Patents by Inventor Karen Marie Bell

Karen Marie Bell 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accessing data stored in database of telephone system
    Patent number: 6401090
    Abstract: A telephone switch system is connected digitally to an external computer system operating database software and having access to a digitally stored database of information used by the switch. The switch performs data transactions on the database in the manner of a client. The database engine allows live queries, which automatically update querying clients as pertinent data changes. The database engine also allows query concentration, which caches query results and supplies the cached results to querying clients making identical queries within a prescribed period of time. The database engine further allows batch inserts, which allow a user to add a plurality of records with a single command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Teltronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Mansfield Bailis, Karen Marie Bell, Terry Gregory Svetz, Allen Lee Jackson, Robert Alan Kaplan
  • Use of wizards/experts in a PBX environment
    Patent number: 6307925
    Abstract: Telecommunication equipment is connected to and controlled by a computer which executes software controlling the digital communication between the telecommunication equipment and the computer. Software in the form of a wizard or expert also executes on the computer and acts to simplify the computer user's interaction with the telecommunication equipment and underlying software which controls the telecommunication equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Mansfield Bailis, Karen Marie Bell, Terry Gregory Svetz, Allen Lee Jackson, Robert Alan Kaplan
  • Databases in telecommunications
    Patent number: 5999946
    Abstract: A telephone switch system is connected digitally to an external computer system operating database software and having access to a digitally stored database of information used by the switch. The switch performs data transactions on the database in the manner of a client. The database engine allows live queries, which automatically update querying clients as pertinent data changes. The database engine also allows query concentration, which caches query results and supplies the cached results to querying clients making identical queries within a prescribed period of time. The database engine further allows batch inserts, which allow a user to add a plurality of records with a single command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Mansfield Bailis, Karen Marie Bell, Terry Gregory Svetz, Allen Jackson, Robert Alan Kaplan