Patents by Inventor Craig Loren Schafer

Craig Loren Schafer 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).

  • System and method for managing feature interaction of telephone services
    Patent number: 5966434
    Abstract: A service control processor includes a plurality of service feature processors each corresponding to selected telephone service, and a plurality of call processing records, each corresponding to a customer of a service provider. The customer call processing records specify services subscribed to by the caller. A feature manager processor manages call processing and the implementation and execution of services by managing the individual service feature processors. In an alternative embodiment, multiple feature manager processors are included, and a trigger manager selects between them in response to call processing triggers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Loren Schafer, Steven Eric Valin, Timothy Marc Weinrich, Gregory Michael Fisher, Douglas Beck
  • System and method for providing local number portability service
    Patent number: 5949870
    Abstract: Local Number Portability (LNP) includes two capabilities: Location Routing Number (LRN) and Message Relay Service (MRS). The LRN capability allows proper call routing during a normal call. MRS allows proper execution of telephone services such as voice messaging and automatic callback. The system and method of the present invention implements LRN and MRS at an ISCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Hayduk, James Andrew Bajzath, Patricia Huang, Craig Loren Schafer