Patents by Inventor William DeLoach

William DeLoach 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 storage mediums for facilitating a billing point of interconnection in a telecommunications environment
    Patent number: 7050788
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and storage mediums for facilitating a billing point of interconnection in a telecommunications environment. The method includes establishing a billing point of interconnection for a communications network. The communications network is serviced by an incumbent local exchange carrier and at least one competitive local exchange carrier. The method also includes monitoring traffic occurring on the communications network. For incumbent local exchange carrier-generated traffic that exceeds a pre-defined threshold, the method includes calculating an amount of traffic usage in excess of the pre-defined threshold. The amount of traffic usage calculated reflects traffic occurring between the billing point of interconnection and a physical point of interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: William DeLoach, Edgar Honeycutt
  • Methods, systems, and storage mediums for facilitating a billing point of interconnection in a telecommunications environment
    Publication number: 20050260971
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and storage mediums for facilitating a billing point of interconnection in a telecommunications environment. The method includes establishing a billing point of interconnection for a communications network. The communications network is serviced by an incumbent local exchange carrier and at least one competitive local exchange carrier. The method also includes monitoring traffic occurring on the communications network. For incumbent local exchange carrier-generated traffic that exceeds a pre-defined threshold, the method includes calculating an amount of traffic usage in excess of the pre-defined threshold. The amount of traffic usage calculated reflects traffic occurring between the billing point of interconnection and a physical point of interconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: William DeLoach, Edgar Honeycutt