Patents by Inventor Michelle Kust Yeager

Michelle Kust Yeager 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).

  • Communication of alarm information within a telecommunication switching system
    Patent number: 5936942
    Abstract: It is important to report alarm signals rapidly and reliably to the master control units responsible for automatically responding to these alarm signals. Advantageously this is accomplished by transmitting the alarm signals through a switching network of a telecommunications switch, using auxiliary signaling bits provided with each time slot that is switched through the network. The alarm signals are encoded in groups of eight, using one bit of each of eight related time slots to provide an alarm signal within one frame of a digital transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin John McNeley, Douglas Walter Sturm, Michelle Kust Yeager