Patents by Inventor Oral A. Christie

Oral A. Christie 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).

  • Integrated wireless/wireline registration
    Patent number: 7894814
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for routing telephone calls directed to a wireless unit located in the wireless network to a landline device located in the landline network. The system utilizes a location register in the form of a service control point (SCP) located in the landline network to store certain information pertaining to landline numbers and respective routing numbers associated with landline devices. The SCP is functionally coupled to a Visitors' Location Register (VLR) as well as to a landline network element that facilitates the routing of communications to both landline devices and over to the MTSO and its associated Home Location Register (HLR) in the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Yu, Douglas B. Alston, Oral A. Christie
  • Integrated Wireless/Wireline Registration
    Publication number: 20100297987
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for routing telephone calls directed to a wireless unit located in the wireless network to a landline device located in the landline network. The system utilizes a location register in the form of a service control point (SCP) located in the landline network to store certain information pertaining to landline numbers and respective routing numbers associated with landline devices. The SCP is functionally coupled to a Visitors' Location Register (VLR) as well as to a landline network element that facilitates the routing of communications to both landline devices and over to the MTSO and its associated Home Location Register (HLR) in the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Christopher C. Yu, Douglas B. Alston, Oral A. Christie
  • Integrated wireless/wireline registration
    Patent number: 7796989
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for routing telephone calls directed to a wireless unit located in the wireless network to a landline device located in the landline network. The system utilizes a location register in the form of a service control point (SCP) located in the landline network to store certain information pertaining to landline numbers and respective routing numbers associated with landline devices. The SCP is functionally coupled to a Visitors' Location Register (VLR) as well as to a landline network element that facilitates the routing of communications to both landline devices and over to the MTSO and its associated Home Location Register (HLR) in the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Yu, Douglas B. Alston, Oral A. Christie
  • Integrated wireless/wireline registration
    Publication number: 20070274287
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for routing telephone calls directed to a wireless unit located in the wireless network to a landline device located in the landline network. The system utilizes a location register in the form of a service control point (SCP) located in the landline network to store certain information pertaining to landline numbers and respective routing numbers associated with landline devices. The SCP is functionally coupled to a Visitors' Location Register (VLR) as well as to a landline network element that facilitates the routing of communications to both landline devices and over to the MTSO and its associated Home Location Register (HLR) in the wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Christopher Yu, Douglas Alston, Oral Christie
  • Integrated wireless/wireline registration
    Patent number: 7130628
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented in which a routing number for telecommunication environments are stored in both a wireless network and a landline network. By storing the routing number at both the wireless network and the landline network, a “tromboning” effect is reduced, thereby providing greater efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Yu, Douglas B. Alston, Oral A. Christie
  • Integrated wireless/wireline registration
    Publication number: 20040005891
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented in which a routing number for telecommunication environments are stored in both a wireless network and a landline network. By storing the routing number at both the wireless network and the landline network, a “tromboning” effect is reduced, thereby providing greater efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Christopher C. Yu, Douglas B. Alston, Oral A. Christie
  • Integrated wireless/wireline registration
    Patent number: 6628947
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for routing telephone calls directed to a wireless unit located in the wireless network to a landline device located in the landline network. The system utilizes a location register in the form of a service control point (SCP) located in the landline network to store certain information pertaining to landline numbers and respective routing numbers associated with landline devices. The SCP is functionally coupled to a Visitors' Location Register (VLR) as well as to a landline network element that facilitates the routing of communications to both landline devices and over to the MTSO and its associated Home Location Register (HLR) in the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Yu, Douglas B. Alston, Oral A. Christie