Patents by Inventor Eric Morhenn

Eric Morhenn 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 and computer-readable medium having a program for managing billing for a telecommunications campus by assigning different billing rates inside the campus
    Patent number: 7751798
    Abstract: Method and computer-readable medium for managing billing for calls within a user's telecommunications campus. According to the method and computer-readable medium for managing billing for calls within a user's campus, users can make unlimited calls within the campus by determining whether a call from a user begins in a predetermined area of use; determining whether the user is on a predetermined list of users, if the call began in the predetermined area of use; assigning a first billing rate to the call, if the predetermined list of users includes the user; and assigning a second billing rate to the call, if the predetermined list of users does not include the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Morhenn, Justin Wolf
  • Method and computer-readable medium having a program for managing billing for a telecommunications campus
    Publication number: 20070072586
    Abstract: Method and computer-readable medium for managing billing for calls within a user's telecommunications campus. According to the method and computer-readable medium for managing billing for calls within a user's campus, users can make unlimited calls within the campus by determining whether a call from a user begins in a predetermined area of use; determining whether the user is on a predetermined list of users, if the call began in the predetermined area of use; assigning a first billing rate to the call, if the predetermined list of users includes the user; and assigning a second billing rate to the call, if the predetermined list of users does not include the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: Nextel Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Morhenn, Justin Wolf