Susan M Tuttle

US Patent:

6408191, Jun 18, 2002

Filed:

Mar 16, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/270431

Inventors:

Harry Edward Blanchard - Rumson NJ
Kathleen J. Chylinski - Bridgewater NJ
David R. Dempski - Bricktown NJ
Steven M. Herbst - Chester NJ
Nicholas H. Katis - Aberdeen NJ
Susan A. Palermo - Oceanport NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04B 138

US Classification:

455566, 455412

Abstract:

An arrangement for displaying message screens on a telephone terminal provides easy access to messages received by the telephone terminal from a service provider. The arrangement allows users to seamlessly and intuitively view header and body information of a message without the need for any unnecessary key presses.

US Patent:

6415164, Jul 2, 2002

Filed:

Mar 17, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/271036

Inventors:

Harry Edward Blanchard - Rumson NJ
Kathleen J. Chylinski - Bridgewater NJ
David R. Dempski - Bricktown NJ
Steven M. Herbst - Chester NJ
Nicholas H. Katis - Aberdeen NJ
Susan A. Palermo - Oceanport NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies, Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04B 138

US Classification:

455566, 4551584, 37938701, 379 9317

Abstract:

An arrangement for dynamically varying how space on a small display is allocated for presentation of various types of user information is provided. The arrangement optimizes utilization of space on small displays by dynamically allocating lines on the display for presentation of status or header-type information as well as menu item-type information. The arrangement configures the display such that lines therein are dedicatable in any combination to displaying these two types of information.

US Patent:

53814630, Jan 10, 1995

Filed:

Apr 13, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/047585

Inventors:

Kimberly A. Baals - Matawan NJ
Edward W. Boakes - Middletown NJ
Kathleen J. Chylinski - Bridgewater NJ
Darren A. Kall - Highland Park NJ
Gary C. Smith - Freehold NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

379 96

Abstract:

A locking arrangement is provided for limiting access to certain selected menu functions on a telephone terminal is provided. Although these functions are generally located in different sections of the menu hierarchy, each may be unlocked and relocked while a user remains in the same section of the menu hierarchy containing the selected function. For accessing the function, the user enter a password while located in the same section of the menu hierarchy as the function to be accessed. Once the password is entered, direct access to the selected menu function is permitted. The locking arrangement provides for the relocking of each of the selected functions automatically by the user simply exiting the accessed selected function.

US Patent:

57745404, Jun 30, 1998

Filed:

Nov 15, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/559517

Inventors:

Joanne W. Davidson - Keansburg NJ
William F. Dudley - Jackson NJ
David A. Fishman - Lakewood NJ
David M. Gresham - East Hampton NY
Kenneth Kasiske - Jackson NJ
Michael L. Moroze - Broomfield CO
Elizabeth Bauer-Nilsen Sanders - Columbus OH
Alessandro A. Subrizi - San Francisco CA
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 100

US Classification:

379387

Abstract:

A user of a telephone terminal with an interactive display is provided complete access to all feature choices in a hierarchical menu through a minimum number of menu keys. These menu keys include a "Next" key, a "Back" key, a "Select" key and a "Home" key. These menu keys occupy minimal space on the housing of the telephone terminal, yet enable the user of the terminal to easily scroll to and select every feature in the interactive display. The user is able to quickly develop a mental model of the feature choices and easily navigate through these menu selections. Context-sensitive functionality also is provided for using the interactive display. As a user completes a command function, the feature choice presented to the user for this function is the one most likely to be accessed by the user, thus advantageously avoiding the necessity of having a dedicated key for allowing the user to select this feature choice.

US Patent:

53717880, Dec 6, 1994

Filed:

Apr 13, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/046242

Inventors:

Kimberly A. Baals - Matawan NJ
Kathleen J. Chylinski - Bridgewater NJ
Darren A. Kall - Highland Park NJ
Gary C. Smith - Freehold NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 900

US Classification:

379396

Abstract:

An interactive display arrangement in a telephone terminal permits direct movement between unrelated child menu screens in a menu hierarchy. The arrangement is configured such that a user may advance directly from a displayed first child menu screen to an unrelated second child menu screen in the menu hierarchy, in order to perform specific tasks at the second child menu screen. Once the tasks at the second menu screen are completed or the user elects not to perform such tasks, the arrangement permits the user to return directly to the first child menu screen. The user of the telephone terminal thus is able to easily complete specific tasks at selected menu screens in the interactive display arrangement without the need for excessive movement in the menu hierarchy.

US Patent:

53814614, Jan 10, 1995

Filed:

Apr 13, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/047584

Inventors:

Kimberly A. Baals - Matawan NJ
Kathleen J. Chylinski - Bridgewater NJ
Darren A. Kall - Highland Park NJ
Gary C. Smith - Freehold NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1100
H04M 100

US Classification:

379 96

Abstract:

An arrangement for increasing the available character spaces for softkey label screen prompts in a small interactive display for use in a telephone terminal is provided. In a first configuration of the arrangement, available character spaces in the interactive display are partitioned into equal adjacent character sets with each character set having an allocated number of character spaces for displaying a softkey label. The telephone terminal is configured such that available character spaces in adjacent character sets are borrowed and used by a particular character set having a softkey label for display that exceeds the allocated number of character spaces in the particular character set. In a second configuration of the arrangement, a first character set is combined with an adjacent second character set for displaying the large softkey label. With the more descriptive softkey label screen prompts, a user of the interactive display arrangement is able to move among available menu screen in the interactive display arrangement in an easily understandable manner.

US Patent:

53923375, Feb 21, 1995

Filed:

Jan 4, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/000428

Inventors:

Kimberly A. Baals - Matawan NJ
Kathleen J. Chylinski - Bridgewater NJ
Darren A. Kall - Highland Park NJ
Gary C. Smith - Freehold NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 127
G09G 320

US Classification:

379 96

Abstract:

A telephone terminal provides display screens of information messages which are selectively arranged to be time-specific in accordance with the complexity content of the information in each message. The amount of text in an information message, the complexity of words in the message and whether any user action should follow the text presented in the message are factors used in optimizing the duration of the display screens for the messages timed specific to their content. A plurality of user selectable options for the duration of the display screens also are available. These selectable options alter the duration time of all the display screens as a set. Within each selected set the variable time accorded each display screen, in accordance with the time-specfic information messages, provides for optimum viewing of each message by a user of the telephone terminal.

US Patent:

D3646211, Nov 28, 1995

Filed:

Dec 5, 1994

Appl. No.:

D/031718

Inventors:

John E. Clarke - Colts Neck NJ
David C. Danielson - Litchfield CT
Bernard A. DeSiena - Parlin NJ
James R. Graham - Bedminster NJ
Michael L. Moroze - New Egypt NJ
Daniel J. O'Donnell - Flanders NJ
Donald A. Palaski - Tinton Falls NJ
Dhirendra M. Patel - Jersey City NJ
Robert T. Saizan - Howell NJ
David C. Stowers - Nutley NJ
Susan L. Tuttle - East Windsor NJ

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

US Classification:

D14149