Patents by Inventor Mark Zekra

Mark Zekra 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: 7734030
    Abstract: Telephone numbering data comprising an NPA code associated with an NXX code that is associated with a rate center identifier is received at a dial plan instruction writer. Local call data relative to a home rate center is also received. The local call data determine whether a call originating in the home rate center is charged as a local call, a toll call, or a long distance call. Routing rules to be applied to a called telephone number originating from the home rate center are determined based on the telephone numbering data and the local call data. Instructions executable by the telephone switch that implement the routing rules are generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Time Warner Cable Inc.
    Inventors: John Pfaff, James Medica, Dipesh J. Modi, Stephen V. Minshew, Kevin Borror, Mark Zekra
  • Publication number: 20060291643
    Abstract: Telephone numbering comprising an NPA code associated with an NXX code that is associated with a rate center identifier is received at a dial plan instruction writer. Local call data relative to a home rate center is also received. The local call data determine whether a call originating in the home rate center is charged as local call, a toll call, or a long distance call. Routing rules to be applied to a called telephone number originating from the home rate center are determined based on the telephone numbering data and the local call data. Instructions executable by the telephone switch that implement the routing rules are generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: John Pfaff, James Medica, Dipesh Modi, Stephen Minshew, Kevin Borror, Mark Zekra