Patents by Inventor Michelle L. Mitchell

Michelle L. Mitchell 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 and method for called party controlled message delivery
    Patent number: 8180028
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods which allow a calling party to store messages for a called party even if the called party does not already have message storage facilities, provided the calling party and/or called party meet certain parameters. Delivery of the message is controlled by the called party and may require the called party to agree to pay for the message delivery service. In a further embodiment, a call processing system is operable to screen outgoing calls from various callers according to a first set of criteria and if a call is not completed to a called party a second set of criteria is used to determine if a message can be stored awaiting retrieval by the called party. If desired, a return message from a called party to a calling party can be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Securus Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Falcone, Randy Hoffman, John J. Viola, Michelle L. Mitchell, Robert Mudd
  • System and method for called party controlled message delivery
    Patent number: 7561680
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods which allow a calling party to store messages for a called party even if the called party does not already have message storage facilities, provided the calling party and/or called party meet certain parameters. Delivery of the message is controlled by the called party and may require the called party to agree to pay for the message delivery service. In a further embodiment, a call processing system is operable to screen outgoing calls from various callers according to a first set of criteria and if a call is not completed to a called party a second set of criteria is used to determine if a message can be stored awaiting retrieval by the called party. If desired, a return message from a called party to a calling party can be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Evercom Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Falcone, Randy Hoffman, John J. Viola, Michelle L. Mitchell, Robert Mudd