Inventor

Thomas A. Gray

Inventor

Carp, CA

Overview

1981–2021

Patent span

Electricity

Primary field (CPC H)

Patents· 67 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

H04Mprimary

H04MTelephonic communication33%

H04LTransmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication21%

G06FElectric digital data processing11%

H04QSelecting8%

G06QInformation and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes5%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests5%

G06TImage data processing or generation, in general4%

F41AFunctional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, e.g. cannons3%

F41CSmallarms, e.g. pistols, rifles3%

H04WWireless communication networks3%

PatentTitleYear

10,958,793Devices, systems and methods for communications that include social media clients2021 10,616,419Devices, systems and methods for communications that include social media clients2020 10,225,408Method and apparatus for managing voicemail in a communication session2019 10,128,886Radio frequency (RF) receivers and methods to spread spectral energy of spurious outputs2018 10,088,268Adjustable length stock assembly and buffer catch for a firearm2018 9,860,383'Method and apparatus for managing voicemail in a communication session'2018 9,843,626'Method, system and apparatus for controlling an application'2017 9,390,528'Meteorology and oceanography geospatial analysis toolset'2016 9,316,459'Stock assembly and recoil system for a firearm'2016 9,121,663'Stock assembly and recoil system for a firearm'2015 8,922,562'Meteorology and oceanography geospatial analysis toolset'2014 8,819,188'Configuration of IP telephony and other systems'2014 8,774,386'System and method for call initiation using availability information'2014 8,761,746'Extended cascaded ringing'2014 8,743,149'Meteorology and oceanography geospatial analysis toolset'2014 8,681,948'Method and apparatus for managing voicemail in a communication session'2014 8,588,752'System and method for creation and management of location information'2013 8,576,229'Meteorology and oceanography geospatial analysis toolset'2013 8,547,223'System and method for location detection and management of uncertain information thereof'2013 8,483,101'System and method for cascaded teleconferencing'2013 8,451,990'Method, system and apparatus for storing voicemail'2013 8,422,646'Method and apparatus for forwarding voicemail'2013 8,374,169'System and method for transition of association between communication devices'2013 8,189,759'System and method for automatic call back using availability information'2012 8,175,263'Integrated thin client and telephony device'2012 8,102,983'Availability and location predictor using call processing indications'2012 8,064,585'Architecture and implementation for control of context aware call processing with local feature definition'2011 8,060,459'Method for generating prospective availability data'2011 7,970,911'Method, apparatus and system for modulating an application based on proximity'2011 7,969,872'Distributed network management'2011 7,937,479'System and method for associating communication devices'2011 7,783,313'System and architecture for the handling of shared and personal preferences in call processing and presence for IP telephony and collaborative applications'2010 7,548,967'Interactive conflict resolution for personalized policy-based services'2009 7,536,001'Generation of availability indicators from call control policies for presence enabled telephony system'2009 7,522,710'Personalizable and customizable feature execution for IP telephony using operational semantics and deontic task trees'2009 7,472,268'Privacy and security mechanism for presence systems with tuple spaces'2008 7,471,782'Pro-active features for telephony'2008 7,415,104'Context aware call handling system'2008 7,406,170'Architecture and implementation for control of context aware call processing with local feature definition'2008 7,389,340'Execution sets for generated logs'2008 7,308,089'Availability and location predictor using call processing indications'2007 7,292,685'Pro-active features for telephony'2007 7,222,345'Resource sharing with sliding constraints'2007 7,177,896'Dynamic rule sets for generated logs'2007 7,096,259'Processing by use of synchronized tuple spaces and assertions'2006 7,058,167'Automatic location-aware feature selection'2006 7,054,773'Dynamic model-based compensated tuning of a tunable device'2006 7,035,389'Pro-active features for telephony'2006 6,931,491'Hardware-assisted tuple space'2005 6,816,576'Tree hierarchy and description for generated logs'2004 6,795,969'Transfer of basic knowledge to agents'2004 6,775,294'Time slot assigner for communication system'2004 6,748,065'Distributed automatic route selection using RIP caching'2004 6,704,734'Tuple space operations for fine grained system control'2004 6,646,990'Distributed technique for allocating calls'2003 6,259,703'Time slot assigner for communication system'2001 5,802,396'Adaptive communication system'1998 5,761,288'Service context sensitive features and applications'1998 5,680,404'Cycling error count for link maintenance'1997 5,675,636'Adaptive method for allocating calls'1997 5,638,366'Data transport for internal messaging'1997 5,638,494'Adaptive communication system'1997 5,631,954'Method and apparatus for controlling a telephone'1997 5,625,682'Help desk improvement'1997 5,602,843'Integrated wired and wireless telecommunications system'1997 5,164,940'Modular communication system with allocatable bandwidth'1992 4,268,753'Level detection device for enclosed tanks'1981

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1992–2004Patents assigned to MITEL CORP (15)· patent assignee history

1997–2012Based in Carp, CA· patent location history

2006–2021Patents assigned to MITEL NETWORKS CORP (37)· patent assignee history

2010–2014Based in Fort Coulonge, CA· patent location history

2011–2017Patents assigned to GRAY THOMAS A (15)· patent assignee history

2011–2021Based in Mansfield, CA· patent location history

2013–2016Patents assigned to GRAY THOMAS (6)· patent assignee history

2013–2014Patents assigned to ALBERT JOHN (4)· patent assignee history

2013–2016Based in Gulfport, MS, US· patent location history

2015–2018Based in Westfield, MA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
MITEL NETWORKS CORP	37	2006–2021
GRAY THOMAS Aself	15	2011–2017
MITEL CORP	15	1992–2004
GRAY THOMASself	6	2013–2016
ALBERT JOHN	4	2013–2014

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Carp, CA	30	1997–2012
Mansfield, CA	19	2011–2021
Gulfport, MS, US	4	2013–2016
Westfield, Massachusetts, US	3	2015–2018
Fort Coulonge, CA	3	2010–2014