Patents by Inventor Gou-Fuh George Chou

Gou-Fuh George Chou 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: 6292656
    Abstract: Telecommunications networks for originating and terminating calls are described to include a wireless enhanced service platform coupled to a home location register database and a prepaid platform which may also include a mobile switching center for accepting calls from a wireless handset, an interexchange network that carries calls to the prepaid platform, and a local network for terminating calls. Also described is a method for setting up a call in a telecommunications network by a wireless enhanced service platform or mobile switching center encapsulating one or more prepaid call parameters within a super generic digit field of an initial address message. The method also includes sending the initial address message with the prepaid call parameters encapsulated within the super generic digit field from the wireless enhanced service platform or mobile switching center to a prepaid platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Donovan, Raghavan Devanathan, Gou-Fuh George Chou, John Kenneth Gallant