Method and apparatus for monitoring telephone status

US8027448B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• James A. Jorasch · Stamford, US
• Jay S. Walker · Ridgefield, US
• Magdalena M. Fincham · Ridgefield, US
• John B. Dickerson · Syracuse, US
• Marc D. Kessman · Mahopac, US
• Geoffrey M. Gelman · Stamford, US
• Stephen C. Tulley · Fairfield, US
• Dean P. Alderucci · Westport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 23, 2005
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: May 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M2207/08
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The monitor is for monitoring the status of a first client telephone, and for sending this status information via a central server to an authorized second client telephone. The central server stores a database of registered client telephones and corresponding client telephones that the client may monitor. A user of a registered client telephone monitors in real time the telephone status of registered friends, family, or co-workers that have agreed to be monitored by the user.