Ricky D Willis

US Patent:

7085578, Aug 1, 2006

Filed:

Dec 20, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/027099

Inventors:

Deborah L. Barclay - Winfield IL, US
John J. MacNamara - Orland Park IL, US
Ricky Lynn Willis - Yorkville IL, US

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455457, 4554042, 4554563, 4554561, 455566

Abstract:

Apparatus and method provide location information for a calling party to a called party and/or provide a location for called party to a calling party. The information may be provided to a customer on a subscription basis or a customer may query for location information for the party at the other end of a call on an ad hoc basis (). The customer may select the granularity () of the location information as well as the format () in which the information is sent. A party may optionally disable () the location ID feature so that the other person is not able to receive the party's location.

US Patent:

61989452, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

Jan 22, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/010901

Inventors:

Liang-Chuan Chen - Naperville IL
Parimal Vijaykant Joshi - Schaumburg IL
Stephen Thomas Luc - Naperville IL
Atul Bhogilal Shah - Naperville IL
Ricky Lyn Willis - Yorkville IL

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 100
H04B 138

US Classification:

455560

Abstract:

This invention provides a dial tone for use in analog, TDMA, and CDMA wireless environments and includes the capability to collect additional digits during certain calling feature activation. The dial tone supports call forwarding, cancel call forwarding, call waiting, cancel call waiting, calling number identification presentation, calling number identification restriction, three way calling (including IS-53 version of three way calling, three way calling with cancel call waiting and calling number identification presentation/restriction, and three way calling interactions with call forwarding), and limited call transfer. After the mobile user requests the desired feature, a tone generator typically located at the mobile switching station or the mobile station will provide dial tones or confirmation dial tones to aid the mobile users when initiating a calling feature.