Patents by Inventor Amy Sherwood

Amy Sherwood 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: 7809653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott M. Frank, Carol T. Beckham, Christopher M. Arena, Martin L. McLendon, Shannon M. Short, JoAnn M. Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Van Ehrlich, Michael Charles Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Patent number: 7797254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott M. Frank, Carol T. Beckham, Christopher M. Arena, Martin L. McLendon, Shannon M. Short, JoAnn M. Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Van Ehrlich, Michael Charles Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Patent number: 7797253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Scott M. Frank, Carol T. Beckham, Christopher M. Arena, Martin L. McLendon, Shannon M. Short, JoAnn M. Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Van Ehrlich, Michael Charles Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Publication number: 20080201210
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products corresponds to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc., formerly known as BellSouth Intellectual Property
    Inventors: Scott M. Frank, Carol T. Beckham, Christopher M. Arena, Martin L. McLendon, Shannon M. Short, JoAnn M. Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Van Ehrlich, Michael Charles Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Patent number: 7389239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott M. Frank, Carol T. Beckham, Christopher M. Arena, Martin L. McLendon, Shannon M. Short, JoAnn M. Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Van Ehrlich, Michael Charles Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Patent number: 7313229
    Abstract: A system and method that records a message and then delivers the message to one or more recipients. The message may be delivered to the recipients at some determined later time. Each recipient may be able to receive the message at different times depending on data that is input with respect to each recipient. Also described are repeat call function that repeats a call until a live recipient answers the call, and repeat message function that repeats a recorded message to a recipient a determined number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventor: Amy Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20060224412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for intellectual property asset selection and protection. In an embodiment, an intellectual property selection system receives from an innovator an innovation submission describing an innovation. An intellectual property protection system receives at least a portion of the innovation submission and manages obtaining an intellectual property legal right related to the innovation. An intellectual property asset management system receives and stores at least one of an innovation description and an intellectual property legal right description, where the innovation description is based at least in part on the at least a portion of the innovation submission and the intellectual property legal right description is based at least in part on the intellectual property legal right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Frank, Carol Beckham, Christopher Arena, Sandra Evans, Martin McLendon, Shannon Short, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, Marcus Delgado, Harrison Lantz, Amy Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20060149773
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining information in a personnel directory, according to which historical data is saved and associated with current data, so that a user can locate an individual using outdated information. An embodiment of the invention includes receiving a request to edit an existing data entry of the personnel directory, copying the existing data entry to create a previous data entry, editing the existing data entry, and associating the previous data entry with an associated data entry. A further embodiment includes receiving a search query looking for the previous data entry, searching the personnel directory for the previous data entry, identifying the associated data entry as corresponding to the previous data entry, and reporting the previous data entry and the associated data entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventor: Amy Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20060085219
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Frank, Carol Beckham, Christopher Arena, Martin McLendon, Shannon Short, JoAnn Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Ehrlich, Michael Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Publication number: 20060085220
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for intellectual property asset selection and protection. In an embodiment, an intellectual property selection system receives from an innovator an innovation submission describing an innovation. An intellectual property protection system receives at least a portion of the innovation submission and manages obtaining an intellectual property legal right related to the innovation. An intellectual property asset management system receives and stores at least one of an innovation description and an intellectual property legal right description, where the innovation description is based at least in part on the at least a portion of the innovation submission and the intellectual property legal right description is based at least in part on the intellectual property legal right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Frank, Carol Beckham, Christopher Arena, Sandra Evans, Martin McLendon, Shannon Short, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, Marcus Delgado, Harrison Lantz, Amy Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20060080136
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Frank, Carol Beckham, Christopher Arena, Martin McLendon, Shannon Short, JoAnn Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Ehrlich, Michael Stevens, Adam Jaffe
  • Publication number: 20060080135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for intellectual property management. In an embodiment, a system includes an intellectual property asset inventory system to manage an inventory of intellectual property assets. A product inventory system manages an inventory of products, where the inventory of products correspond to a plurality of products and one or more of the products of the plurality of products are associated with one or more of the intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets. A marketing management system manages a plurality of marketing projects, where one or more of the marketing projects of the plurality of marketing projects are associated with at least one of (i) one or more products of the plurality of products, and (ii) one or more intellectual property assets of the plurality of intellectual property assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Scott Frank, Carol Beckham, Christopher Arena, Martin McLendon, Shannon Short, JoAnn Sherman, Steven Overcash, Michael Bishop, Vernon Meadows, LaVeria Baker, Amy Sherwood, Mary Ehrlich, Michael Stevens, Adam Jaffe