Patents by Inventor James Michael Hargrove

James Michael Hargrove 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).

  • Failure response procedure and system
    Patent number: 6757357
    Abstract: A failure response method is provided. The method includes preparing a bridge having an address of a telecommunication system for common access by a predetermined group of resources, sending an alpha communication communicating the telecommunication system address to the predetermined group of resources, coordinating the resources through the bridge to correct the failure, and sending a final message to the predetermined group of resources by the telecommunication system when the failure has been corrected. A failure response system is also provided. The failure response system includes a storage device containing contact data for a predetermined group of resources to be utilized when responding to a failure and an address of a telecommunication system for common access by the predetermined group of resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald L. Horton, Arthur E. Finch, Donald L. Pickens, Michael D. Gaines, Lawrence T. Keaton, James Michael Hargrove, Everett Glen Shull, Carl E. Moering, William Stogner