Patents by Inventor John B. Hedge

John B. Hedge 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).

  • System and method for real-time exchange of customer data between telecommunications companies (quick pic)
    Patent number: 5898765
    Abstract: A system and method for real-time exchange of customer information between telecommunications companies provides a significant reduction in the time required for completing a preferred inter-exchange carrier (PIC) order. It also provides significant reductions in the time required for other applications of customer information exchange, such as messages from a local exchange carrier (LEC) to an inter-exchange carrier (IEC) and customer inquiries. The present invention is an application of systems, and is referred to as Quick PIC. Quick PIC utilizes a telecommunications gateway that transmits a Customer Account Record Exchange (CARE) record, which format is defined by the ANSI T1.246 standard, using an OSI protocol stack that includes Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) for the application layer. A CARE record can contain a PIC order, customer information inquiry, or customer information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene W. Teglovic, John B. Hedges, Douglas L. Wekamp, Theresa R. Jahelka, J. Wilbur Wayne Whitney, III, Winston Lee Davis, Jr., Valerie J. Prothe
  • Method for protecting a graphite chuck for a starter filament in the manufacture of polycrystalline silicon
    Patent number: 5277934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a uniform protective outer coating of pyrolytic graphite on a graphite chuck which is used for supporting a started filament in the manufacture of carbon free polycrystalline silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Advanced Ceramico Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Gilbert, John B. Hedge, Paul J. Walsh