Patents by Inventor Daniel Forsee

Daniel Forsee 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: 8812429
    Abstract: Decision trees may be created and executed to manage calls in an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Users may be provided with one or more user interfaces to design, create, and modify decision trees. User may add and edit the rules, logic, and instructions of the decision tree, as well as additional information such as labels, headers, comments, and formatting. One or more decision tree files may be created including the rules, logic, and instructions of the decision tree, which are compatible with an execution engine. One or more decision tree development files also may be created including additional information to be used by a decision tree development application to provide the development environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Forsee, II
  • Patent number: 8687772
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for managing calls in an interactive voice response system are presented. According to one or more aspects, a call from a user or customer is received by an interactive voice response system. The interactive voice response system retrieves user information based on user credentials. An interactive voice response program analyzes the user information and determines a first business rule to retrieve. A decision tree application retrieves the first business rule and analyzes the information within the first business rule. The decision tree application may retrieve one or more additional business rules based on a decision from the first business rule. The decision tree application makes a decision based on the information within the business rules and sends the decision to the interactive voice response application. Based on the decision, the interactive voice response application manages the call in the interactive voice response system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Forsee, Ethan Fletcher, Kyle Tobin, Robert M. Casas
  • Publication number: 20130204834
    Abstract: Decision trees may be created and executed to manage calls in an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Users may be provided with one or more user interfaces to design, create, and modify decision trees. User may add and edit the rules, logic, and instructions of the decision tree, as well as additional information such as labels, headers, comments, and formatting. One or more decision tree files may be created including the rules, logic, and instructions of the decision tree, which are compatible with an execution engine. One or more decision tree development files also may be created including additional information to be used by a decision tree development application to provide the development environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daniel Forsee, II
  • Publication number: 20130177144
    Abstract: Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for managing calls in an interactive voice response system are presented. According to one or more aspects, a call from a user or customer is received by an interactive voice response system. The interactive voice response system retrieves user information based on user credentials. An interactive voice response program analyzes the user information and determines a first business rule to retrieve. A decision tree application retrieves the first business rule and analyzes the information within the first business rule. The decision tree application may retrieve one or more additional business rules based on a decision from the first business rule. The decision tree application makes a decision based on the information within the business rules and sends the decision to the interactive voice response application. Based on the decision, the interactive voice response application manages the call in the interactive voice response system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Forsee, Ethan Fletcher, Kyle Tobin, Robert M. Casas