Patents by Inventor Denney A. Burkholder

Denney A. Burkholder 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).

  • Patent number: 10447858
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for providing near real-time feedback to an originating agent on one or more instances initiated by the originating agent during a text-based communication being conducted between the originating agent and a remote party. In various embodiments, a determination is made that the one or more instances initiated by the originating agent for the text-based communication require verification and as a result, a verification agent is located to review the instances before they are delivered to the remote party. Accordingly, upon the verification agent editing the text of one of the instances, the instance is delivered to the remote party displaying the edited text and the edited text is also displayed to the originating agent at virtually the same time to provide the originating agent with near real-time feedback on the instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Noble Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Denney A. Burkholder, Jason P. Ouimette
  • Patent number: 10412221
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for providing near real-time feedback to an originating agent on one or more instances initiated by the originating agent during a text-based communication being conducted between the originating agent and a remote party. In various embodiments, a determination is made that the one or more instances initiated by the originating agent for the text-based communication require verification and as a result, a verification agent is located to review the instances before they are delivered to the remote party. Accordingly, upon the verification agent editing the text of one of the instances, the instance is delivered to the remote party displaying the edited text and the edited text is also displayed to the originating agent at virtually the same time to provide the originating agent with near real-time feedback on the instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Noble Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Denney A. Burkholder, Jason P. Ouimette
  • Patent number: 10270911
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for providing near real-time feedback to an originating agent on one or more instances initiated by the originating agent during a text-based communication being conducted between the originating agent and a remote party. In various embodiments, a determination is made that the one or more instances initiated by the originating agent for the text-based communication require verification and as a result, a verification agent is located to review the instances before they are delivered to the remote party. Accordingly, upon the verification agent editing the text of one of the instances, the instance is delivered to the remote party displaying the edited text and the edited text is also displayed to the originating agent at virtually the same time to provide the originating agent with near real-time feedback on the instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Noble Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Denney A. Burkholder, Jason P. Ouimette
  • Patent number: 10212283
    Abstract: A call monitoring and debugging tool is disclosed that allows a developer to test an interactive voice response (“IVR”) application comprising a plurality of menu modules. The developer can initiate a call to the IVR and is presented on a computer display a set of variable identifies and corresponding values used by the IVR application in real time. The developer can view a graphical representation of a subset of the plurality of menu modules and view a representation of the navigation of the caller through the IVR application. The developer can also view a current set of variable identifiers used by the IVR and their corresponding values in real time. Finally, the developer can invoke one of several navigation control functions to force navigation of the call in the IVR application, including forcing the call to a previously encountered menu module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NOBLE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shang Gao, Denney A. Burkholder, Karl H. Koster