Patents by Inventor Craig A. Webster

Craig A. Webster 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: 12176077
    Abstract: Medical services are offered by various facilities near a patient's residence. The number of facility options continues to grow and the patients can now receive various different health care services. One example method of operation provides receiving updated patient information at a patient profile server, identifying a patient medical profile stored in memory associated with the updated patient information, and updating a patient status based on the updated patient information received, and modifying a patient schedule associated with the at least one patient status and storing the patient schedule in the patient medical profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Intrado Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Dudzinski, Jil M. Fisher, Troy G. Hottovy, Pamela Ann Mortenson, Craig A. Webster, Michelle Mason Winston
  • Patent number: 11818292
    Abstract: Processing customer communications may include receiving a communication from a customer device via a first communication medium, designating the communication as an active communication, receiving a display selection to receive content during the active communication status and designating a current customer status, parsing the current customer status to identify a current condition, assigning an agent to the customer record based on the current condition, retrieving at least one pre-recorded content file associated with the assigned agent and the current customer condition, and forwarding the pre-recorded content file to the customer device via a second communication medium different from the first communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew Bird, Jil M. Fisher, David Stirk, Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 11257096
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry from a user device at a customer call center server and identifying and authorizing the user from the received inquiry. The method may also provide retrieving a user profile from memory that includes history information based on previous interactions between the user device and the customer call center server and calculating a prediction as to a purpose for the inquiry. The prediction may be based on user profile history, social networking profile information, recent transactions, etc. The method may also provide transmitting a response to the inquiry based on the calculated prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A Webster
  • Patent number: 11189376
    Abstract: Medical services are offered by various facilities near a patient's residence. The number of facility options continues to grow and the patients can now receive various different health care services. One example method of operation provides receiving sensor data indicating that one or more sensors were triggered at a predefined location at a first time during a monitoring event, receiving additional sensor data indicating an additional sensor was triggered at a second time later than the first time, identifying a time gap between the first time and the second time, storing the time gap in a schedule stored in memory, and creating a sensor trigger pattern based on the time gap and applying the sensor trigger pattern to an alert status for a subsequent monitoring event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert J. Dudzinski, Jil M. Fisher, Troy G. Hottovy, Pamela Ann Mortenson, Craig A. Webster, Michelle Mason Winston
  • Patent number: 11146677
    Abstract: Receiving and processing customer support calls initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application may include various operations. For instance, an example method of operation may provide receiving a service request from a mobile device, requesting a temporary telephone number to be assigned to a subsequent call to be placed from the mobile device, creating a database record with an identifier of the mobile device and the temporary telephone number, transmitting the temporary telephone number to the mobile device, receiving an automated call to the temporary telephone number from the mobile device, and connecting the mobile device with a remote call recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Mahendra Varman, Craig A. Webster, Jil M. Fisher
  • Patent number: 10971264
    Abstract: Medical services are offered by various facilities near a patient's residence. The number of facility options continues to grow and the patients can now receive various different health care services. One example method of operation provides retrieving a schedule associated with sensor data being received from a number of sensors, receiving updated sensor data from the sensors at an updated sensor data receive time, comparing the updated sensor data to the schedule, identifying a time discrepancy between the schedule and the updated sensor data receive time, and creating an alert status based on the discrepancy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTRADO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert J. Dudzinski, Jil M. Fisher, Troy G. Hottovy, Pamela Ann Mortenson, Craig A. Webster, Michelle Mason Winston
  • Patent number: 10708434
    Abstract: Processing customer communications may include receiving a communication from a customer device via a messaging application. One example method of operation may include transmitting a message from a conference call server to a user device, receiving a response message from the user device, extracting the response message data, processing the response message data and identifying one or more conference call preferences, and transmitting a notification to the user device when a conference call date occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: David Scheet, Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10694036
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10567578
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Blake John Roux, Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10497471
    Abstract: A management network allows monitoring and/or automation of a patient treatment regime prescribed by a medical practice. The management network provides links between a practice management system of the medical practice and related information sources such as pharmaceutical suppliers and referred practices. A query executed on the management network determines whether the requirements of a parameter of a patient treatment regime, such as the taking of prescribed medication, are being met and generates alarm notifications where necessary to the patient and/or prescribing practitioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: WEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cindy Rae Nelson, Craig A. Webster, John Lawrence Snapp, Rodney J. Kempkes
  • Patent number: 10412222
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus of receiving and processing customer support calls. The calls may be initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application. An example method of operation may provide receiving a call from a mobile device and identifying the call as a customer service support inquiry. The method may further provide intercepting the call and redirecting the call to an interactive voice response proxy device responsive to identifying the call as a customer service support inquiry, accessing a database responsive to receiving the call and retrieving a data record that was created when the call was initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: OPEN INVENTION NETWORK LLC
    Inventors: Mahendra Varman, Craig A. Webster, Jil M. Fisher
  • Patent number: 10389881
    Abstract: Processing customer communications may include receiving a communication from a customer device via a first communication medium, retrieving a customer record associated with the customer device, designating the communication as an active status, identifying an initial communication purpose based on a selection received from the customer device during the communication, and updating the customer record responsive to identifying the initial communication purpose by changing a status of the customer record to permit additional communication options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Bird, Jil M. Fisher, David Stirk, Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10362171
    Abstract: Processing customer communications may include receiving a communication from a customer device via a first communication medium, retrieving a customer record associated with the customer device, designating the communication as an active status, transmitting an option display link to the customer device via a second communication medium different from the first communication medium, receiving at least one selection from the customer device and identifying a purpose of the communication based on the at least one selection, updating the customer record to indicate multiple modes of communication compliance and to permit additional communication messages to be forwarded to the customer device, and elevating a status of the customer record based on the multiple modes of communication compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Bird, Jil M. Fisher, David Stirk, Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10347369
    Abstract: Medical services are offered by various facilities near a patient's residence. The number of facility options continues to grow and the patients can now receive various different health care services. One example method of operation provides receiving updated patient information at a patient profile server, identifying a patient medical profile stored in memory associated with the updated patient information, and updating a patient status based on the updated patient information received, and modifying a patient schedule associated with the at least one patient status and storing the patient schedule in the patient medical profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Dudzinski, Jil M. Fisher, Troy G. Hottovy, Pamela Ann Mortenson, Craig A. Webster, Michelle Mason Winston
  • Patent number: 10218847
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10115130
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry from a user device at a customer call center server and identifying and authorizing the user from the received inquiry. The method may also provide retrieving a user profile from memory that includes history information based on previous interactions between the user device and the customer call center server and calculating a prediction as to a purpose for the inquiry. The prediction may be based on user profile history, social networking profile information, recent transactions, etc. The method may also provide transmitting a response to the inquiry based on the calculated prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 10069975
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus of receiving and processing customer support calls. The calls may be initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application. An example method of operation may provide receiving a call from a mobile device and identifying the call as a customer service support inquiry. The method may further provide intercepting the call and redirecting the call to an interactive voice response proxy device responsive to identifying the call as a customer service support inquiry, accessing a database responsive to receiving the call and retrieving a data record that was created when the call was initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Mahendra Varman, Craig A. Webster, Jil M. Fisher
  • Patent number: 10009469
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus of receiving and processing customer support calls. The calls may be initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application. An example method of operation may provide receiving a call from the mobile device at a call processing server configured to route the call to an appropriate destination. The call processing server may perform identifying a purpose associated with the call and transmitting the call to the message redirect call processing module responsive to identifying the purpose of the call as a request for customer service support. Also, the server may also perform creating a redirect message instructing the mobile device to initiate a customer service support application that operates via a data network, and transmitting the redirect message to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Mahendra Varman, Craig A. Webster, Jil M. Fisher
  • Patent number: 9860377
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Blake John Roux, Craig A. Webster
  • Patent number: 9807240
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus of receiving and processing customer support calls. The calls may be initiated from a mobile/wireless device via a call function or via a mobile device application. An example method of operation may provide receiving a call from a mobile device and identifying the call as a customer service support inquiry. The method may further provide intercepting the call and redirecting the call to an interactive voice response proxy device responsive to identifying the call as a customer service support inquiry, accessing a database responsive to receiving the call and retrieving a data record that was created when the call was initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Mahendra Varman, Craig A. Webster, Jil M. Fisher