Patents by Inventor Michael A. Griffiths

Michael A. Griffiths 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: 7349530
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for providing a usage pattern for a customer of an intelligently-switched telecommunications system. The usage pattern provides historical information concerning the customer's use of the telecommunications system. One embodiment includes communicating either with the telecommunications system or with a data network and receiving a query for the customer's usage pattern. The query could originate from the customer using a computer device operating on the data network or from the customer using a telephonic/wireless device operating on the telecommunications system. The usage pattern is acquired from either a service control point operating on the telecommunications system or a database operating on the data network. The usage pattern is then communicated to the customer along either the data network or the telecommunications system, whereby the customer uses the computer device, or the telephonic/wireless device, to access the usage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Griffiths
  • Patent number: 6937710
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for providing a usage pattern for a customer of an intelligently-switched telecommunications system. The usage pattern provides historical information concerning the customer's use of the telecommunications system. One embodiment includes communicating either with the telecommunications system or with a data network and receiving a query for the customer's usage pattern. The query could originate from the customer using a computer device operating on the data network or from the customer using a telephonic/wireless device operating on the telecommunications system. The usage pattern is acquired from either a service control point operating on the telecommunications system or a database operating on the data network. The usage pattern is then communicated to the customer along either the data network or the telecommunications system, whereby the customer uses the computer device, or the telephonic/wireless device, to access the usage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: Michael A. Griffiths
  • Patent number: 6771947
    Abstract: A call administration service for processing incoming calls during service activation times. One embodiment permits a subscriber to provision the administration service using configuration files, which provide the capability to establish flexible scenarios for the allowance, denial and routing of incoming calls. The present invention automatically routes authorized incoming calls, and permits unauthorized incoming calls to be routed in accordance with a caller's interactive responses. An embodiment provides multiple methods for interacting with the system, including file and speech input of subscriber provisioning information, and speech input of caller interactive responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventor: Michael A. Griffiths
  • Publication number: 20020186827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a call administration service for processing incoming calls during service activation times. One embodiment permits a subscriber to provision the call administration service using configuration files, which provide the capability to establish flexible scenarios for the allowance, denial and routing of incoming calls. The present invention automatically routes authorized incoming calls, and permits unauthorized incoming calls to be routed in accordance with a caller's interactive responses. An embodiment of the present invention provides multiple methods for interacting with the system, including file and speech input of subscriber provisioning information, and speech input of caller interactive responses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Michael A. Griffiths