Frontier Communications (FTR) today sued Google (GOOG) in federal court in Delaware for patent infringement, asserting that Google Voice violates a patent for enhanced telephone services.
The patent in question – #7,742,468 – was issued, well, today.
The patent, entitled “Systems and methods for providing enhanced telephone services,” describes “a method for providing enhanced telephone services via a computerized telephone services device for use in conjunction with multiple telephone lines and providers.”
The patent abstract says that “according to embodiments of the invention, a subscriber to telephone services or a group of subscribers may be reached on multiple telephone lines from a single dial-in number; calls in progress may be transferred seamlessly from one line associated with a subscriber to another; and group calling features may be enhanced.”
“Google�s deliberate infringement of the patent has greatly and irreparably damaged Frontier,” plaintiff�s lawyers said in filings for the case, according to Bloomberg.
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