Patents by Inventor Charles E. Raymond

Charles E. Raymond 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).

  • Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls
    Patent number: 7359490
    Abstract: A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Wright, Charles E. Raymond, Gary R. Archibald, Edward Davis
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for automatically updating long distance country codes
    Patent number: 7218724
    Abstract: Long distance country codes that are used by a group of users are updated by automatically sending an electronic message to the group of users that includes at least one new or changed long distance country code, in response to automatically obtaining a listing of long distance country codes from an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) website. More specifically, a listing of long distance country codes is automatically obtained from the ITU website. The listing of long distance country codes that is obtained from the ITU website is automatically compared to preexisting long distance country codes that are used by the group of users, to identify at least one new or changed long distance country code. An electronic message, such as an email message, is automatically sent to the group of users that includes the at least one new or changed long distance country code that was identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Terry D. Thacker, Charles E. Raymond, Robert H. Wright
  • Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls
    Patent number: 7203284
    Abstract: A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Robert H. Wright, Charles E. Raymond, Gary R. Archibald, Edward Davis
  • Methods, systems and computer program products for automatically updating long distance country codes
    Publication number: 20040228467
    Abstract: Long distance country codes that are used by a group of users are updated by automatically sending an electronic message to the group of users that includes at least one new or changed long distance country code, in response to automatically obtaining a listing of long distance country codes from an International Telecommunication Union (ITU) website. More specifically, a listing of long distance country codes is automatically obtained from the ITU website. The listing of long distance country codes that is obtained from the ITU website is automatically compared to preexisting long distance country codes that are used by the group of users, to identify at least one new or changed long distance country code. An electronic message, such as an email message, is automatically sent to the group of users that includes the at least one new or changed long distance country code that was identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Terry D. Thacker, Charles E. Raymond, Robert H. Wright
  • Systems and methods for facilitating placement of telecommunications test calls
    Publication number: 20040170256
    Abstract: A method for placing a test call in a telecommunications network. The method includes retrieving an indication of a translation change for a telecommunications switch from storage and placing a test call to test whether the translation change was successful.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Robert H. Wright, Charles E. Raymond, Gary R. Archibald, Edward Davis