Patents by Inventor Sharon K. Walker

Sharon K. Walker 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).

  • Emergency call service termination
    Patent number: 8060056
    Abstract: A communication network comprises a device configured to place a call for an emergency service, a call processing system in communication with the device and configured to receive and process the call to route the call to a public service answering point (PSAP), initiate a location determination process, and terminate the call, and a location provisioning system configured to execute the location determination process to determine the location of the device, wherein the location provisioning system comprises a plurality of sub systems, and wherein the call processing system communicates with only a first sub system of the plurality of sub systems to initiate the location determination process and communicates with the first sub system and a second sub system of the plurality of sub systems to terminate the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Hines, III, Hilah A. Rozier, Sharon K. Walker, Mark S. Freiermuth, Victoria L. Zeller