Patents by Inventor Addison A. Barksdale

Addison A. Barksdale 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).

  • Publication number: 20170308936
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for rolling over unused credits. An available number of service units is provided during a billing cycle. The number of service units consumed during the billing cycle is compared to the available number of service units. When service units remain at an end of the billing cycle, then unused service units are rolled over to another billing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Addison A. Barksdale, Jamie Sims, Larry D. Powell
  • Patent number: 9710831
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products roll over unused credits. An available number of service units is provided during a billing cycle. The number of service units consumed during the billing cycle is compared to the available number of service units. When service units remain at an end of the billing cycle, then unused service units are rolled over to another billing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Addison A. Barksdale, Jamie Sims, Larry D. Powell
  • Publication number: 20090061817
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for rolling over unused credits. An available number of service units is provided during a billing cycle. The number of service units consumed during the billing cycle is compared to the available number of service units. When service units remain at an end of the billing cycle, then unused service units are rolled over to another billing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Addison A. Barksdale, Jamie Sims, Larry D. Powell
  • Patent number: 7457777
    Abstract: A service provided to a customer is measurable in quantifiable service units used thereby such that billing to the customer is based on a number of the service units used. The customer obtains service unit credits to be applied against service units used, and the service is billed according to a billing cycle. For each billing cycle, service unit credits obtained and extant are applied against the service units used during the billing cycle. Service unit credits remaining after such application are carried forward to be available during a subsequent billing cycle. The customer is allowed to treat service unit credits as a commodity, whereby the commoditized service unit credits may be bought, sold, and/or traded for services and/or goods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Addison A. Barksdale, Jamie Sims, Larry D. Powell