Patents by Inventor Alec Bell

Alec Bell 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: 8032432
    Abstract: A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-based engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data tracking engine. The data tracking engine generates status information and reports based on the data. The status information and reports can be accessed via a web client to monitor the billing cycle. Additionally, the rule-based engine identifies events in the billing cycle and generates a notification to alert a person if the event is not successfully completed according to a billing schedule. The notification can be accessed via a web client or a wireless communications device. The rule-based engine can subsequently issue an escalated notification to alert another user if the event has not successfully completed at a later time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Pam Brumfield, George W. Harper, Christina Reed, Daniel Coleman, Alec Bell
  • Publication number: 20110161215
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for tracking, monitoring, projecting and reporting billing information. One embodiment is related to a computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to receive billing data from at least one billing process, analyze changes in the at least one billing process, monitor the at least one billing process for an occurrence of time-based events, reconcile unique identifiers within the billing data to verify data integrity, generate a billing report based on the changes, the time-based events and data integrity, and audit the billing report for format errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Christina Reed, Alec Bell, Pamela Brumfield, Ling Chen, Eric Dickerman, George Harper, Michael Harrington, Kevin Horn, Charles Ragona, Jeffrey Heisroth
  • Publication number: 20100036762
    Abstract: A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-based engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data tracking engine. The data tracking engine generates status information and reports based on the data. The status information and reports can be accessed via a web client to monitor the billing cycle. Additionally, the rule-based engine identifies events in the billing cycle and generates a notification to alert a person if the event is not successfully completed according to a billing schedule. The notification can be accessed via a web client or a wireless communications device. The rule-based engine can subsequently issue an escalated notification to alert another user if the event has not successfully completed at a later time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Pam Brumfield, George W. Harper, Christina Reed, Daniel Coleman, Alec Bell
  • Patent number: 7606745
    Abstract: A system for tracking a billing cycle in a billing system includes a data tracking engine and a rule-based engine. The rule-base engine retrieves information from the billing system during the billing cycle based on a set of rules, and provides the data to the data tracking engine. The data tracking engine generates status information and reports based on the data. The status information and reports can be accessed via a web client to monitor the billing cycle. Additionally, the rule-based engine identifies events in the billing cycle and generates a notification to alert a person if the event is not successfully completed according to a billing schedule. The notification can be accessed via a web client or a wireless communications device. The rule-based engine can subsequently issue an escalated notification to alert another user if the event has not successfully completed at a later time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Pam Brumfield, George W. Harper, Christina Reed, Daniel Coleman, Alec Bell