Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Allen Lord

Jeffrey Allen Lord 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).

  • Validating user information prior to switching Internet service providers
    Patent number: 8145720
    Abstract: Inconveniences in switching from one Internet service provider (ISP) to another ISP are remedied by providing streamlined approaches that facilitate the migration from one ISP to another ISP. In one embodiment, user information is validated prior to migrating from the old ISP to the new ISP, thereby ensuring proper transfer of information from the old ISP to the new ISP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Michael Jackson, Jeffrey Allen Lord
  • VALIDATING USER INFORMATION PRIOR TO SWITCHING INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
    Publication number: 20090043903
    Abstract: Inconveniences in switching from one Internet service provider (ISP) to another ISP are remedied by providing streamlined approaches that facilitate the migration from one ISP to another ISP. In one embodiment, user information is validated prior to migrating from the old ISP to the new ISP, thereby ensuring proper transfer of information from the old ISP to the new ISP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Michael Jackson, Jeffrey Allen Lord
  • Switching Internet service providers
    Publication number: 20040254991
    Abstract: Inconveniences in switching from one Internet service provider (ISP) to another ISP are remedied by providing streamlined approaches that facilitate the migration from one ISP to another ISP. In one embodiment, email is automatically forwarded from an old ISP to a new ISP after a scheme for forwarding the email messages is set up at the new ISP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: Dale W. Malik, Michael Jackson, Jeffrey Allen Lord