Patents by Inventor Michael Arthur Koepke
Michael Arthur Koepke 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).
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Patent number: 8761718Abstract: A system and method that tests emergency services location information and provides virtually instantaneous feed-back to a technician in the field, monitoring center or both. A location of a mobile communications device is determined by the technician via independent means and a call is placed to a special test number. When an element in the mobile network receives the call, it recognizes the special number and obtains location information regarding the mobile communications device by the means currently employed in the art for emergency services calls. The location information is delivered back to the calling mobile communications device, where it is compared to the previously-determined location. The two locations may then be stored on the mobile communications device, forwarded to a monitoring center or both.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: West CorporationInventor: Michael Arthur Koepke
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Patent number: 8224360Abstract: A system for handling special number calls placed from a calling instrument using a text messaging format includes: a plurality of message handling units configured in at least one communication network accessible by the calling instrument. At least one selected message handling unit of the plurality of message handling units operates to recognize an extant call placed from the calling instrument using a special number and expressed in the text messaging call format. The plurality of message handling units cooperates to effect querying the calling instrument to ascertain a substantially pinpoint geographic location of the calling instrument substantially contemporaneously with the extant call. The plurality of message handling units cooperates to use the geographic location for routing the extant call to at least one selected special number answering station coupled with the at least one communication network and situated generally proximate with the geographic location.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2007Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: West CorporationInventors: Kuen-Yih Hwang, John Lawrence Snapp, Michael Arthur Koepke
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Patent number: 7987218Abstract: A method for establishing a spatial street address data set including: First, in no particular order: (1) providing street address data; (2) providing postal data; (3) providing community translation data; and (4) providing a spatial layer base map. Second, establishing a first data base containing once-translated address entries, each relating to a selected community entry from the street address data or a selected community entry from the community translation data. Third, establishing a second data base containing twice-translated address entries, each relating to a selected street name entry from the postal data or a selected street name entry from the street address data. Fourth, treating the second data base with a geocoder routine to create geocoded address entries in a geocoded data set. Fifth, situating the geocoded data set in a spatial layer. Sixth, orienting the spatial layer with known loci in the spatial layer base map.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: West CorporationInventors: Michael Arthur Koepke, Aaron Daniel Miller
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Publication number: 20100093306Abstract: A system for effecting wireless emergency service communication using text messaging includes: (a) at least one network configured for treating received text messaging; each respective network identifying emergency service text communications among the received text messaging; (b) at least one request distributing unit coupled with the at least one network for receiving the emergency service text communications; and (c) at least one emergency service network coupled with the at least one request distributing unit. Each received emergency service text communication is evaluated by at least one of a network and a request distributing unit to ascertain a communication originating locus relating to each received emergency service text communication. Each received emergency service text communication is distributed within the at least one emergency service network by at least one request distributing unit according to the respective communication originating locus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2008Publication date: April 15, 2010Applicant: WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Kuen-Yih Hwang, Shreenidhi Bharadwaj, Michael Arthur Koepke, Jennifer Ann Pierce
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Publication number: 20090276450Abstract: A method for establishing a spatial street address data set including: (a) in no particular order: (1) providing street address data; (2) providing postal data; (3) providing community translation data; and (4) providing a spatial layer base map; (b) establishing a first data base containing once-translated address entries, each relating to a selected community entry from the street address data or a selected community entry from the community translation data; (c) establishing a second data base containing twice-translated address entries, each relating to a selected street name entry from the postal data or a selected street name entry from the street address data; (d) treating the second data base with a geocoder routine to create geocoded address entries in a geocoded data set; (e) situating the geocoded data set in a spatial layer; and (f) orienting the spatial layer with known loci in the spatial layer base map.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Arthur Koepke, Aaron Daniel Miller
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Publication number: 20090147928Abstract: A system for handling special number calls placed from a calling instrument using a text messaging format includes: a plurality of message handling units configured in at least one communication network accessible by the calling instrument. At least one selected message handling unit of the plurality of message handling units operates to recognize an extant call placed from the calling instrument using a special number and expressed in the text messaging call format. The plurality of message handling units cooperates to effect querying the calling instrument to ascertain a substantially pinpoint geographic location of the calling instrument substantially contemporaneously with the extant call. The plurality of message handling units cooperates to use the geographic location for routing the extant call to at least one selected special number answering station coupled with the at least one communication network and situated generally proximate with the geographic location.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2007Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: WEST CORPORATIONInventors: Kuen-Yih Hwang, John Lawrence Snapp, Michael Arthur Koepke
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Publication number: 20080132197Abstract: A system and method that tests emergency services location information and provides virtually instantaneous feed-back to a technician in the field, monitoring center or both. A location of a mobile communications device is determined by the technician via independent means and a call is placed to a special test number. When an element in the mobile network receives the call, it recognizes the special number and obtains location information regarding the mobile communications device by the means currently employed in the art for emergency services calls. The location information is delivered back to the calling mobile communications device, where it is compared to the previously-determined location. The two locations may then be stored on the mobile communications device, forwarded to a monitoring center or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventor: Michael Arthur Koepke
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Publication number: 20070149243Abstract: A system and method that routes special number calls from a calling dual-mode wireless communications device when operating in an unlicensed network to a special number answering point based on one or more parameters. In accordance with one aspect of this invention, the parameter comprises the location of the access point that the calling wireless communications device is in communication with. In accordance with another aspect of this invention, an unlicensed media access (UMA) network controller (UNC) connected to a GSM switching system stores the location of each access point to which it is attached. Advantageously, the location information is stored in X/Y coordinate format or location shape format.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2006Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Kuen-Yih Hwang, Michael Arthur Koepke, Ketan Parekh, Shreenidhi Bharadwaj
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Patent number: 7177400Abstract: A system and method that provides a map image as part of, or along with, ALI information by dispatching a map query to a central map server after receipt of the ALI information, which includes an address, geo-coordinates or both. A map image corresponding to the requested location is returned. The ALI database may request the map image after retrieving or determining the location of the caller. Data to generate map images is stored in a central server or group of servers. In this manner, the data only has to be updated once for all users to have the updates. Further, the map server may be connected to wireline telephone facilities, wireless telephone facilities, or both, in a manner that is complimentary to the topography of the telephone network.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2005Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Intrado Inc.Inventors: Gerald R. Eisner, Michael Arthur Koepke, Eileen Kaye Boroski
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Patent number: 6744859Abstract: A system is for providing communication between a caller and a special number call answering facility including call answering positions. Calls are in a first call format including caller identification information or a second call format without identification information. The system includes: (a) A first switch coupled with a special number switch in a network. The first switch receives a first call in the first format, converts the first call to an interim call maintaining the identification information in the second call format and presents the interim call at an output. (B) A second switch coupled with the call answering facility, coupled with the first switch and coupled with an administrative number switch in the network. The second switch receives the second call in the second format and the interim call and distributes the calls among the call answering positions.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Intrado Inc.Inventors: Michael Arthur Koepke, Christopher Fairol Robbins, Michael Francis Friedrich, Eileen Kaye Boroski, Mary Alice Boyd, Gregory Allen Nemec