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Thomas C. Ely — 13 Patents

BRBell Communications Research: 9 patents #13 of 628Top 3%
TTTelcordia Technologies: 2 patents #123 of 424Top 30%
NENeustar: 1 patents #43 of 63Top 70%
Bound Brook, NJ: #161 of 1,249 inventorsTop 15%
New Jersey: #6,737 of 69,400 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #362,438 of 4,157,543Top 9%
13 Patents All Time
Thomas C. Ely has been granted 13 US patents while listed as an inventor at Bell Communications Research. The first was granted in 1991 and the most recent in May 2010. Thomas C. Ely ranks #362,438 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 8.7%). Patent records list Thomas C. Ely in Bound Brook, NJ, US.

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Showing 1–13 of 13 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7720082 System and method for short message service and instant messaging continuity Sharon Fridman, Ben Volach, Ran Makavy, I-Hsiang Yu, Brian Rosen 2010-05-18 $7,827,000
6724747 Method and system for media connectivity over a packet-based network Mauricio Arango, Louis Cahl, Michael J. Cook, Christian Huitema, Frederick Obrock +1 more 2004-04-20
6115737 System and method for accessing customer contact services over a network Michael Martin, Thomas S. Novak, Darek A. Smyk 2000-09-05
6002758 System and method for developing message processing applications George White Hartley, Rohini Marathe, Richard A. Orriss, Subramanya K. Shastry 1999-12-14
5796424 System and method for providing videoconferencing services Darek A. Smyk 1998-08-18 $7,910,000
5778056 Broadband network and method for connecting information providers Darek A. Smyk 1998-07-07 $12,083,000
5583927 Method and apparatus for integrating telephone and broadband networks Darek A. Smyk 1996-12-10 $9,696,000
5574778 Method and apparatus for providing video services Darek A. Smyk 1996-11-12 $7,834,000
5574779 Method and apparatus for provisioning network services Darek A. Smyk 1996-11-12 $7,834,000
5345380 System and processes specifying customized customer telecommunication services using a graphical interface David L. Babson, III 1994-09-06 $11,238,000
5315646 Systems and processes for providing multiple interfaces for telephone services David L. Babson, III, James A. Bajzath 1994-05-24 $15,493,000
5241588 Systems and processes providing programmable or customized customer telephone information services David L. Babson, III 1993-08-31 $1,217,000
5003464 Methods and apparatus for efficient resource allocation 1991-03-26 $3,005,000