Patents by Inventor Lauran F. Dean

Lauran F. Dean 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).

  • Invalid mobile telephone call terminating system and method
    Patent number: 6173173
    Abstract: An invalid mobile telephone call made within the service area of a vendor monitored by a vendor computer is detected by RF fingerprinting or the like results in transmission of a kill-call command over a TCP/IP network to a kill-call server that is interfaced with a mobile service center through a data link interface. The kill-call server determines whether the kill-call command is valid and, if so, then it transmits a message tear down request over the data link interface to an executive cellular processor which, if the kill-call capability is active, conveys a call termination message to the associated administrative call processing database node to effect the call termination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauran F. Dean, David A. Jones, Michael Marcovici