Patents by Inventor Sherman LaCost

Sherman LaCost 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).

  • Patent number: 6453317
    Abstract: A system and corresponding method for storing and delivering customer information. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing customer information including contact information, network addressing information, and engineering and customer service information related to at least one network service customer to whom network services are provided by a network service provider. The system and method also include and involve a network access system that is coupled to the data storage system via at least one data communications link and which is configured to provide access to at least one user to permit such user(s) to retrieve the customer information from the data storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherman LaCost, Kenneth Presser, Charles Edward Jones, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6389426
    Abstract: System and method for managing the collection, trending, and tracking of trouble ticket data within a data processing environment. The system and method include and involve a central data storage facility for storing trouble ticket data including archival type data corresponding to customer support requests and inquiries according to a common data storage scheme, and a plurality of data processing systems coupled to the central data storage facility via a network system, etc. Each data processing system of the plurality of data processing systems is configured to facilitate collection, trending, and tracking processes related to the trouble ticket data stored in the central data storage facility via a graphical user interface configured in accordance with the common data storage scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Turnbull, Sherman LaCost, Jeffrey Coburn