Patents by Inventor Barbara Gaines

Barbara Gaines 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).

  • Wireless paging directory assistant
    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
  • Consolidation Systems And Methods For Physical Presentation Instruments And Financial Information
    Publication number: 20070083448
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a presentation instrument in combination with a financial statement includes a host computer system and a printer communicatively coupled to the host computer system. A presentation instrument initializing machine is communicably coupled to the host computer system. The system also includes a mail processing machine. The host computer system is configured to determine when to consolidate the presentation instrument with the financial reporting information, to transmit instructions to the printer to print the financial reporting information, to transmit instructions to the presentation instrument initializing machine to initialize a presentation instrument and to transmit to the mail processing machine instructions to combine the presentation instrument with the printed financial reporting information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Applicant: First Data Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Prchal, Steven Albee, Gary Chladek, Barbara Gaines, Gerald Gross, Sandra Haugen, Brenda Kann, Christina Provost, Terry Royer, Robert Stier, Glen Wordekemper
  • Wireless paging directory assistant
    Publication number: 20040214554
    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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Valerie Binning, Barbara Gaines