomas Wasilewski - Marlboro NJ
Donald Joseph Youtkus - Scotch Plains NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Middletown NJ

International Classification:

H04M 908

US Classification:

379410

Abstract:

A speech processor uses a plurality of speech processing features to enhance the quality of speech signals received by a user during a telephone call. The activation of a second speech processing feature is delayed for a time duration measured after the initiation of a particular call or measured after the activation of a first speech processing feature. This delay eliminates any interference between the second speech processing feature and the first speech processing feature that is active when the call is initiated. The delay also increases the time it takes for the speech processing features to become fully effective, thus making the enhancement in the quality of the speech signals more noticeable to the user. Further, an optionally generated audio indicator is provided when the second speech processing feature is applied so that the additional feature is even more noticeable to the user.

US Patent:

52221253, Jun 22, 1993

Filed:

Sep 3, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/754109

Inventors:

Carroll W. Creswell - Basking Ridge NJ
Francine S. Frome - Watchung NJ
Daniel Furman - Maplewood NJ
Philip S. Kravitz - Brooklyn NY
Ramnath A. Lakshmi-Ratan - Chatham NJ
Steven G. Lanning - Gillette NJ
Bernard S. L. Renger - Chatham NJ
John A. Rotondo - Murray Hill NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 164
H04M 342

US Classification:

379 67

Abstract:

A common adjunct switch integrated with a telecommunications network and associated with a plurality of predetermined telephone numbers prefixed by a common code is provided with a facility which allows telephone subscribers that are assigned respective ones of the telephone numbers to personalize the way in which they receive long distance telephone calls. For example, such a subscriber may program his/her associated service record to put into effect call forwarding or call screening. In addition, each such subscriber may be associated with one or more caller identification numbers, in which a caller identification number is used to determine whether a call placed to a service number is billed to the called subscriber or the calling party.

US Patent:

60319054, Feb 29, 2000

Filed:

Sep 17, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/932554

Inventors:

Daniel Selig Furman - Summit NJ
Christopher P. Gilboy - Freehold NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp - New York NY

International Classification:

H04M 364

US Classification:

379201

Abstract:

A telecommunications network-based method for alerting a calling party, placed on hold by the called party, that a called party is ready to communicate comprising the steps of receiving an activation signal for activating the network-based system; monitoring the called party's telephone line for availability, where "availability" refers to the situation when the called party removes the hold condition or when the called party is ready to communicate with the calling party, and informing the called party that the Call Hold Stand-by service is alerting the calling party that the called party is available. The network-based method can operate as calling party feature, independent of the called party, or as a feature that is provided by the called party to the calling party.