Elon Musk has a patent for initiating phone calls using the internet

#1

Post by jimmycleveland » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 5:27 AM UTC

Elon Musk has a patent for initiating phone calls using the internet
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Re: Elon Musk has a patent for initiating phone calls using the internet

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Post by pwg » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 5:33 AM UTC

No, it expired Dec. 12, 2017, it has been expired for a bit over two years now.

It was filed after 1995, so it expired 20 years from its filing date, which was Dec. 12, 1997.

Re: Elon Musk has a patent for initiating phone calls using the internet

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Post by jimmycleveland » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 5:34 AM UTC

I remember Google Voice working this way in the early days: First the caller initiates a call using the Google Voice web interface, then the caller gets a call on their phone, then the recipient gets a call to connect the two.

Re: Elon Musk has a patent for initiating phone calls using the internet

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 5:37 AM UTC

pwg wrote: post #2

No, it expired Dec. 12, 2017, it has been expired for a bit over two years now. It was filed after 1995, so it expired 20 years from its filing date, which was Dec. 12, 1997.

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Re: Elon Musk has a patent for initiating phone calls using the internet

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Post by jimmycleveland » Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 5:44 AM UTC

pwg wrote: post #2

No, it expired Dec. 12, 2017, it has been expired for a bit over two years now. It was filed after 1995, so it expired 20 years from its filing date, which was Dec. 12, 1997.

Thanks for pointing that out. I corrected the title.