Patents by Inventor Duane Orton

Duane Orton 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, systems, and computer program products for time-based inhibiting of alarms and time-based removal of inhibited alarms
    Patent number: 7439854
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for time-based setting and removal of alarm inhibits are disclosed. In one method, a command is provided that allows a user to specify a time period with which an alarm generated within a telecommunications signaling platform will be inhibited. Once the command is received, alarms associated with the specified device are suppressed. When the time period expires, the alarm inhibit is automatically removed and alarms associated with the specified device can be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Tekelec
    Inventors: Duane Orton, David Whitlock, Thomas Mills, Robert J. Delaney
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for time-based inhibiting of alarms and time-based removal of inhibited alarms
    Publication number: 20060073822
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for time-based setting and removal of alarm inhibits are disclosed. In one method, a command is provided that allows a user to specify a time period with which an alarm generated within a telecommunications signaling platform will be inhibited. Once the command is received, alarms associated with the specified device are suppressed. When the time period expires, the alarm inhibit is automatically removed and alarms associated with the specified device can be generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Duane Orton, David Whitlock, Thomas Mills, Robert Delaney