Patents by Inventor Larry Trent Larson

Larry Trent Larson 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: 10586233
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for authenticating a customer in an online transaction. In one embodiment, a method includes initiating, in conjunction with an online transaction, an authentication query via a communication device associated with a customer in the online transaction, receiving customer authentication data from the communication device, sending the customer authentication data to a third-party authentication server to authenticate the customer using the customer authentication data, receiving a determination from the third-party authentication server whether the customer is authenticated, and allowing the online transaction to proceed in response to receiving the determination that the customer is authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Trent Larson, Chad Lynn Brockman, April Lynn Peek, Eric A. Grun, Kenneth A. Marr
  • Patent number: 9661141
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a system for managing agent login to multiple bridges are provided. The method comprises reserving at least one bridge for at least one agent, creating a first queue for the at least one bridge, the first queue comprising the at least one agent, monitoring efficiency of the at least one bridge, determining if a need for a first bridge of the at least one bridge is high, creating a second queue for the first bridge of the at least one bridge if the need for the first bridge of the at least one bridge is high, assigning at least one agent from the first queue to the second queue, and moving the at least one agent up in the second queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ALORICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Cordell, Kevin Peter Pierson, Larry Trent Larson, Timothy Wayne Starbuck, James Kevin Andrews, Anthony Mathew Stach
  • Patent number: 9619826
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for authenticating a customer in an online transaction. In one embodiment, a method includes initiating, in conjunction with an online transaction, an authentication query via a communication device associated with a customer in the online transaction, receiving customer authentication data from the communication device, sending the customer authentication data to a third-party authentication server to authenticate the customer using the customer authentication data, receiving a determination from the third-party authentication server whether the customer is authenticated, and allowing the online transaction to proceed in response to receiving the determination that the customer is authenticated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Larry Trent Larson, Chad Lynn Brockman, April Lynn Peek, Eric A Grun, Kenneth A Marr
  • Patent number: 9258181
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium, and a system for managing agent login to multiple bridges are provided. The method comprises reserving at least one bridge for at least one agent, creating a first queue for the at least one bridge, the first queue comprising the at least one agent, monitoring efficiency of the at least one bridge, determining if a need for a first bridge of the at least one bridge is high, creating a second queue for the first bridge of the at least one bridge if the need for the first bridge of the at least one bridge is high, assigning at least one agent from the first queue to the second queue, and moving the at least one agent up in the second queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ALORICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Cordell, Kevin Peter Pierson, Larry Trent Larson, Timothy Wayne Starbuck, James Kevin Andrews, Anthony Mathew Stach
  • Patent number: 8990908
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system of multi-domain login and messaging are provided. The method for multi-domain login comprises inputting a local password by an agent, accessing a password vault with the local password, and retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault, and logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password. The method for multi-domain messaging comprises retrieving information of an agent from a database, retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information, retrieving a message linked to the at least one skill group, and sending the message to the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Cordell, Larry Trent Larson, Michael S. Fecci, Raymond Onslow Morris, Kevin Peter Pierson
  • Patent number: 8615791
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system of multi-domain login and messaging are provided. The method for multi-domain login comprises inputting a local password by an agent, accessing a password vault with the local password, and retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault, and logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password. The method for multi-domain messaging comprises retrieving information of an agent from a database, retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information, retrieving a message linked to the at least one skill group, and sending the message to the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Cordell, Larry Trent Larson, Michael S Fecci, Raymond Onslow Morris, Kevin Peter Pierson
  • Patent number: 8079066
    Abstract: A method, a computer readable medium and a system of multi-domain login and messaging are provided. The method for multi-domain login comprises inputting a local password by an agent, accessing a password vault with the local password, and retrieving at least one hidden password from the password vault, and logging the agent into at least one agent application using the at least one hidden password. The method for multi-domain messaging comprises retrieving information of an agent from a database, retrieving at least one skill group to which the agent belongs from the information, retrieving a message linked to the at least one skill group, and sending the message to the agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey William Cordell, Larry Trent Larson, Michael S. Fecci, Raymond Onslow Morris, Kevin Peter Pierson