Patents by Inventor Mitchell McIntosh

Mitchell McIntosh 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for indexing and rapidly searching data records
    Publication number: 20060093109
    Abstract: One method involves receiving a search request that includes a date and phone number. A master index file is searched for the phone number. The master index file includes phone numbers associated with calls that occurred on the date in the search request. The master index file also includes the location of the first index record for the phone number in an index file. The index file includes an index record for each call record. Each index record includes a phone number from a call record and the location of the call record. In response to locating the phone number in the master index file, the index file is searched for each index record with the phone number. In response to locating an index record with the phone number, the call record associated with that index record is retrieved. A search result including each call record retrieved is returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Applicant: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Van Natter, Ronald Proctor, Mitchell McIntosh
  • Methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums for indexing and rapidly searching data records
    Patent number: 6987845
    Abstract: One method involves receiving a search request that includes a date and phone number. A master index file is searched for the phone number. The master index file includes phone numbers associated with calls that occurred on the date in the search request. The master index file also includes the location of the first index record for the phone number in an index file. The index file includes an index record for each call record. Each index record includes a phone number from a call record and the location of the call record. In response to locating the phone number in the master index file, the index file is searched for each index record with the phone number. In response to locating an index record with the phone number, the call record associated with that index record is retrieved. A search result including each call record retrieved is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Van Natter, Ronald Proctor, Mitchell McIntosh