Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Hines, III

Thomas E. Hines, III 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: 8805794
    Abstract: Media are provided for performing a method of auditing data associated with a wireless telecommunications network. The method includes determining whether or not to audit data associated with a given sector in a wireless coverage area in a wireless telecommunications network based off of either a sector exclusion/inclusion list or a field in a database. The method also includes comparing attributes of sectors to be audited across network elements to determine if any data inconsistencies exit. Finally, the method presents any data inconsistencies of audited sectors to a user. In an alternate embodiment, all sectors could be audited, and certain sectors could be denoted on an audit report as to indicate that this sector already has known inconsistencies or is out of service to prevent confusion and further errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Hines, III, Bonny R. Angell, Victoria L. Zeller, Sharon Walker, Mark S. Freiermuth, Jeanna M. Green, Hilah A. Rozier