Patents by Inventor Bruce Fredrick Salisbury

Bruce Fredrick Salisbury 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).

  • Telecommunications resource connection and operation using a service control point
    Patent number: 6768793
    Abstract: A Service Control Point (SCP) directs a telecommunications network to connect a resource only when the resource is needed. When the resource is no longer needed, the SCP selects a new connection for the network. The SCP directs the network to disconnect the resource and use the new connection so the resource does not remain on the line during the entire call. The invention can be used to add and drop multiple resources from a call while the call is in progress. The SCP also provides context information for the call so multiple resources can access context information for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Sbisa, Shigeru Uchiyama, Karen Harden Miller, Bruce Fredrick Salisbury, James David Setter, Steven Eugene Norby
  • System for creating switched virtual circuits to transport information over an ATM network
    Patent number: 6483834
    Abstract: A system for creating a switched virtual circuit that includes a switch that receives initial information and a connection management system that is electrically connected to the switch, wherein the switch sends a signal to the connection management system that contains information as to the proper connection for the initial information and wherein the connection management system creates a virtual circuit that will reconfigure and transmit the initial information in such a manner that no information is lost when the initial information is transmitted by the virtual circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Bruce Fredrick Salisbury
  • Telecommunications resource connection and operation using a service control point
    Patent number: 6470081
    Abstract: A Service Control Point (SCP) directs a telecommunications network to connect a resource only when the resource is needed. When the resource is no longer needed, the SCP selects a new connection for the network. The SCP directs the network to disconnect the resource and use the new connection so the resource does not remain on the line during the entire call. The invention can be used to add and drop multiple resources from a call while the call is in progress. The SCP also provides context information for the call so multiple resources can access context information for the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Charles Sbisa, Shigeru Uchiyama, Karen Harden Miller, Bruce Fredrick Salisbury, James David Setter, Steven Eugene Norby
  • System for handling large blocks of special number calls in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6381326
    Abstract: When telephone calls are placed by dialing a special number such as an “800” number, the dialed number is converted to a specially configured translation number that includes a destination output set of digits which are preferably the last four digits of the dialed number. This translation number is transported over the network from an originating switch to a terminating switch which then outputs the output set to the destination. Advantageously, the terminating switch also replaces the prefix portion of the translation number with an output prefix consisting of at least the NXX portion of the dialed number and outputs this prefix along with the output set to the destination for use in call tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Bruce Fredrick Salisbury
  • System for handling large blocks of special number calls in a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6215866
    Abstract: When telephone calls are placed by dialing a special number such as an “800” number, the dialed number is converted to a specially configured translation number that includes a destination output set of digits which are preferably the last four digits of the dialed number. This translation number is transported over the network from an originating switch to a terminating switch which then outputs the output set to the destination. Advantageously, the terminating switch also replaces the prefix portion of the translation number with an output prefix consisting of at least the NXX portion of the dialed number and outputs this prefix along with the output set to the destination for use in call tracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Co L.P.
    Inventor: Bruce Fredrick Salisbury