Patents by Inventor William W. Bolian

William W. Bolian 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 and computer program products for tracking modifications in physical plant during maintenance of a communication network
    Patent number: 7940895
    Abstract: Modifications made to physical plant in maintaining a communication network may be tracked by receiving notices corresponding to incidences in which physical plant is modified in performing maintenance tasks on a communication network and associated time information, receiving information specifying a total number of maintenance tasks performed on the communication network during a defined time interval, and storing information associated with the maintenance tasks in which physical plant is modified and the total number of maintenance tasks performed on the communication network in a searchable database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: H. Mike Schell, Dustin Majure, William W. Bolian
  • Methods, systems, and computer program products for tracking breaks in physical plant during maintenance of a public switched telephone network
    Patent number: 7263175
    Abstract: Breaks in physical plant that occur in maintaining a public switched telephone network (PSTN) are tracked by receiving notices that correspond to incidences in which physical plant is broken in performing maintenance tasks on the PSTN for a defined time interval. Information specifying a total number of maintenance tasks performed on the PSTN during the defined time interval is also received. The information associated with the maintenance tasks in which the physical plant in the PSTN is broken and the information associated with the total number of maintenance tasks performed on the PSTN is stored in a searchable database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: H. Mike Schell, Dustin Majure, William W. Bolian