Patents by Inventor George W. Harper

George W. Harper 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: 8032432
    Abstract: A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-based engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data tracking engine. The data tracking engine generates status information and reports based on the data. The status information and reports can be accessed via a web client to monitor the billing cycle. Additionally, the rule-based engine identifies events in the billing cycle and generates a notification to alert a person if the event is not successfully completed according to a billing schedule. The notification can be accessed via a web client or a wireless communications device. The rule-based engine can subsequently issue an escalated notification to alert another user if the event has not successfully completed at a later time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Pam Brumfield, George W. Harper, Christina Reed, Daniel Coleman, Alec Bell
  • Publication number: 20100036762
    Abstract: A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-based engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data tracking engine. The data tracking engine generates status information and reports based on the data. The status information and reports can be accessed via a web client to monitor the billing cycle. Additionally, the rule-based engine identifies events in the billing cycle and generates a notification to alert a person if the event is not successfully completed according to a billing schedule. The notification can be accessed via a web client or a wireless communications device. The rule-based engine can subsequently issue an escalated notification to alert another user if the event has not successfully completed at a later time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Pam Brumfield, George W. Harper, Christina Reed, Daniel Coleman, Alec Bell
  • Patent number: 7606745
    Abstract: A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-base engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data tracking engine. The data tracking engine generates status information and reports based on the data. The status information and reports can be accessed via a web client to monitor the billing cycle. Additionally, the rule-based engine identifies events in the billing cycle and generates a notification to alert a person if the event is not successfully completed according to a billing schedule. The notification can be accessed via a web client or a wireless communications device. The rule-based engine can subsequently issue an escalated notification to alert another user if the event has not successfully completed at a later time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Pam Brumfield, George W. Harper, Christina Reed, Daniel Coleman, Alec Bell
  • Patent number: 4182594
    Abstract: A system for conversion of wind power to electrical energy. The system provides for use during a wide range of wind velocities by use of the following: an external deflection system consisting of baffles and peripheral turbulence creating walls designed to increase the wind velocity and to divert the wind stream to the aperture of the system; a chamber for the collection and compression of the wind thereby further increasing the wind velocity if necessary; a deflection system for diverting wind from the chamber in high winds; a rigid circumferential tip face at the fan circumference whereby the fan blades fit into the tip race for support; a center deflector to divert the wind force to the fan blade tips; a tip-mounted generating system utilizing induction fields to obtain electrical energy and a system to vary the strength of the induction field so a constant blade speed may be obtained over a range of wind speeds and conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1980
    Inventors: George W. Harper, Walter E. Currah, Jr.