Patents by Inventor Kenneth F. Hunnicutt

Kenneth F. Hunnicutt 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).

  • Digital loop carrier module for proactive maintenance application
    Patent number: 7333593
    Abstract: Methods and systems for proactively maintaining Digital Loop Carriers and a telephone system local loop. One embodiment for proactively maintaining a Digital Loop Carrier in a telephone system local loop includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring status information associated with the Digital Loop Carrier. Proactive maintenance is predicted based upon the status information. The status information may be weighted. The status information may also be combined with information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. The embodiment may also generate and dispatch work order information describing the predicted proactive maintenance. A further embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring at least one of customer information associated with copper line pairs, service information associated with copper line pairs, and status information associated with a Digital Loop Carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Beamon, Kenneth F. Hunnicutt
  • Digital loop carrier module for proactive maintenance application
    Patent number: 7050547
    Abstract: Methods and systems for proactively maintaining Digital Loop Carriers and a telephone system local loop. One embodiment for proactively maintaining a Digital Loop Carrier in a telephone system local loop includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring status information associated with the Digital Loop Carrier. Proactive maintenance is predicted based upon the status information. The status information may be weighted. The status information may also be combined with information from a Dynamic Network Analyzer and information from a Loop Facilities and Control System. The embodiment may also generate and dispatch work order information describing the predicted proactive maintenance. A further embodiment includes communicating with a communications network and acquiring at least one of customer information associated with copper line pairs, service information associated with copper line pairs, and status information associated with a Digital Loop Carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Elizabeth Ann Beamon, Kenneth F. Hunnicutt