Patents by Inventor Erin C. Jackman

Erin C. Jackman 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: 8170947
    Abstract: A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method including receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place the call. Billing numbers for prior calls to the terminating ANI, if any, and corresponding indicia of the times of the calls are retrieved. A determination is made of whether the number of billing numbers used for the current and prior calls to the terminating ANI over a prior period of time falling within a time interval satisfies a threshold. If the threshold is satisfied, a fraud alert is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Dean C. Marchand, Erin C. Jackman
  • Publication number: 20110255676
    Abstract: A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method including receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place the call. Billing numbers for prior calls to the terminating ANI, if any, and corresponding indicia of the times of the calls are retrieved. A determination is made of whether the number of billing numbers used for the current and prior calls to the terminating ANI over a prior period of time falling within a time interval satisfies a threshold. If the threshold is satisfied, a fraud alert is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC
    Inventors: Dean C. Marchand, Erin C. Jackman
  • Patent number: 7236954
    Abstract: A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method including receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place the call. Billing numbers for prior calls to the terminating ANI, if any, and corresponding indicia of the times of the calls are retrieved. A determination is made of whether the number of billing numbers used for the current and prior calls to the terminating ANI over a prior period of time falling within a time interval satisfies a threshold. If the threshold is satisfied, a fraud alert is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Dean C. Marchand, Erin C. Jackman
  • Patent number: 6947532
    Abstract: A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system. The method includes receiving data related to a current call placed from an originating automatic number indicator (ANI), where the received data includes at least the originating ANI, a billing number and an identification code. A threshold number and a time interval corresponding to the identification code for the originating ANI are retrieved, for example, from a memory. In addition, billing numbers for prior calls from the originating ANI, if any, and corresponding indicia of the times of the calls are retrieved. A determination is made of whether the number of billing numbers used for the current and prior calls from the originating ANI over a prior period of time equal to or less than the time interval exceeds the threshold number. If the threshold number is exceeded, a fraud alert is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean C. Marchand, Erin C. Jackman
  • Patent number: 6801607
    Abstract: In a telecommunication network, there is provided a system for monitoring a plurality of telephone calls to a common private branch exchange, PBX) in order to detect fraudulent activity. In particular, fraudulent activity is detected in calls made to and originating from a PBX that uses a common billing number. If fraudulent activity is found, an alert message is provided to a fraud analyst for further review. Call detail records corresponding to each of the calls, are retrieved and stored in a queue. The billing number and a call time associated with each call detail record are analyzed. Each call detail record, billing number and call time is compared with at least one predetermined threshold relating to billing numbers and call times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean C. Marchand, Erin C. Jackman, Ron Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 6570968
    Abstract: A method and device for suppressing threshold alerts in a telecommunication fraud control system is disclosed. Threshold alerts are generated when the count of a certain category of call exceeds a certain threshold. These counts are maintained in relation to particular accounts. A fraud analyst determines whether or not a particular account will have alert suppression enabled, based on the type of account and its history. Once alert suppression is enabled, the count is multiplied by a coefficient before determining whether to issue a threshold alert. If the multiplied count still exceeds the threshold, an alert is generated. If not, no alert is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean C. Marchand, Erin C. Jackman
  • Patent number: 6418212
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting and preventing a fraudulent telephone call in telecommunication system is provided. First, a terminating number of a first call and a originating number of a second call are received from a telecommunication network. The terminating number of the first call is compared with the originating number of the second calls which are originated within a predetermined time period from a termination of the first call. After comparison, it is determined whether the first and the second calls are fraudulent telephone call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: MCI WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna L. Harrison, Erin C. Jackman, Dean Marchand