Patents by Inventor James Thomas Miller

James Thomas Miller 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: 7708190
    Abstract: A payment card transaction notification and authorization system provides a notification message to a payment card holder of an attempted transaction using his/her payment card. The system provides multiple options for the payment card holder to decline authorization of the attempted transaction. The multiple options comprise a first option for the payment card holder to decline authorization of an undesirable but non-fraudulent transaction, and a second option for the payment card holder to decline authorization of a fraudulent transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, James Thomas Miller
  • Patent number: 7593396
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for reviewing and updating a subscriber's telecommunications services using a graphical user interface via multiple data networks. A data message is received at an intelligent peripheral from the graphical user interface via at least one of the data networks. The data message indicates a subscriber's desired update to a selected service. The data message is converted into a protocol compatible with a service control point. The converted data message is identical to a data message that the intelligent peripheral would create if the subscriber had entered the desired update via an interactive voice response system. The converted data message is transmitted to the service control point, which updates the service in accordance with the subscriber's update. Thus, the service is updated substantially contemporaneously with the request. Moreover, the subscriber retains the ability to update and review service data via the interactive voice response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Bhandari, Xiaolian Bi, Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Christine Mary Hartman, Alexander Lisheng Huang, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller, Jeffrey L. Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20080228736
    Abstract: Access is provided to network connection data for a user terminal. A query based on a request from a communications device to access the network connection data is received over a first network. The network connection data corresponding to the request is retrieved from a database based on the query. The database is populated with the network connection data and interfaces with a second network over which network connections are established with the user terminal. The network connection data retrieved from the database is forwarded for display at the communications device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicants: AT&T Services, Inc., AT&T LABS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis BRANDT, Bojana MAMUZIC, James Thomas MILLER, Stephen Mark MUELLER
  • Patent number: 7369651
    Abstract: Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the query and forwards call data to an interface server in response to the query. The switch continues to process the telephone call after querying the service controller. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database based on at least the received call data. An outgoing call log database receives and stores the call data and the additional information from the interface server as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data from the outgoing call log database, in response to a query from a web client, and displays the outgoing call log data at the web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: AT&T Labs, Inc., AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Bojana Mamuzic, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller
  • Patent number: 7187760
    Abstract: Outgoing call log data associated with a call from a subscriber's terminal is provided by a system including a switch, which receives the call from the subscriber's terminal and launches a query in response to the call, and a service controller, which receives the query and forwards call data to an interface server in response to the query. The switch continues to process the telephone call after querying the service controller. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database based on at least the received call data. An outgoing call log database receives and stores the call data and the additional information from the interface server as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data from the outgoing call log database, in response to a query from a web client, and displays the outgoing call log data at the web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignees: AT&T Labs, Inc., AT&T Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Bojana Mamuzic, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller
  • Patent number: 6904137
    Abstract: A system and a method store, display and report outgoing call log data associated with telephone calls from a subscriber's telephone. The system includes a switch in one network that receives a telephone call from the subscriber's telephone and launches a query in response to an AIN trigger to a service control point. In response, the service control point forwards associated call data to an interface server in another network via a generic data interface. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database and sends the call data and the additional information to an outgoing call log database, which stores the call data and the additional information as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data and displays it to the subscriber at a web client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignees: SBC Technology Resources, Inc., SBC Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Bojana Mamuzic, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller
  • Patent number: 6891940
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for reviewing and updating a subscriber's telecommunications services, including a Caller ID service, using a graphical user interface via multiple data networks. The method includes presenting service data to the subscriber via the data networks and transmitting a data message from the subscriber to an intelligent peripheral via at least one of the data networks. The data message indicates a subscriber's desired update to a selected telecommunications service. The method also includes converting the data message into a protocol compatible with an integrated service control point. The converted data message is identical to a data message that the intelligent peripheral would create if the subscriber had entered the desired update via an interactive voice response system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: SBC Technology Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Bhandari, Xiaolian Bi, Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Alexander Lisheng Huang, Jeffrey Paul Johnson, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller, Jeffrey L. Scruggs
  • Publication number: 20030026413
    Abstract: A system and a method store, display and report outgoing call log data associated with telephone calls from a subscriber's telephone. The system includes a switch in one network that receives a telephone call from the subscriber's telephone and launches a query in response to an AIN trigger to a service control point. In response, the service control point forwards associated call data to an interface server in another network via a generic data interface. The interface server obtains additional information from a directory database and sends the call data and the additional information to an outgoing call log database, which stores the call data and the additional information as the outgoing call log data. A web server retrieves the outgoing call log data and displays it to the subscriber at a web client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: SBC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Bojana Mamuzic, James Thomas Miller, Stephen Mark Mueller
  • Publication number: 20020076007
    Abstract: A telephone system which includes voice mail screening is disclosed. The telephone system includes a switching system for receiving a call from a calling party. The system also includes a voice mailbox which is coupled to the switching system if the called party does not answer the call. The system further includes a telephone for receiving the call from the calling party. The telephone is capable of screening the calling party when the calling party is coupled to the voice mailbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Elizabeth Goldwyn Gibson, James Thomas Miller, William Eisenloeffel