Patents Assigned to DCS, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20100020171
    Abstract: A surveillance data recording device includes a display, a digital tuner, and a control mechanism. The display displays a received surveillance data signal over a first bandwidth. The control mechanism allows a user to select a frequency band of interest. The digital tuner truncates the received signal to produce a narrowband signal comprised only of portions of the received signal that are within the frequency band of interest. A digital storage unit, such as a fixed or removable hard drive or solid state storage device, stores the narrowband signal over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: SIGNAMI-DCS, INC.
    Inventors: S. Bert Jones, Gary R. Kenworthy
  • Patent number: 6798413
    Abstract: A workflow management system and method is described. The illustrated embodiment is a contact management system, more particularly adapted for employment in a debt collection context. Methods and systems are described for allowing a debt collector to associate debtors with different categories, either manually or automatically in response to predetermined condition. Thus, the system can efficiently manage the status of debtors by associating each debtor with a particular category. As part of this system, the debtor accounts are moved from one category to another, and from one individual to another, as the collection process is undertaken. The system maintains each debtor account within a predetermined category, and then displays each of the categories to a collector on a graphical display. The graphical display uses rectangular bars for representing each category, and indicates within the rectangular bars how many contacts belong to the category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: DCS, Inc.
    Inventors: James B. A. Tracey, Bruce Mackinlay, Joseph Tagupa, Paul Lauffenburger, Daniel Exline, II, Harold T. Leach, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6795071
    Abstract: Methods of managing workflow information in an account-based system are described. The illustrated embodiments include a contact management system, and some embodiments are adapted for employment in a debt collection context. In addition, methods and systems are described for allowing a debt collector to associate debtors with different categories, either manually or automatically in response to predetermined condition. Thus, the system and method provide for efficiently managing the status of debtors by associating each debtor with a particular category. In certain embodiments, the debtor accounts are moved from one category to another, and from one individual to another, as the collection process is undertaken. The system and method maintain each debtor account within a predetermined category, display each of the categories to a collector on a graphical display, and display a list of debtor accounts within the category in response to the collector pressing a function key corresponding to a category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: DCS, Inc.
    Inventors: James B. A. Tracey, Bruce Mackinlay, Joseph Tagupa, Paul Lauffenburger, Daniel Exline, II, Harold T. Leach, Jr.