Patents by Inventor Elaine Van Horn

Elaine Van Horn 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).

  • Network auditing tool
    Patent number: 8868734
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer device, may include scanning a network of digital cross connect devices to identify an open port and determining that the identified open port has been designated as unavailable in a provisioning database. The method may further include determining that the identified open port corresponds to a recoverable port and recovering the identified open port by designating the identified open port as available in the provisioning database, in response to determining that the identified open port corresponds to a recoverable port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Elaine Van Horn, Doug L. Wekamp, Joseph Reiter, Charles W. Brown, Firouzeh Rahimzadeh, Neil A. Rogers, Joseph A. McLaughlin
  • Method and system for validating channel discrepancies
    Patent number: 8781077
    Abstract: An approach for analyzing data generated by a plurality of provisioning systems to validate the status of various assets of a service provider network is disclosed. A validation system retrieves provisioning data from a plurality of different provisioning systems and status data from a status monitoring system. The validation system analyzes the data to validate a discrepancy between the status and the current provisioning of the plurality of assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Keene, Kavita G. Deshmukh, Neil A. Rogers, Doug L. Wekamp, Elaine Van Horn, Connie A. Coffey, Wendy L. Kaczmar, Rachel I. Fetner
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING CHANNEL DISCREPANCIES
    Publication number: 20130308761
    Abstract: An approach for analyzing data generated by a plurality of provisioning systems to validate the status of various assets of a service provider network is disclosed. A validation system retrieves provisioning data from a plurality of different provisioning systems and status data from a status monitoring system. The validation system analyzes the data to validate a discrepancy between the status and the current provisioning of the plurality of assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Keene, Kavita G. Deshmukh, Neil A. Rogers, Doug L. Wekamp, Elaine Van Horn, Connie A. Coffey, Wendy L. Kaczmar, Rachel I. Fetner
  • NETWORK AUDITING TOOL
    Publication number: 20130179562
    Abstract: A method, performed by a computer device, may include scanning a network of digital cross connect devices to identify an open port and determining that the identified open port has been designated as unavailable in a provisioning database. The method may further include determining that the identified open port corresponds to a recoverable port and recovering the identified open port by designating the identified open port as available in the provisioning database, in response to determining that the identified open port corresponds to a recoverable port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICESNING INC.
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Elaine Van Horn, Doug L. Wekamp, Joseph Reiter, Charles W. Brown, Firouzeh Rahimzadeh, Neil A. Rogers, Joseph A. McLaughlin