Patents by Inventor Mark Dierbeck

Mark Dierbeck 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).

  • System, method and article of manufacture for time point validation
    Patent number: 5987633
    Abstract: A system software solution for testing various network elements/entities and processes in a telecommunications network is provided. A network under test contains network entities which save data to a common database that is associated with processing particular test cases. A server correlates database data from the network under test and compares it to anticipated test case results. A disposition of the test cases is determined. Various elements of the invention interface appropriately, and process accordingly, to accomplish the testing and test result(s) disposition. In addition, the test system provides a means to verify billing records within the telecommunications network. Integrated into the system is logic that captures timepoints associated with critical events in a phone call from a test application perspective (particularly the events important to correct billing) and comparing those timepoints with actual results from the tested network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Newman, Brian Badger, Eugene Williams, Chris Fry, Mark Dierbeck
  • System method and article of manufacture for test operations
    Patent number: 5978940
    Abstract: A system software solution for testing various network elements/entities and processes in a telecommunications network is provided. A network under test contains network entities which save data to a common database that is associated with processing particular test cases. A server correlates database data from the network under test and compares it to anticipated test case results. A disposition of the test cases is determined. Various elements of the invention interface appropriately, and process accordingly, to accomplish the testing and test result(s) disposition. In addition, the test system provides a means to verify billing records within the telecommunications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Newman, Brian Badger, Eugene Williams, Chris Fry, Mark Dierbeck