Patents by Inventor Charles Grafton

Charles Grafton 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).

  • Methods and systems for maintaining diversity for telecommunication services
    Patent number: 8295199
    Abstract: Diversity among telecommunications circuits is maintained by analyzing factors including whether synchronization leads are shared by diverse circuits, whether violations of diversity are brought about by new orders that have been placed, and whether improper personnel have been assigned to monitor diverse circuits. Diversity is further maintained by reporting within a graphical user interface those circuits that are subject to diversity and reporting violations of diversity that exist for those circuits. The graphical user interface may provide various controls for dictating which violations are displayed for which circuits. Additionally, diversity is maintained by providing search options that allow the circuits subject to diversity to be narrowed depending upon user-specified criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Jacqueline S. Simmons, Charles Grafton, Gerald Simoneaux, Jr., Teresa G. Phillips
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINTAINING DIVERSITY FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
    Publication number: 20090080343
    Abstract: Diversity among telecommunications circuits is maintained by analyzing factors including whether synchronization leads are shared by diverse circuits, whether violations of diversity are brought about by new orders that have been placed, and whether improper personnel have been assigned to monitor diverse circuits. Diversity is further maintained by reporting within a graphical user interface those circuits that are subject to diversity and reporting violations of diversity that exist for those circuits. The graphical user interface may provide various controls for dictating which violations are displayed for which circuits. Additionally, diversity is maintained by providing search options that allow the circuits subject to diversity to be narrowed depending upon user-specified criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Jacqueline S. Simmons, Charles Grafton, Gerald Simoneaux, JR., Teresa G. Phillips