Patents by Inventor Theodore R. Abbott

Theodore R. Abbott 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).

  • Calling party number selection for outbound calls
    Patent number: 9398148
    Abstract: A call center maintains various pools of telephone numbers, where each telephone number pool comprises a plurality of telephone numbers in a geographic area. A call originating to a called number uses a calling telephone number that is selected from one of a plurality of telephone number pools based on the area designated by the called number. An index value is used to select the telephone number from the selected telephone number pool. The selected telephone number is used to as a calling telephone number when originating a call to the called party.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: NOBLE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ellwood I. Neuer, III, Ruby A. Fields, Juderic Trinidad, Karl H. Koster, Theodore R. Abbott