Andrew H Tripp

US Patent:

20110320547, Dec 29, 2011

Filed:

Aug 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/856140

Inventors:

Marc Lefar - Atlanta GA, US
John Riley - Topsfield MA, US
John Erickson - Freehold NJ, US
Deepak Ottur - Hillsborough NJ, US
Andrew Robert Brock - Alpharetta GA, US
Andrew H. Tripp - Middletown NJ, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206

Abstract:

A IP telephony service allows customers to form user groups. Each user group can include multiple members, each of whom have their own telephony device. When a member of a user group sends a messages to another member of the user group, the message is posted to a group message board so that all members of the group can view the message. This could include sending information to each of the telephony devices for all members of the group so that each telephony device could display the message on a display screen. The displayed messages could also indicate who sent each message and to whom each message was directed. As a result, each member of the group can view messages passing back and forth between all members of the group.

US Patent:

20170180956, Jun 22, 2017

Filed:

Mar 7, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/452370

Inventors:

- Holmdel NJ, US
John RILEY - TOPSFIELD MA, US
John ERICKSON - Freehold NJ, US
Deepak OTTUR - Hillsborough NJ, US
Andrew BROCK - Alpharetta GA, US
Andrew TRIPP - Middletown NJ, US

International Classification:

H04W 4/08
H04L 29/12
H04M 7/00

Abstract:

A IP telephony service allows customers to form user groups. Each user group can include multiple members, each of whom have their own telephony device. When a member of a user group sends an outgoing communication from one of the telephony devices associated with the user group, the service obtains communication handling instructions for the user group. The outgoing communication is then processed in accordance with the handling instructions. This could include sending copies of the outgoing communication to the telephony devices of other members of the user group. This could also include sending the outgoing communication with an origination identifier associated with the user group, rather than an origination identifier associated with the member's telephony device.