Patents by Inventor Paul D. Swardstrom

Paul D. Swardstrom 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).

  • Packet telephony gateway for hearing impaired relay services
    Patent number: 6625259
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for relaying text between a hearing impaired person and a third party through the public switched telephone network. The method includes the steps of converting the text between a multifrequency textual format on the public switched telephone network and a packet format on a local area network and exchanging the text with the hearing impaired person through the local area network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Electronic Commerce Corp.
    Inventors: Michael C. Hollatz, Paul D. Swardstrom
  • Bus interface for automatic call distributor
    Patent number: 6574330
    Abstract: An automatic call distribution system includes an automatic call distribution network, a plurality of network terminations interconnectable with the automatic call distribution network using a first bus protocol, and an interface which is interconnectable with one of the first network terminations using the first bus protocol. The interface is operable for interfacing between the first bus protocol and a second bus protocol different than the first bus protocol, and a network termination functional module is interconnectable with the interface using the second bus protocol. An automatic call distributor interconnectable with a network termination using a first bus protocol is used by a method that includes the steps of coupling a bus converter with the network termination using the first bus protocol and coupling a network termination functional module with the bus converter using a second bus protocol different than the first bus protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Science Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel F. Baker, Paul D. Swardstrom, Steven T. DeLong
  • Periodic process timer
    Patent number: 6385637
    Abstract: A periodic process timer is incorporated into a multi-tasking operating system of an automatic call distributor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Rockwell Science Center, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Peters, Paul D. Swardstrom, William W. Parker
  • Method of structuring a database of a control system for access by third party software
    Patent number: 5933828
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for structuring a database of an automatic control system for common access by a third party software application and an automatic control system application of the automatic control system the database being generated using a set of database modeling tools. The method includes the steps of defining a set of parameters for the database and implementing the database for the set of parameters under a standard query language using the modeling tools. The method further includes the steps of generating a set of database headers using the modeling tools; and compiling an object code for the automatic control system application and third party software application using the database headers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Inventors: Robert T. Eitel, Paul D. Swardstrom