David Rona Jordan

US Patent:

6396916, May 28, 2002

Filed:

Dec 10, 1997

Appl. No.:

08/987935

Inventors:

David Jordan - Alexandria VA

Assignee:

MCI Communications Corporation - Washington DC

International Classification:

H04M 1100

US Classification:

379189, 379 9302

Abstract:

Fraud prevention in a telecommunications network using call initiation equipment including intelligence capable of authentication is described. In order to initiate a call via a telecommunications network, the call initiation equipment sends authentication data to an adjunct platform. The adjunct platform uses the authentication data to determine if the call initiation equipment is authorized to use the customer wireline that interconnects the call initiation equipment to the telecommunications network.

US Patent:

6626319, Sep 30, 2003

Filed:

Jun 25, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/179746

Inventors:

Neil M. Miller - Mahwah NJ
David L. Jordan - Pawcatuck CT
Joseph J. Cuneo - Dobbs Ferry NY
Edmund G. Tornay - Wadmalaw SC

Assignee:

Electric Boat Corporation - Groton CT

International Classification:

B65D 9012

US Classification:

22056007, 22056008, 22056011, 22056012, 22056015, 220 15, 220562

Abstract:

In the typical embodiment of the invention described in the specification, a prismatic semi-membrane LNG tank is assembled within a support carriage surrounding the top and side walls of the tank and is connected to the tank by a plurality of load bearing insulating support blocks affixed to T-shaped beams on the tank and received in channel shaped members on the support carriage. The tank is assembled within the carriage which is slidably received within a temporary supporting structure and, when the tank has been completed, the integrated carriage and the tank are transferred to the hull of a ship or other permanent support structure. A pipe tower within the tank is affixed to the bottom wall of the tank and slidably connected to a tank dome at the top of the tank which is welded to the top wall of the tank. Stop members limit downward motion of the tank tower with respect to the top wall of the tank.

US Patent:

6697472, Feb 24, 2004

Filed:

Oct 3, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/678520

Inventors:

David Jordan - Alexandria VA

Assignee:

WorldCom, Inc. - Clinton MS

International Classification:

H04M 1700

US Classification:

37914403, 379143, 37914401, 37914402, 379145, 379188, 379200

Abstract:

To prevent fraud perpetrators from using a public pay telephone to illicitly collect account numbers, authorization codes or personal identification numbers from an unsuspecting user of the telephone, the instant invention disables the keypad of the telephone if an incoming call is being received at the time that the handset is lifted from the phone by the user. In one method, the ringing signal and the off-hook condition are detected and a control output is provided which disengages the dialing tone generating circuits of the telephone until the handset is placed back on-hook. According to an alternative method, after the handset is lifted, a dial tone is sensed and evaluated by a dial tone discriminator to determine whether the dial tone is likely to be a valid dial tone from a legitimate service provider. If the dial tone is determined to be invalid, then the keypad of the telephone is disabled until the handset is placed back on-hook.

US Patent:

6700963, Mar 2, 2004

Filed:

Apr 8, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/056699

Inventors:

David P. Jordan - Alexandria VA

Assignee:

WorldCom, Inc. - Clinton MS

International Classification:

H04M 1700

US Classification:

379188, 37914403

Abstract:

To prevent fraudsters from illicitly collecting the authorization number or authorization code, as well as personal identification number, of an unsuspecting authorized user of a public pay phone, the instant invention disables the keypad of the telephone so long as the pay phone is connected to an incoming call, unbeknownst to the authorized user who is attempting to dial out from that pay phone, and the user is detected to have lifted the handset of the pay phone to attempt to dial out. An alternative method of ensuring that the authorization code of an unsuspecting user is not misappropriated includes adding a circuit to the circuitry of the telephone to ensure that a true dial tone is provided when the user picks up the handset. If no true dial tone is detected, the keypad of the telephone remains disabled. The first and second embodiments may be combined to form yet another circuit that could be added to a conventional pay phone circuitry to prevent pay phone credit/debit calling card authorization code fraud.

US Patent:

6881462, Apr 19, 2005

Filed:

Feb 20, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/369407

Inventors:

Dewey L. Mullins - Marietta GA, US
Stephane Pyrek - Redondo Beach CA, US
David W. Jordan - Northridge CA, US

Assignee:

Advanced Chemistry and Technology, Inc. - Garden Grove CA

International Classification:

B32B009/00

US Classification:

428 418, 428 352, 428 357, 383 59, 383 612, 383 613, 383 63, 206813

Abstract:

A uniformly premixed sealant is provided as a frozen preform that upon warming cures in the preform shape. The storage of the preformed sealant formulation under cold conditions arrests the activity of cure catalysts and accelerators mixed therethrough. A release film is provided to avoid contact with the preformed sealant during application to a substrate. The preformed sealant is particularly well suited for use in aerospace applications.

US Patent:

60318988, Feb 29, 2000

Filed:

Dec 31, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/224491

Inventors:

David Jordan - Alexandria VA

Assignee:

MCI Communications Corporation - Washington DC

International Classification:

H04M 1500

US Classification:

379114

Abstract:

A telephone system and method is provided for delaying authorization validation queries until a dialed phone is answered. This way, authorization validation queries are avoided in cases where a requested phone line is busy or not answered. In a collect call scheme the system may even delay queries until a party agrees to accept the collect call billing charges. This way, query charges are avoided not only for busy signals and no-answers, but also in the event that the requested party declines to accept the charges. Because authorization validation queries typically take less than one half of a second, parties are not significantly affected by the delay.

US Patent:

43130356, Jan 26, 1982

Filed:

Jan 18, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/113383

Inventors:

David S. Jordan - Aberdeen NJ
Roy P. Weber - Bridgewater NJ

Assignee:

Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 706
H04M 1516
H04Q 370

US Classification:

179 18BE

Abstract:

A method is disclosed of using the public switched telephone network, including the CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signaling) system, to provide nationwide personal locator telephone service for called subscribers. In accordance with the service, a calling party may reach a called subscriber wherever the subscriber may be located by merely keying from a standard push-button telephone set a personal number unique to the subscriber. A telephone office having access to CCIS sends the number to a centralized data base. A telephone number at which the subscriber is located is returned to the access office, and the call is automatically completed to the telephone number. Other information may be returned to the access office to provide enhanced features. Such features include called subscriber unavailability announcements to the calling party, storage of a caller's telephone number, automatic call-back by the subscriber, and paging of the subscriber. A subscriber may update the information stored at the centralized data base from any telephone.

US Patent:

63273454, Dec 4, 2001

Filed:

Sep 16, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/307249

Inventors:

David P. Jordan - Alexandria VA

Assignee:

MCI Communications Corporation - Washington DC

International Classification:

H04M 166

US Classification:

379 8802

Abstract:

The present invention advanced voice application system takes advantage of information, or attributes, built into a telecommunications network to determine the risk that a call is a fraudulent call in a voice recognition and verification system. To achieve this end, information relating to the telecommunications network are stored in a database as various risk factors. Thus, depending on the type of risk factors associated with a particular call, the risk assigned to that call can be raised or lowered so that the network would not reject a valid caller even though the voice pattern of the caller does not match exactly with the prestored enrolled voice print of the caller. Such risk assessment allows the management of the network to tighten the security of the system without overburdening the caller with questions and also permits calls to be completed for valid subscribers that otherwise would have been rejected. Past calling history may be added to the database as it relates to the different risk factors so that constantly updated risk factors may be used for further assessing whether a call is to be completed.