Patents by Inventor Timothy Lee Keenan

Timothy Lee Keenan 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).

  • Test system for remotely testing switches within a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6788934
    Abstract: A system for centrally and remotely testing switches of cellular and conventional telecommunications network wherein a controller located at a remote location provides instructions to Remote Call Processor (RCP) to thereby prompt the RCPs to establish a communication link from the RCP through a switch to a destination device whereby audio from said destination device is communicated, by way of the switch and the RCP, to the controller in order to verify that the switch properly routed and billed of the call. The destination device may be a service provided by such network or it may be another RCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Casabyte, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Keenan, David E. Adams
  • Test system for remotely testing switches within a telecommunications network
    Publication number: 20030119497
    Abstract: A system for centrally and remotely testing switches of cellular and conventional telecommunications network wherein a controller located at a remote location provides instructions to Remote Call Processor (RCP) to thereby prompt the RCPs to establish a communication link from the RCP through a switch to a destination device whereby audio from said destination device is communicated, by way of the switch and the RCP, to the controller in order to verify that the switch properly routed and billed of the call. The destination device may be a service provided by such network or it may be another RCP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Keenan, David E. Adams
  • Test system for remotely testing switches within a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6542738
    Abstract: A system for centrally and remotely testing switches of cellular and conventional telecommunications network wherein a controller located at a remote location provides instructions to Remote Call Processor (RCP) to thereby prompt the RCPs to establish a communication link from the RCP through a switch to a destination device whereby audio from said destination device is communicated, by way of the switch and the RCP, to the controller in order to verify that the switch properly routed and billed of the call. The destination device may be a service provided by such network or it may be another RCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Acterna LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Keenan, David E. Adams
  • Test system for remotely testing switches within a telecommunications network
    Publication number: 20010029179
    Abstract: A system for centrally and remotely testing switches of cellular and conventional telecommunications network wherein a controller located at a remote location provides instructions to Remote Call Processor (RCP) to thereby prompt the RCPs to establish a communication link from the RCP through a switch to a destination device whereby audio from said destination device is communicated, by way of the switch and the RCP, to the controller in order to verify that the switch properly routed and billed of the call. The destination device may be a service provided by such network or it may be another RCP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Keenan, David E. Adams
  • Test system for remotely testing switches within a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 6230006
    Abstract: A system for centrally and remotely testing switches of cellular and conventional telecommunications network wherein a controller located at a remote location provides instructions to Remote Call Processor (RCP) to thereby prompt the RCPs to establish a communication link from the RCP through a switch to a destination device whereby audio from said destination device is communicated, by way of the switch and the RCP, to the controller in order to verify that the switch properly routed and billed of the call. The destination device may be a service provided by such network or it may be another RCP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Acterna, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Lee Keenan, David E. Adams