Patents by Inventor Valerie Binning

Valerie Binning 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: 8983424
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products process an emergency communication. A profile is queried for a code received during the emergency communication. If the code matches the profile, then the emergency communication is blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 8666029
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide emergency location services for mobile devices. A communication is received to a 911 emergency address. A code is received during the communication to block emergency location services. The emergency location services are blocked in response to the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 8364197
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing an emergency communication. A communication is received from a sender's communications address that is destined to an emergency response communications address. The sender's communications address and the emergency response communications address are associated to an emergency alert profile that stores emergency information. A prompt is produced for a code that blocks generation of the emergency communication. When the code is not entered during the communication, then the emergency communication is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20120196562
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide emergency location services for mobile devices. A communication is received to a 911 emergency address. A code is received during the communication to block emergency location services. The emergency location services are blocked in response to the code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 8175226
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide emergency services. A sender's communications address and an emergency response communications address are associated to a profile. A current geographic location associated with the sender's communications address is retrieved and communicated to the emergency response communications address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20100029246
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products provide emergency services. A sender's communications address and an emergency response communications address are associated to a profile. A current geographic location associated with the sender's communications address is retrieved and communicated to the emergency response communications address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7620156
    Abstract: Emergency communication applications and methods interact with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the local communications network. According to exemplary embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Locator Signal communicates with the local communications network to identify a location of the calling party's communications device (or alternate selected communications device) at a geographic location of an Emergency Communications Address. Thereafter, the location of the calling party's communications device is communicated to emergency response personnel to better locate a victim in proximity to the calling party's communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7551726
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the local communications network. According to embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Locator Signal communicates with the local communications network to identify a location of the calling party's communications device (or alternate selected communications device) at a geographic location of an Emergency Communications Address. Thereafter, the location of the calling party's communications device is communicated to emergency response personnel to better locate a victim in proximity to the calling party's communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20090129563
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing an emergency communication. A communication is received from a sender's communications address that is destined to an emergency response communications address. The sender's communications address and the emergency response communications address are associated to an emergency alert profile that stores emergency information. A prompt is produced for a code that blocks generation of the emergency communication. When the code is not entered during the communication, then the emergency communication is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7529351
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, disable, transmit, and/or otherwise control an Emergency Remote Control Communications Signal to an Emergency Remote Control Communications Address associated with an Emergency Remote Control Communications Address. According to embodiments of this invention, a calling party placing a call to an emergency response call center is enabled to control network-based access, activation, deactivation and monitoring of one or more remote control systems via a communications link over the Emergency Remote Control Communications Address. Other embodiments enable emergency response personnel and/or an authorized third party to control network-based access, activation, deactivation and monitoring of the remote control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7526277
    Abstract: An online directory system that provides relatively comprehensive and up-to-date information relating to users and their corresponding cellular telephone numbers and/or wireless pager numbers. The system and method involves a cellular telephone database and a means for providing access to the cellular telephone database. Users provide search requests through the means of communication and the search is carried out providing results to the requesting party. The search request typically includes a name and the results typically include a list of one or more names and corresponding cellular telephone numbers satisfying the search request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: AT & T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Valerie Binning, Barbara Gaines
  • Patent number: 7483519
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, disable, transmit, and/or otherwise control an Emergency Alert Control Signal to an Emergency Alert Communications Address. According to embodiments of this invention, a calling party placing a call to an emergency response call center is enabled to control network-based activation and deactivation of one or more emergency alerts at a geographic address of an Emergency Alert Communications Address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20080211656
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for generating emergency alerts. A communication is processed from a calling communications address to an emergency response communications address. A profile is associated to the calling communications address and to the emergency response communications address. A physical address associated with the calling communications address is retrieved, and an emergency alert control signal is generated. The emergency alert control signal is sent that activates an emergency alert at the physical address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7355507
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Alert Communications Signal to an Emergency Alert Communications Address. According to embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Alert Communications Signal activates an emergency alert at the geographic address of the Emergency Alert Communications Address. The activated alert may be visual, audio, and/or transmission of a positioning signal that aids emergency response personnel in locating the geographic address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20070280429
    Abstract: Emergency communication applications and methods interact with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the local communications network. According to exemplary embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Locator Signal communicates with the local communications network to identify a location of the calling party's communications device (or alternate selected communications device) at a geographic location of an Emergency Communications Address. Thereafter, the location of the calling party's communications device is communicated to emergency response personnel to better locate a victim in proximity to the calling party's communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7245704
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, disable, transmit, and/or otherwise control an Emergency Third Party Communications Signal. According to embodiments of this invention, a communications network establishes an emergency communications link between a calling party and an emergency response call center. Thereafter, the communications network automatically associates a third party to add to the emergency communications link and uses the Emergency Third Party Communications Signal to establish an emergency conferencing communications link between the third party, the calling party, and/or the emergency response call center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20070121799
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments, a communications network establishes an emergency communications link between a calling party and an emergency response call center (e.g., 9-1-1 PSAP provider). Thereafter, the communications network automatically associates a third party to add to the emergency communications link and uses the Emergency Third Party Communications Signal to establish an emergency conferencing communications link between the third party, the calling party, and/or the emergency response call center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20060227942
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the local communications network. According to embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Locator Signal communicates with the local communications network to identify a location of the calling party's communications device (or alternate selected communications device) at a geographic location of an Emergency Communications Address. Thereafter, the location of the calling party's communications device is communicated to emergency response personnel to better locate a victim in proximity to the calling party's communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Patent number: 7068760
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, and/or transmit an Emergency Locator Signal to a communications address of the residential communications network. According to embodiments, the transmitted Emergency Locator Signal communicates with the residential communications network to identify a location of the calling party's communications device (or alternate selected communications device) at a geographic location of an Emergency Communications Address. Thereafter, the location of the calling party's communications device is communicated to emergency response personnel to better locate a victim in proximity to the calling party's communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: Valerie Binning
  • Publication number: 20050169439
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses that operate with different communications devices, different users, and/or different communications networks to generate, enable, disable, transmit, and/or otherwise control an Emergency Third Party Communications Signal. According to embodiments of this invention, a communications network establishes an emergency communications link between a calling party and an emergency response call center. Thereafter, the communications network automatically associates a third party to add to the emergency communications link and uses the Emergency Third Party Communications Signal establish an emergency conferencing communications link between the third party, the calling party, and/or the emergency response call center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventor: Valerie Binning