Patents by Inventor Bill BOWLING

Bill BOWLING 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING SERVICE MANAGEMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
    Publication number: 20070121850
    Abstract: A service order management system provisions service orders in a communications network having multiple network elements. The service order management system includes an order manager and an interface. The order manager, which receives requests representative of service orders for at least one communications service from dissimilar service order sources, includes an input process and an output process which determine, at least in part, service implementing information provided to the network elements to implement the at least one communications service. The interface is configured to interface the service order management system with the dissimilar service order sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
    Inventors: Tim KLOS, Terry GILMORE, Gary MARTENS, Sue MERZ, Terry VIETH, Bill BOWLING, Mark SEXTON, John VALLELY, Mary CLARK, Randall LEET