Patents by Inventor Steven A. Heithoff

Steven A. Heithoff 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: 11902467
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises a computer performing receiving notice of an incoming inquiry originated by a customer device. The method further comprises the computer performing instantiating a session with the customer device, the session performing comprising the computer combining chatbot functionality and flow control functionality. The method further comprises the computer performing a prompt to the customer device, the prompt comprising a set of valid selections. The method further comprises the computer performing receiving a selection from the customer device. The method further comprises the computer, performing based on the received selection, at least one of providing information to the customer device and routing the inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Prabhat Dahal, Geoff Finch, Steven Heithoff, Mike Lindner, Sarath Ravindran, Mayank Sawala
  • Patent number: 11403293
    Abstract: A query management application provides performing an initial query to retrieve records stored in a database, storing the records as initial query content in a memory, creating a file with a list of commands used during the initial query, initiating a subsequent query to obtain updated information for the records, retrieving the file and applying the list of commands to the subsequent query, performing the subsequent query, and updating the memory with results of the subsequent query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Intrado Corporation
    Inventors: Lakshmi T. Borra, Joshua K. Cordoba, Steven A. Heithoff, Roger Henson, Prashanth Katakam, Sneha S. Vairagade, Gregory A. Weigner
  • Patent number: 11334537
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are database metadata transfer systems and methods thereof. The database metadata transfer methods may include receiving a command to transfer preproduction metadata to production metadata; reading preproduction database metadata; generating a data file for making the change, the data file comprising SQL commands or insert statements; and executing a transfer from preproduction metadata to production metadata based on the SQL commands or insert statements. In some embodiments, the database may be a call center database and the data file may an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Heithoff, Lakshmi Borra, Mayank Sawala