Patents by Inventor Derek Eko-Badu Johnson

Derek Eko-Badu Johnson 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).

  • Methods for providing overdraft protection for post-paid communication service plans
    Patent number: 9451099
    Abstract: Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Derek Eko-Badu Johnson
  • Methods for Providing Overdraft Protection for Post-Paid Communication Service Plans
    Publication number: 20150050912
    Abstract: Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Coulter C. Henry, JR., Francis Richard Lazaro, JR., Andrew Lamont Hines, JR., Derek Eko-Badu Johnson
  • Methods for providing overdraft protection for post-paid communication service plans
    Patent number: 8918077
    Abstract: Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Coulter C. Henry, Jr., Francis Richard Lazaro, Jr., Andrew Lamont Hines, Jr., Derek Eko-Badu Johnson
  • Methods for Providing Overdraft Protection for Post-Paid Communication Service Plans
    Publication number: 20130287192
    Abstract: Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Coulter C. Henry, JR., Francis Richard Lazaro, JR., Andrew Lamont Hines, JR., Derek Eko-Badu Johnson