Patents by Inventor Thomas Prange

Thomas Prange 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing network outage information
    Patent number: 7912183
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, user devices and computer program products for providing network status information. Methods include receiving alarm data for an event from a plurality of sources. The alarm data includes a plurality of alarm records each including a site identifier. The alarm data is processed to create report data. The processing includes assigning an attribute of failed to each of the site identifiers that are specified in more than a threshold number of the alarm records. The report data comprises at least digital loop carrier information. The report data is transmitted to a mechanized loop test (MLT) testing system capable of generating MLT test results. The MLT test results are used to adjust the digital loop carrier information included in the report data, wherein the digital loop carrier information specifies a quantity of digital carrier loop lines that are out of service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Aaron Harrell, Jackie Walker, Jr., John Jopp, Roy Allen, Kirk Brown, Joel Wilson, Barron Cain, Thomas Prange
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing network outage information
    Publication number: 20080086661
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, user devices and computer program products for providing network status information. Methods include receiving alarm data for an event from a plurality of sources. The alarm data includes a plurality of alarm records each including a site identifier. The alarm data is processed to create report data. The processing includes assigning an attribute of failed to each of the site identifiers that are specified in more than a threshold number of the alarm records. The report data comprises at least digital loop carrier information. The report data is transmitted to a mechanized loop test (MLT) testing system capable of generating MLT test results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Aaron Harrell, Jackie Walker, John Jopp, Roy Allen, Kirk Brown, Joel Wilson, Barron Cain, Thomas Prange