Patents by Inventor D. Mark Parrish

D. Mark Parrish 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).

  • Technique for providing intelligent features for calls in a communications network independent of network architecture
    Patent number: 8018920
    Abstract: Subscriber calls in a communications network (10) are handled in accordance with the subscriber's routing plan for either originating and/or terminating calls irrespective of the manner in which such calls originate and terminate. Upon receipt of a call, a query is launched to a database (36) to obtain a called party routing number for the call destination in accordance with the subscriber's routing plan. Once the called party's routing number is obtained in response to the query, the called party's routing number is mapped a to physical port in the network when the routing number corresponds to a circuit-switched call destination or to an IP address when the called party's routing number corresponds to a packet-based call destination. The call is routed to the call destination in accordance with the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP
    Inventors: Chaker T. Al Hakim, William Hoffman, Leonard S. Kelter, Barbara Joanne Kittredge, James J. Mansell, D. Mark Parrish, Daniel Sheinbein, Daniel J. Timoney
  • Technique for providing intelligent features for calls in a communications network independent of network architecture
    Patent number: 7616623
    Abstract: Subscriber calls in a communications network (10) are handled in accordance with the subscriber's routing plan for either originating and/or terminating calls irrespective of the manner in which such calls originate and terminate. Upon receipt of a call, a query is launched to a database (36) to obtain a called party routing number for the call destination in accordance with the subscriber's routing plan. Once the called party's routing number is obtained in response to the query, the called party's routing number is mapped a to physical port in the network when the routing number corresponds to a circuit-switched call destination or to an IP address when the called party's routing number corresponds to a packet-based call destination. The call is routed to the call destination in accordance with the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: AT & T Corp.
    Inventors: Chaker T. Al Hakim, William Hoffman, Leonard S. Kelter, Barbara Joanne Kittredge, James J. Mansell, D. Mark Parrish, Daniel Sheinbein, Daniel J. Timoney
  • Technique for providing intelligent features for calls in a communications network independent of network architecture
    Patent number: 6954455
    Abstract: Subscriber calls in a communications network (10) are handled in accordance with the subscriber's routing plan for either originating and/or terminating calls irrespective of the manner in which such calls originate and terminate. Upon receipt of a call, a query is launched to a database (36) to obtain a called party routing number for the call destination in accordance with the subscriber's routing plan. Once the called party's routing number is obtained in response to the query, the called party's routing number is mapped a to physical port in the network when the routing number corresponds to a circuit-switched call destination or to an IP address when the called party's routing number corresponds to a packet-based call destination. The call is routed to the call destination in accordance with the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Chaker T. Al Hakim, William Hoffman, Leonard S. Kelter, Barbara Joanne Kittredge, James J. Mansell, D. Mark Parrish, Daniel J. Timoney, Daniel Sheinbein