Patents by Inventor Doris E. Ford

Doris E. Ford 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: 11600168
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and technical methods of the present disclosure leverage digital visitor logs from confinement facilities to identify people of interest that may be involved in incidents to which first responders are dispatched. When a phone call is received at phone public safety access point, a first query including a name associated with the call is transmitted to a digital visitor log for a confinement facility. A digital response to the first query identifies a visitee who was visited by a visitor by that name while the visitee was in confinement. The visitee's name is then transmitted in a second query to a digital repository containing release records; a digital response indicates the visitee was released before the call was received. An electronic notification that identifies the visitee is transmitted to a device associated with an agent who is responding to the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: James C Duran, Doris E Ford, Yanyan Hu, Matthew Seeley
  • Publication number: 20230047318
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and technical methods of the present disclosure leverage digital visitor logs from confinement facilities to identify people of interest that may be involved in incidents to which first responders are dispatched. When a phone call is received at phone public safety access point, a first query including a name associated with the call is transmitted to a digital visitor log for a confinement facility. A digital response to the first query identifies a visitee who was visited by a visitor by that name while the visitee was in confinement. The visitee's name is then transmitted in a second query to a digital repository containing release records; a digital response indicates the visitee was released before the call was received. An electronic notification that identifies the visitee is transmitted to a device associated with an agent who is responding to the call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: JAMES C. DURAN, DORIS E. FORD, YANYAN HU, MATTHEW SEELEY
  • Patent number: 10708429
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improving a call queue at a dispatch center. One system includes an electronic computing device communicatively coupled to a first call workstation and a second call workstation. The electronic computing device includes an electronic processor configured to receive a first call, direct the first call to the first call workstation, analyze the first call for a key incident factor, calculate a first estimated call length based on the key incident factor, and determine, based on the first estimated call length, whether to assign a queued call, received at the electronic computing device after the first call, to the first call workstation or to the second call workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Isabel Firpo, Doris E. Ford, Parveen Gupta, Jill M. Hillman, Vinayak Reddy, Marcus P. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20200045179
    Abstract: Methods and systems for improving a call queue at a dispatch center. One system includes an electronic computing device communicatively coupled to a first call workstation and a second call workstation. The electronic computing device includes an electronic processor configured to receive a first call, direct the first call to the first call workstation, analyze the first call for a key incident factor, calculate a first estimated call length based on the key incident factor, and determine, based on the first estimated call length, whether to assign a queued call, received at the electronic computing device after the first call, to the first call workstation or to the second call workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Isabel Firpo, Doris E. Ford, Parveen Gupta, Jill M. Hillman, Vinayak Reddy, Marcus P. Snyder