Patents by Inventor Charles Atchison

Charles Atchison 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: 8700601
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing electronic files in a document repository. An electronic file is associated to the document repository, and data is extracted from the electronic file. A document repository index is created. An overwrite protection function is implemented that appends a date and time to the electronic file when the electronic file already exists within the document repository, such that the date and time distinguishes the electronic file from other electronic files. The document repository index is stored in memory that points to a subfolder within an unchangeable primary folder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Michelle Randolph, Goutham Belliappa
  • Patent number: 7584230
    Abstract: A method for monitoring files including receiving a folder including at least one file path specifying a server machine and a directory. For one or more of the file paths in the folder, a query is transmitted to the server machine requesting current directory data corresponding to the directory. The current directory data includes a file name, a created date, a modified date and a file size for files included in the directory. Current directory data is received from the server machine in response to the query and the current directory data is stored in a monitoring database. The method also includes creating a monitoring report including the server machine, the directory and the current directory data for the one or more file paths. The monitoring report is transmitted to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property, I, L.P.
    Inventor: Charles Atchison
  • Publication number: 20080313155
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for managing electronic files in a document repository. An electronic file is associated to the document repository, and data is extracted from the electronic file. A document repository index is created. An overwrite protection function is implemented that appends a date and time to the electronic file when the electronic file already exists within the document repository, such that the date and time distinguishes the electronic file from other electronic files. The document repository index is stored in memory that points to a subfolder within an unchangeable primary folder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Michelle Randolph, Goutham Belliappa
  • Patent number: 7398281
    Abstract: A document repository module provides document management control and flexible indexing of electronic documents associated with a document repository. According to some of the embodiments, the document repository provides a central location to store or to access files related to one project or many projects that are accessible over a world wide communications network, intranet, and/or internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Michelle Randolph, Goutham Belliappa
  • Publication number: 20070192378
    Abstract: A method for monitoring files including receiving a folder including at least one file path specifying a server machine and a directory. For one or more of the file paths in the folder, a query is transmitted to the server machine requesting current directory data corresponding to the directory. The current directory data includes a file name, a created date, a modified date and a file size for files included in the directory. Current directory data is received from the server machine in response to the query and the current directory data is stored in a monitoring database. The method also includes creating a monitoring report including the server machine, the directory and the current directory data for the one or more file paths. The monitoring report is transmitted to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Charles Atchison
  • Patent number: 7209934
    Abstract: A method for monitoring files including receiving a folder including at least one file path specifying a server machine and a directory. For one or more of the file paths in the folder, a query is transmitted to the server machine requesting current directory data corresponding to the directory. The current directory data includes a file name, a created date, a modified date and a file size for files included in the directory. Current directory data is received from the server machine in response to the query and the current directory data is stored in a monitoring database. The method also includes creating a monitoring report including the server machine, the directory and the current directory data for the one or more file paths. The monitoring report is transmitted to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: Charles Atchison
  • Publication number: 20060282824
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring enterprise file currency. The disclosed systems and methods may include creating a currency check and notification configuration. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include executing a currency check based on the currency check and notification configuration and reporting the results of the currency check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Goutham Belliappa
  • Publication number: 20060195465
    Abstract: A document repository module provides document management control and flexible indexing of electronic documents associated with a document repository. According to some of the embodiments, the document repository provides a central location to store or to access files related to one project or many projects that are accessible over a world wide communications network, intranet, and/or internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Michelle Randolph, Goutham Belliappa
  • Publication number: 20060059234
    Abstract: A system and method for an automatic messaging system which automatically sends emails or pages to groups of people with specific data from a database. Other messaging tools may be utilized. The data source that provides information may be any ODBC compliant data source including standard DBMS (SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, DB2, Sybase, etc.) Access databases, or Excel spreadsheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Goutham Belliappa, Michelle Randolph
  • Publication number: 20050114403
    Abstract: A method for monitoring files including receiving a folder including at least one file path specifying a server machine and a directory. For one or more of the file paths in the folder, a query is transmitted to the server machine requesting current directory data corresponding to the directory. The current directory data includes a file name, a created date, a modified date and a file size for files included in the directory. Current directory data is received from the server machine in response to the query and the current directory data is stored in a monitoring database. The method also includes creating a monitoring report including the server machine, the directory and the current directory data for the one or more file paths. The monitoring report is transmitted to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventor: Charles Atchison
  • Publication number: 20050086248
    Abstract: An issue tracking system is provided. The system typically includes a centralized server operable to transmit a graphical user interface for tracking project issues over a network, and a database associated with the centralized server provides the graphical user interface to the centralized server. The database also tracks issues related to a topic, provides access through the centralized server to multiple users responsible for resolving issues related to the topic, and provides a storage option for a user to upload data formats which the user determines would be inefficient to manually enter using a graphical user interface format. Methods and other systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventor: Charles Atchison
  • Publication number: 20050033772
    Abstract: A real time record escalation system creates, maintains, tracks, and forwards escalation records based on records representing user requests collected from individual user workstations. The user request records are collected, and escalation records are created, maintained, tracked, and forwarded, and modify without downloading or installing a client onto the individual work stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Charles Atchison, Michelle Randolph
  • Publication number: 20050021504
    Abstract: A plurality of query criteria for querying an employee database is defined. The employee database is queried by applying respective ones of the query criteria to respective ones of a plurality of employees. A plurality of folders is provided that respectively correspond to respective ones of the plurality of query criteria. A plurality of workbooks is created that contain the results from querying the employee database for respective ones of the plurality of folders. Respective ones of the plurality of workbooks are associated with respective ones of the plurality of employees that have results for respective ones of the plurality of query criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Charles Atchison