Patents by Inventor Marcus Eugene Stinson

Marcus Eugene Stinson 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: 6324272
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are illustrated which provide for calling party number determination and manipulation, utilizing digit analysis. One of the switch embodiments includes a network interface, a memory, and a processor. The network interface receives an incoming message having a received calling party number and transmits an outgoing message. The memory stores, as a database module, a plurality of digit trees for digit analysis and a plurality of available manipulations. The processor includes instructions to perform digit analysis of the received calling party number to determine a pattern match and to determine a selected manipulation of the plurality of available manipulations, and to perform the selected manipulation on the received calling party number to form a modified calling party number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Husam A. M. Abu-Shukhaidem, James L. Carter, Todd Cartwright Morgan, Lei Qian, Marcus Eugene Stinson