Patents by Inventor Theodore W. Watler
Theodore W. Watler 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).
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Patent number: 7373136Abstract: A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a communication session. The monitoring of such events is accomplished by a data rating application which resides on the wireless device. By monitoring such events, the data rating application is then able to rate the communication session using a number of rating options. The rating option selected includes both how to meter the data transmitted during a data communication session and determine the rate to be applied to each metered increment. Examples of methods used to meter the data include time and volume. Different rating options which can be used to rate the communication session include, for example, application, data utilization, source of data, class of service, quality of service and transmission efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2001Date of Patent: May 13, 2008Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Theodore W. Watler, Jerry Hanley
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Patent number: 6836655Abstract: An interlink receiver system and receiver unit for remote encoding wireless phone units including a host computer that communicates with the interlink receiver unit over telephone lines or airways to encode wireless phone units with the key code for authentication of the phone unit and encryption of communications from the phone unit during use, the interlink receiver unit connecting to the host computer for data exchange and controlling the encoding of a connected phone unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2000Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Theodore W. Watler, Travis Melchin McGregor, Donald Scott McGregor, Christopher M. McGregor
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Patent number: 6725031Abstract: A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. According to an exemplary aspect of the method, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a communication session. The monitoring of such events is accomplished by a data rating application which resides on the wireless device. By monitoring such events, the data rating application is then able to rate the communication session using a number of rating methods. The rating method selected includes both how to meter the data transmitted during a data communication session and determine the rate to be applied to each metered increment. Examples of methods used to meter the data include time and volume. Different rating methods which can be used to rate the communication session include, for example, application, data utilization, source of data, data type, class of service, quality of service and transmission efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2001Date of Patent: April 20, 2004Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Theodore W. Watler, Kenin Spivak, S. Robert Pye, Jerry Hanley
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Publication number: 20040009760Abstract: A method facilitates provisioning of pre paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over the air. The device uses tariff tables to keep track of a call's impact on available credit. The tariff tables are updatable at the service provider's discretion using SMS messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Telemac CorporationInventors: Bernard T. Laybourn, Theodore W. Watler
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Patent number: 6625439Abstract: A method facilitates provisioning of pre paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over the air. The device uses tariff tables to keep track of a call's impact on available credit. The tariff tables are updatable at the service provider's discretion using SMS messages.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Bernard T. Laybourn, Theodore W. Watler
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Publication number: 20030008634Abstract: A method facilitates provisioning of pre paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over the air. The device uses tariff tables to keep track of a call's impact on available credit. The tariff tables are updatable at the service provider's discretion using SMS messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Applicant: Telemac CorporationInventors: Bernard T. Laybourn, Theodore W. Watler
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Publication number: 20020177429Abstract: A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. According to an exemplary aspect of the method, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a communication session. The monitoring of such events is accomplished by a data rating application which resides on the wireless device. By monitoring such events, the data rating application is then able to rate the communication session using a number of rating methods. The rating method selected includes both how to meter the data transmitted during a data communication session and determine the rate to be applied to each metered increment. Examples of methods used to meter the data include time and volume. Different rating methods which can be used to rate the communication session include, for example, application, data utilization, source of data, data type, class of service, quality of service and transmission efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Inventors: Theodore W. Watler, Kenin Spivak, S. Robert Pye, Jerry Hanley
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Patent number: 6480710Abstract: A method facilitates provisioning of pre-paid wireless services. Credit refresh operations involving a pre-paid wireless communication device involve SMS messages transmitted to the device over-the-air. The device uses tariff tables to keep track of a calls impact on available credit. The tariff tables are updatable at the service provider's discretion using SMS messages.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: November 12, 2002Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Bernard Thomas Laybourn, Theodore W. Watler
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Patent number: 6424827Abstract: An interlink receiver system and receiver unit for remote encoding wireless phone units including a host computer that communicates with the interlink receiver unit over telephone lines or airways to encode wireless phone units with the key code for authentication of the phone unit and encryption of communications from the phone unit during use, the interlink receiver unit connecting to the host computer for data exchange and controlling the encoding of a connected phone unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2000Date of Patent: July 23, 2002Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Travis Melchin McGregor, Donald Scott McGregor, Theodore W. Watler
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Publication number: 20020022471Abstract: A method and system for rating a data communication session between a network and a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method monitors a series of events, namely, a setup event, a begin event and an end event, which take place during a communication session. The monitoring of such events is accomplished by a data rating application which resides on the wireless device. By monitoring such events, the data rating application is then able to rate the communication session using a number of rating options. The rating option selected includes both how to meter the data transmitted during a data communication session and determine the rate to be applied to each metered increment. Examples of methods used to meter the data include time and volume. Different rating options which can be used to rate the communication session include, for example, application, data utilization, source of data, class of service, quality of service and transmission efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2001Publication date: February 21, 2002Applicant: Telemac CorporationInventors: Theodore W. Watler, Jerry Hanley
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Patent number: 6138004Abstract: An interlink receiver system and receiver unit for remote encoding wireless phone units including a host computer that communicates with the interlink receiver unit over telephone lines or airways to encode wireless phone units with the key code for authentication of the phone unit and encryption of communications from the phone unit during use, the interlink receiver unit connecting to the host computer for data exchange and controlling the encoding of a connected phone unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1997Date of Patent: October 24, 2000Assignee: Telemac CorporationInventors: Travis Melchin McGregor, Donald Scott McGregor, Theodore W. Watler