Gary Richard Becker

US Patent:

6650751, Nov 18, 2003

Filed:

Jul 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/628481

Inventors:

Gary Becker - Northglenn CO

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 300

US Classification:

379424, 379418, 379377, 379372, 379386

Abstract:

Deactivating a switch in a handset when a user wishes to answer an incoming call or terminate a call. A sound card within a personal computer transmits a hook tone that is above the human hearing range to a transmitter section of the handset. When the switch is in the activated state, the handset re-transmits the hook tone back to the sound card which converts the hook tone to digital information so that the hook tone can be detected by software running in the personal computer. When the manual switch is deactivated, the handset ceases to re-transmit the hook tone back to the sound card. The software detects the absence of the hook tone to determine if the handset is answering the incoming call. In traditional telephony terms, when the manual switch is deactivated, this is the offhook condition. When the manual switch is activated, this is the onhook condition.

US Patent:

6678374, Jan 13, 2004

Filed:

Jul 31, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/629069

Inventors:

Gary Becker - Northglenn CO

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 300

US Classification:

379377, 370352, 379424, 37920704, 379418

Abstract:

Activating a switch by a handset where the switch is manually activated when the user wishes to answer an incoming call. While the switch is in the deactivated state, the handset transmits to a sound card within a personal computer a multi-frequency tone which is detectable by the sound card. When the manual switch is activated, the handset ceases to transmit the multi-frequency tone to the sound card. The sound card detects the absence of the multi-frequency tone to determine if the handset is answering a call. In traditional telephony terms, when the manual switch is activated, this is the offhook condition. When the manual switch is deactivated, this is the onhook condition. When the user is done with the call and deactivates the manual switch, the handset again generates the multi-frequency tone that is subsequently detected by the software via the sound card. Then, the software knows to signal the other party on the call that the call has been terminated. A headset is similarly designed to provide the same multi-frequency tone generation features as the handset.

US Patent:

6697456, Feb 24, 2004

Filed:

Dec 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/013048

Inventors:

Norman Chin-Hung Chan - Louisville CO
Gary Ray Becker - Northglenn CO

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 164

US Classification:

379 8803, 379 8804, 704275, 370352

Abstract:

Speaking a predetermined phrase by a user, causes a handset to transmit this audio information to a personal computer. The personal computer is responsive to the predefined phrase to determine that the user of the handset has answered an incoming call.

US Patent:

7127044, Oct 24, 2006

Filed:

Jun 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/882984

Inventors:

Gary Becker - Thornton CO, US
David L. Chavez - Thornton CO, US

Assignee:

Avaya Technology Corp. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

379 45

Abstract:

A system for providing emergency location information to an emergency service provider is provided. The system includes (a) an input and operable to receive, from a registered communication device and , an emergency contact and (b) an agent operable to (i) determine whether the communication device and has a corresponding assigned extension; (ii) when the communication device and has no corresponding assigned extension, assign, from a set of unassigned extensions, an extension to the communication device and ; and (iii) forward at least one of the assigned extension and an extension different from the assigned extension to emergency personnel.

US Patent:

7627091, Dec 1, 2009

Filed:

Jun 25, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/607414

Inventors:

Gary Becker - Northglenn CO, US
Robert F. Liston - Lopatcong NJ, US
Sung H. Moon - Thornton CO, US

Assignee:

Avaya Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

379 37, 379 45

Abstract:

A method for providing emergency location information to an emergency service provider is provided. The method, in one implementation, includes the steps of (a) providing a plurality of sets (e. g. , ranges) of OSI Layer 3 or Network Layer addresses; (b) receiving an emergency call from a calling device having an OSI Layer or Network Layer address; (c) mapping the calling address against the plurality of sets of addresses to determine an ELIN for the calling address; and (d) forwarding the ELIN to a public safety answer point. Each set of addresses comprises a plurality of addresses, and a plurality of ELINs corresponds to the plurality of sets of addresses. In each set of addresses, a corresponding one of the plurality of ELINs is typically common to a plurality of addresses.

US Patent:

7689939, Mar 30, 2010

Filed:

Jun 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/882889

Inventors:

Gary Becker - Thornton CO, US

Assignee:

Avaya Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715867, 340 721

Abstract:

The present invention is directed to a personal computer that includes: a display device for displaying image information and a processor operable when the display device is in a screen saver mode to (a) receive, from an application, at least part of which is executing on the personal computer , notification of the occurrence of an event; (b) determine if the event is a member of a defined set of events; and (c) when the event is a member of the defined set of events, display on the display image information associated with the event, wherein the displaying function occurs while the display is in the screen saver mode.

US Patent:

7978827, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Jun 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/882975

Inventors:

Gary Becker - Thornton CO, US
Paul Roller Michaelis - Louisville CO, US

Assignee:

Avaya Inc. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 11/00

US Classification:

379 52, 379 9001, 379 9317

Abstract:

A computational component for establishing a communication between a contactor and a contactee is provided that includes a user configuration agent operable to (a) determine a network configuration requirement resulting from a disability of at least one of the contactor and the contactee, (b) incorporate the disability network configuration requirement in a communication set-up message; and (c) forward the communication set-up message to a communication device associated with the contactee.

US Patent:

20140270127, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/833772

Inventors:

- Basking Ridge NJ, US
Gary Becker - Thornton CO, US

Assignee:

AVAYA INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

H04M 1/67

US Classification:

379194

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for setting a lock state for a second device in a system, where the system includes a server, a first device in communication with the server, and the second device in communication with the server, the method including: (a) a user setting a lock state for the first device; and (b) the system setting a lock state for the second device in response to the user setting the lock state for the first device.