Patents by Inventor Alissa Baan

Alissa Baan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for major trading area (MTA) routing in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 7961863
    Abstract: A method includes determining all telephone numbers to which a selected CLLI can terminate calls, wherein the CLLI is associated with one or more major trading areas (MTAs), creating a FROM-TO relationship between at least a subset of TNs in the one or more MTAs and the TNs to which the selected CLLI can terminate calls, and provisioning the FROM-TO relationship on a core routing engine accessible to a switch. A system includes a local route manager (LRM) configured to receive input designating a CLLI as available for intra-MTA routing, the CLLI being associated with one or more MTAs, a cluster generator configured to create a first set of all telephone numbers (TNs) handled by the CLLI, a second set of selected TNs in the one or more MTAs, and an association between the first set and the second set, and a provisioning module configured to provision the association between the first set and the second set on a core routing engine to identify calls between TNs of the sets as local in jurisdiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Long, Dan Jordan, Alissa Baan, Janis Griffin
  • System and Method for Major Trading Area (MTA) Routing in a Telecommunications Network
    Publication number: 20090310773
    Abstract: A method includes determining all telephone numbers to which a selected CLLI can terminate calls, wherein the CLLI is associated with one or more major trading areas (MTAs), creating a FROM-TO relationship between at least a subset of TNs in the one or more MTAs and the TNs to which the selected CLLI can terminate calls, and provisioning the FROM-TO relationship on a core routing engine accessible to a switch. A system includes a local route manager (LRM) configured to receive input designating a CLLI as available for intra-MTA routing, the CLLI being associated with one or more MTAs, a cluster generator configured to create a first set of all telephone numbers (TNs) handled by the CLLI, a second set of selected TNs in the one or more MTAs, and an association between the first set and the second set, and a provisioning module configured to provision the association between the first set and the second set on a core routing engine to identify calls between TNs of the sets as local in jurisdiction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bill Long, Dan Jordan, Alissa Baan, Janis Griffin
  • System and method for major trading area (MTA) routing in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 7580516
    Abstract: A method includes determining all telephone numbers to which a selected CLLI can terminate calls, wherein the CLLI is associated with one or more major trading areas (MTAs), creating a FROM-TO relationship between at least a subset of TNs in the one or more MTAs and the TNs to which the selected CLLI can terminate calls, and provisioning the FROM-TO relationship on a core routing engine accessible to a switch. A system includes a local route manager (LRM) configured to receive input designating a CLLI as available for intra-MTA routing, the CLLI being associated with one or more MTAs, a cluster generator configured to create a first set of all telephone numbers (TNs) handled by the CLLI, a second set of selected TNs in the one or more MTAs, and an association between the first set and the second set, and a provisioning module configured to provision the association between the first set and the second set on a core routing engine to identify calls between TNs of the sets as local in jurisdiction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Long, Dan Jordan, Alissa Baan, Janis Griffin
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAJOR TRADING AREA (MTA) ROUTING IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090003573
    Abstract: A method includes determining all telephone numbers to which a selected CLLI can terminate calls, wherein the CLLI is associated with one or more major trading areas (MTAs), creating a FROM-TO relationship between at least a subset of TNs in the one or more MTAs and the TNs to which the selected CLLI can terminate calls, and provisioning the FROM-TO relationship on a core routing engine accessible to a switch. A system includes a local route manager (LRM) configured to receive input designating a CLLI as available for intra-MTA routing, the CLLI being associated with one or more MTAs, a cluster generator configured to create a first set of all telephone numbers (TNs) handled by the CLLI, a second set of selected TNs in the one or more MTAs, and an association between the first set and the second set, and a provisioning module configured to provision the association between the first set and the second set on a core routing engine to identify calls between TNs of the sets as local in jurisdiction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Bill Long, Dan Jordan, Alissa Baan, Janis Griffin