Patents by Inventor Gregory M. Fisher

Gregory M. Fisher 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: 5848141
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a call processing record that receives a provisioning request including call data, a logic template identifier, and one or more data template identifiers. The logic template and the data templates are identified based on the logic template identifier and the data template identifiers. The templates are accessed and the call data is inserted into call variables in the templates to create a call processing record with multiple blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Beck, Jeffrey R. Evans, Gregory M. Fisher, Donald E. Gillespie, Sary Tauv, Lei-Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 5608789
    Abstract: In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator, a user defined call processing node for a call processing record. The call processing record contains logically related nodes and branches. Initially, the operator instructs the processor that he or she wishes to construct a user defined call processing node. The processor then presents to the operator a display screen in which to construct the user defined call processing node and presents the operator with a list of predefined nodes. From this list, the operator selects predefined nodes and arranges them into an underlying representation of call processing procedures. Once this is completed, the processor enables the underlying representation of call processing procedures as a single node for use in creating call processing records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Fisher, Kathleen D. Cebulka, Susan K. Man, Zaher A. Nazif, Lori J. Vinciguerra
  • Patent number: 5481601
    Abstract: A system for creating, transferring, and monitoring services in a telecommunication system includes a service creation and management application and a service execution application. Services are created as call processing records, each call processing record comprises call processing nodes, branches and call variables. An interface specification is provided which permits the creation and management application to communicate with the execution application at a high level. Call processing records, data, and management information to be exchanged between the creation and management application and the execution application are encoded in accordance with the interface specification to permit the effective and efficient communication between the two applications and to permit the system to activate, monitor, trace, audit, and manage telecommunication services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research Inc.
    Inventors: Zaher A. Nazif, Subramanya K. Shastry, Susan K. K. Man, Edith H. Chu, Francis Y. Chu, Gregory M. Fisher, Mohammad S. Nassirpour
  • Patent number: 5463682
    Abstract: In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator, a user defined call processing node for a call processing record. The call processing record contains logically related nodes and branches. Initially, the operator instructs the processor that he or she wishes to construct a user defined call processing node. The processor then presents to the operator a display screen in which to construct the user defined call processing node and presents the operator with a list of predefined nodes. From this list, the operator selects predefined nodes and arranges them into an underlying representation of call processing procedures. Once this is completed, the processor enables the underlying representation of call processing procedures as a single node for use in creating call processing records.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Fisher, Kathleen D. Cebulka, Susan K. Man, Zaher A. Nazif, Lori J. Vinciguerra
  • Patent number: 5455853
    Abstract: In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator of a record creation system, a template for the creation of call processing services. Each call processing service is represented by a call processing record containing logically related call processing nodes and branches. In the method, a processor in the record creation system displays a selected call processing record to the operator. The operator then identifies which nodes in the call processing record will be made customizable. A customizable node is a node for which subsequent template users can specify predetermined expressions. After the node is selected, the processor displays to the operator all the expressions of the selected node and prompts the operator to identify which of the expressions will be customizable. The operator then identifies which expressions of the selected node will be customizable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen D. Cebulka, Gregory M. Fisher, Susan K. Man, Zaher A. Nazif, Lori J. Vinciguerra
  • Patent number: 5450480
    Abstract: In a telecommunication network, a method of creating, in response to inputs from an operator of a record creation system, a general service specification for a call processing record. The call processing record includes logically related nodes and branches. In the method, a processor in the record creation system prompts the operator to identify at least one optional node, at least one required node, and at least one restricted node from a node set presented to the operator. Optional nodes are nodes which may appear in a call processing record associated with the general service specification; required nodes must appear in the call processing record associated with the general service specification; and restricted nodes cannot appear in the call processing record associated with the general service specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Susan K. Man, Kathleen D. Cebulka, Gregory M. Fisher, Jill E. Lancaster
  • Patent number: 5442690
    Abstract: A call processing record for execution in a telephone service execution environment of a telecommunication network. The call processing record includes a record header which associates the call processing record with one or more corresponding telephone service subscribers. The call processing record further includes one or more call processing logic sections, one or more local data sections, one or more entry points, and a global data section. The local data sections are associated with an entry point in a corresponding logic section and store data executable only by the associated call processing logic. The entry point identifies the associated call processing logic section. The global data section includes data executable by each of the call processing logic sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Zaher A. Nazif, Kathleen D. Cebulka, Francis Y. Chu, Gregory M. Fisher, Jill E. Lancaster, Susan K. Man, Subramanya K. Shastry, Lori J. Vinciguerra, Lei-Lei C. Wang