Patents by Inventor Merle F. Compton

Merle F. Compton 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: 4924491
    Abstract: An emergency call service system, such as an E911 system, provides service system personnel with the addresses of abandoned calls to facilitate abandoned call follow-up. When a call comes in to a "911" ANI controller (21), the calling number is recorded. If the call is abandoned prior to being assigned by ACD 23 to an agent position (27-28) for being answered, an abandoned call ALI function (25) is invoked to obtain information pertaining to the calling number from a database (20), similarly to a non-abandoned call. When obtained, the information is displayed on equipment (29) such as a printer, terminal, or PC, to make it available to system personnel for use in following up on the call. The ANI controller serves both "911" emergency calls and emergency call-handling agents as well as other calls and other users, by switching the emergency calls to the agents and switching the other calls to the other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
    Inventors: Merle F. Compton, Vincent D. Vanacore, Brian W. Walsh