Patents by Inventor Vincent F. Hill

Vincent F. Hill 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).

  • Prepaid long-distance telephone service system with flexible operating parameters
    Patent number: 5953398
    Abstract: A long-distance telephone service system provides for accounting and flexible, customizable control of long-distance telephone usage by customers, especially prepaid long-distance service customers. The system maintains a set of global operating parameters associated with each access number. It further maintains a database of user accounts or card numbers, and a set of card processing parameters associated with each card number. Both the global parameters and the individual card processing parameters are applied in completing a long-distance call to a destination number so as to provide highly flexible control over individual accounts as well as groups of accounts. Establishment of new accounts, and "recharging" the prepaid balance of existing accounts is accomplished automatically from remote locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Communications Product Develop., Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent F. Hill
  • Prepaid long-distance telephone service system with flexible operating parameters
    Patent number: 5719926
    Abstract: A long-distance telephone service system provides for accounting and flexible, customizable control of long-distance telephone usage by customers, especially prepaid long-distance service customers. The system maintains a set of global operating parameters associated with each access number. It further maintains a database of user accounts or card numbers, and a set of card processing parameters associated with each card number. Both the global parameters and the individual card processing parameters are applied in completing a long-distance call to a destination number so as to provide highly flexible control over individual accounts as well as groups of accounts. Establishment of new accounts, and "recharging" the prepaid balance of existing accounts is accomplished automatically from remote locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: Communications Product Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent F. Hill