Nancy G Schmidt

US Patent:

20100278039, Nov 4, 2010

Filed:

Sep 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/560144

Inventors:

Charles Farwell - Denver CO, US
Don Gillespie - Boulder CO, US
Cliff Grimes - Morrison CO, US
Scott Hendrick - Broomfield CO, US
Won Huh - Broomfield CO, US
Tim Kaye - Lakewood CO, US
Robert Mitchell - Aberdeen NJ, US
Ted Morrow - Golden CO, US
Tamara Jo Noirot - Louisville CO, US
Nancy Schmidt - Broomfield CO, US
Rick Windhausen - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

AVAYA INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 11/00

US Classification:

370221

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to a method and system to forcibly unregister and/or prevent registration of a gateway and/or other endpoint in a network region in response to a survivable gatekeeper servicing the network region becoming active.

US Patent:

20120311155, Dec 6, 2012

Filed:

Jun 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/151042

Inventors:

Nancy K. Schmidt - Broomfield CO, US
William T. Walker - Evergreen CO, US

Assignee:

AVAYA INC. - Basking Ridge NJ

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709226, 709223

Abstract:

Methods and systems for allocating licenses to devices are provided. More particularly, the devices included in a system may each require a license having a release value that is equal to or greater than the release value of the device in order to be fully operational. Upon the unregistration of a device, the highest cost or value license that can be made available while maintaining proper registration of the remaining registered devices is freed. More particularly, the difference between the number of devices registered and the licenses used is calculated for each release value. A variance for each release value, beginning with the least cost or lowest release value license and working towards the highest cost or value license is then calculated. The highest cost license that can be released is equal to the license value for which the calculated variance is equal to zero.

US Patent:

54043956, Apr 4, 1995

Filed:

Feb 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/841313

Inventors:

Frank J. Bogart - Boulder CO
Bruce D. Butterfield - Broomfield CO
David L. Chavez - Northglenn CO
Henry C. Dittmer - Westminster CO
Frederick R. Fix - Arvada CO
Larry J. Hardouin - Westminster CO
Nancy K. Schmidt - Broomfield CO
Linda L. Thomson - Westminster CO

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 1104
H04M 300
G06F 1538

US Classification:

379201

Abstract:

External invocation of features on a switching system (10) from a network (18) is made possible by aliasing otherwise-unused network numbers that are assigned to the switching system within the network numbering plan to feature-access codes of the switching system's internal numbering plan, in the switching system's call processing arrangement (200) that uses stored definitions of syntax (320, 350) and grammar (400, 410) of the internal and network numbering plans. The aliasing is accomplished as follows. The syntax definitions of the internal numbering plan include definitions (312) of individual feature access codes, while the syntax definitions of the network numbering plan include definitions (312) of the aliased network numbers, which either are the same as the definitions of the corresponding feature access codes or direct the aliased network numbers to be translated into the corresponding feature access codes. In use, symbol strings received by the switching systems are parsed (210) to identify them as feature access codes or aliased network numbers, requisite translations are performed (230), and feature modules (205) that are pointed to (334) within the definitions are invoked (220).

US Patent:

53115848, May 10, 1994

Filed:

Oct 31, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/786167

Inventors:

Frank J. Bogart - Boulder CO
Bruce D. Butterfield - Denver CO
David L. Chavez - Northglenn CO
Henry C. Dittmer - Westminster CO
Frederick R. Fix - Arvada CO
Larry J. Hardouin - Westminster CO
Nancy K. Schmidt - Broomfield CO
Linda L. Thomson - Westminster CO

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 700
H04M 342
H04M 300
G06F 1538

US Classification:

379220

Abstract:

A call-processing arrangement (200) views a network numbering plan as a language in the mathematical/computer science sense and takes a lexicographic approach to call processing. Numbering plan syntax is defined by data in tree data structures (320, 330), and numbering plan grammar is defined by data in matrix data structures (400, 410). The data structures are used by numbering plan-independent functions to determine the meaning of call-associated digit strings and to specify the treatment (e. g. , routing, features,) to be given to the call based on that meaning. A string-identification function (340) applies collected digits to the trees and matrices to find leafs (312) that define digit strings that make up the number. A string-action function (341) uses the definitions in the found leafs to form a call-route-specifying or call-feature-specifying index (254) for the call. A generalized route-selection function (343) uses a set of first call characteristics including the route-or-feature-specifying index to select from multi-dimensional matrices (1200, 1202) either a feature module (205) to be invoked or a routing-pattern number (1201), and in the latter case uses a set of second call characteristics including the routing-pattern number to select a route preference (1701) from routing pattern-preference tables (1300).

US Patent:

53217438, Jun 14, 1994

Filed:

Feb 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/841312

Inventors:

Frank J. Bogart - Boulder CO
Bruce D. Butterfield - Broomfield CO
David L. Chavez - Northglenn CO
Henry C. Dittmer - Westminster CO
Frederick R. Fix - Arvada CO
Larry J. Hardouin - Westminster CO
Nancy K. Schmidt - Broomfield CO
Linda L. Thomson - Westminster CO

Assignee:

AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 342
H04M 700

US Classification:

379207

Abstract:

In a shared-tenant services arrangement, numbering-plan independence and cross-plan access is provided to tenant groups by a call-processing arrangement (200) that stores separate definitions of both syntax (320, 350) and grammar (400, 410) of each group's own extension numbering plan. In response to receipt from a member of an individual tenant group of an extension number unaccompanied by a network dial-access code (DAC), the received extension number is analyzed (210) using the syntax and grammar definitions of the extension numbering plan of the individual group. But in response to receipt from the member of the extension number accompanied by a DAC, the DAC is analyzed using the syntax and grammar definition of the extension numbering plan of the individual group to determine an extension numbering plan that corresponds to the received DAC, and the received extension number is then analyzed using the syntax and grammar definitions of whichever extension numbering plan corresponds to the received DAC.

US Patent:

54127149, May 2, 1995

Filed:

Feb 24, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/841159

Inventors:

Frank J. Bogart - Boulder CO
Bruce D. Butterfield - Broomfield CO
David L. Chavez - Northglenn CO
Henry C. Dittmer - Westminster CO
Frederick R. Fix - Arvada CO
Larry J. Hardouin - Westminster CO
Nancy K. Schmidt - Broomfield CO
Linda L. Thomson - Westminster CO

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 700
H04M 342
H04M 300

US Classification:

379221

Abstract:

Symbol sequences of varying lengths and having logical meanings other than as network addresses (e. g. , subscriber names), are assigned and used as actual telecommunications network addresses, without imposition of predefined fixed lengths, formats, or orderings on their constituent segments (e. g. , given name, surname), in a call-processing arrangement (200) that uses stored definitions of syntax (320, 350) and grammar (400, 410) of the network numbering plan. The syntax definitions include definitions (312) of individual address segments, called symbol strings, which have logical meanings. Each string's definition includes a string length range (332), a string type (331), and an indicator (VNI 334) of the string's influence on call treatment (e. g. , route) selection. The grammar definitions include a matrix (400) that defines permissible sequences of string types, including string types (256) which cannot be dialed by users but only result from receipt of permissible sequences of strings of user-dialable types, and a matrix (410) that defines which string types' influences on call treatment selection may be combined to select a treatment for a call.

US Patent:

46619747, Apr 28, 1987

Filed:

Apr 13, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/600148

Inventors:

Bruce M. Bales - Boulder CO
Steven M. London - Boulder CO
Nancy K. Schmidt - Thornton CO

Assignee:

AT&T Company - Holmdel NJ
AT&T Information Systems Inc. - Holmdel NJ

International Classification:

H04M 338
H04M 714

US Classification:

379198

Abstract:

A data structure and program routines for use in a private branch exchange telephone system (PBX) for automatically routing calls via a private telephone network in response to a dialed public telephone network number and for restricting outgoing calls from the PBX to specific public network telephone stations. In a large corporate PBX switching network interconnected by both a public telephone network and a private telephone network, a telephone set connected to one PBX system establishes a switch connection through the private network by dialing the public telephone network's number for a destination telephone set connected to another PBX system. In response to the dialed number, the first PBX system automatically determines that the destination telephone set can be reached via the private telephone network and automatically converts the dialed public telephone network number to a private telephone network number designating the destination telephone set. The data structure allows access by PBX telephone sets to designated groups of telephone stations or specific individual telephone stations connected to the public telephone network to be restricted. In addition, if a PBX telephone set attempts to dial a restricted public telephone network station, the system first verifies that the dialed station is restricted to that particular PBX telephone set and then provides a procedure whereby the telephone user can enter a personal authorization code to enable the user to complete the call.

US Patent:

54855128, Jan 16, 1996

Filed:

Oct 17, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/324819

Inventors:

Frank J. Bogart - Boulder CO
Bruce D. Butterfield - Broomfield CO
David L. Chavez - Northglenn CO
Henry C. Dittmer - Westminster CO
Frederick R. Fix - Arvada CO
Larry J. Hardouin - Westminster CO
Nancy K. Schmidt - Broomfield CO
Linda L. Thomson - Westminster CO

Assignee:

AT&T Corp. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04M 700
H04M 342
H04M 300

US Classification:

379221

Abstract:

Symbol sequences of varying lengths and having logical meanings other than as network addresses (e. g. , subscriber names), are assigned and used as actual telecommunications network addresses, without imposition of predefined fixed lengths, formats, or orderings on their constituent segments (e. g. , given name, surname), in a call-processing arrangement (200) that uses stored definitions of syntax (320, 350) and grammar (400, 410) of the network numbering plan. The syntax definitions include definitions (312) of individual address segments, called symbol strings, which have logical meanings. Each string's definition includes a string length range (332), a string type (331), and an indicator (VNI 334) of the string's influence on call treatment (e. g. , route) selection. The grammar definitions include a matrix (400) that defines permissible sequences of string types, including string types (256) which cannot be dialed by users but only result from receipt of permissible sequences of strings of user-dialable types, and a matrix (410) that defines which string types' influences on call treatment selection may be combined to select a treatment for a call.