Patents by Inventor Gary M. Sacra

Gary M. Sacra 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).

  • System connection adapter and terminal
    Patent number: 6999576
    Abstract: Existing switch markings for telephone numbers are mechanically manipulated via the Recent Change channel to provide an appropriate treatment. In case a call to a vacant pooled-in number cannot be completed, a terminating switch, instead of generating a REL message with a Cause Code 26 and tearing down the call, connects the call to an Operations Support System that provides a predetermined announcement to a calling party. Calls directed toward numbers that are ported-out are placed on a Machine Intercept, which results in sending a cause code 26 to an originating switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventor: Gary M. Sacra
  • OSS-based solution to the cause code 26 problem
    Publication number: 20040096048
    Abstract: Existing switch markings for telephone numbers are mechanically manipulated via the Recent Change channel to provide an appropriate treatment. In case a call to a vacant pooled-in number cannot be completed, a terminating switch, instead of generating a REL message with a Cause Code 26 and tearing down the call, connects the call to an Operations Support System that provides a predetermined announcement to a calling party. Calls directed toward numbers that are ported-out are placed on a Machine Intercept, which results in sending a cause code 26 to an originating switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventor: Gary M. Sacra