Patents by Inventor Deborah Margaret Stockert

Deborah Margaret Stockert 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).

  • Method for administering advanced number portability numbers
    Patent number: 6359980
    Abstract: A method apparatus for finding and assigning both commercially valuable and vanity (CSV) numbers in a telecommunications system that permits number portability. CSV Numbers are identified by a rules based process that combs the unused number database for valuable combination and saves those numbers in a special database. Those numbers that are not so identified stay in the unused database for general assignment. To assign a CSV number, a similar process is used to generate candidate numbers based on a desired keyword, and then the candidate numbers are used to query the special database and even the general unused number database to get available candidates. The available candidates are offered to the requesting user and the user may accept or decline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Petrelli, Cecil Bernard Cates, James Patrick Dunn, Ronald Bruce Martin, Jack Ray Penrod, John William Peterson, Deborah Margaret Stockert