Patents by Inventor Rachel S. Downtain

Rachel S. Downtain 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 enabling short message services between wireless and wireline communication systems
    Patent number: 8046011
    Abstract: A computing system configured to receive an SMS message generated by a wireless device and include an indicia of an address, such as a telephone number, associated with a destination wireline device (e.g., telephone). The computing system may be configured to access a database located on a network and to store parameters defining type and usage of blocks of address identifiers (e.g., NPA-NXX block of telephone numbers). The computing system may further be configured to determine whether type and usage parameters associated with the destination wireline device are within a block of address identifiers defined to share communications between wireless and wireline networks. The computing system may further route the SMS message to the destination wireline device in response to determining that the type and usage parameters enable sharing between wireless and wireline networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Embarq Holdings Company, LLC
    Inventors: Blaine E. Smith, Rachel S. Downtain, Robert J. Morrill
  • System and method for enabling short message services between wireless and wireline communication systems
    Publication number: 20080233982
    Abstract: A computing system configured to receive an SMS message generated by a wireless device and include an indicia of an address, such as a telephone number, associated with a destination wireline device (e.g., telephone). The computing system may be configured to access a database located on a network and to store parameters defining type and usage of blocks of address identifiers (e.g., NPA-NXX block of telephone numbers). The computing system may further be configured to determine whether type and usage parameters associated with the destination wireline device are within a block of address identifiers defined to share communications between wireless and wireline networks. The computing system may further route the SMS message to the destination wireline device in response to determining that the type and usage parameters enable sharing between wireless and wireline networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Blaine E. Smith, Rachel S. Downtain, Robert J. Morrill