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William Bushnell — 21 Patents

ATAT&T: 14 patents #1,249 of 18,772Top 7%
Alcatel Lucent: 6 patents #611 of 4,169Top 15%
McLeansboro, IL: #21 of 612 inventorsTop 4%
Illinois: #3,568 of 84,256 inventorsTop 5%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
William Bushnell has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at AT&T. The first was granted in 1986 and the most recent in March 2013. William Bushnell ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list William Bushnell in McLeansboro, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1986 to 2013Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2001.peak 31986: 1 patents19861993: 1 patents1995: 2 patents19951997: 1 patents1998: 2 patents19982001: 3 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2006: 1 patents20062007: 1 patents2008: 1 patents20082009: 1 patents2010: 1 patents20102011: 1 patents2012: 2 patents20122013: 1 patents2013

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8401157 System and method for providing audible spoken name pronunciations Thomas J. Broz 2013-03-19 $1,362,000
8315359 Method and system for enabling emergency calling from nomadic VoIP extension telephones 2012-11-20 $1,434,000
8094799 Enabling and disabling terminating features of a terminating switch Steven M. Miller 2012-01-10 $1,562,000
7929941 System for providing emergency voice mail service 2011-04-19 $1,305,000
7764776 Application server component (s) providing of line-side service(s) associated with network address on home network for user to telephony device on remote network for the user Edward Clark 2010-07-27 $1,049,000
7522909 Content access control system for a mobile communication network Leonard T. Pesheck 2009-04-21 $1,693,000
7324532 System for implementing simulated facility groups on a GR303-type interface 2008-01-29
7180890 Phone connector component operationally connectable through packet network to any selected one or more switch components for originating and/or terminating telecommunication service David Edward Heeren 2007-02-20
7058415 System for providing unified cellular and wire-line service to a dual mode handset John E. Allers 2006-06-06 $5,097,000
6754322 Call me conference call system 2004-06-22
6519335 Apparatus, method and system for personal telecommunication incoming call screening and alerting for call waiting applications 2003-02-11 $8,140,000
6320955 Remote activation of call trace 2001-11-20 $31,582,000
6289084 Apparatus, method and system for personal telecommunication call screening and alerting 2001-09-11
6249579 Apparatus, method and system for personal telecommunication speed calling utilizing an affinity database 2001-06-19 $23,481,000
5802143 Identification of damaged cable pairs in a telecommunications network and restoration of telephone service to subscribers James W. Borchering, T A. Kleinheksel, William Henry Werber 1998-09-01 $28,227,000
5732128 Method and apparatus for storing call feature data 1998-03-24 $39,344,000
5703939 Method for determining an optimum point for database queries during call delivery in a telecommunications network 1997-12-30 $19,460,000
5459506 Enhanced pay per view system 1995-10-17
5450468 Method of rapidly assessing damage to outside loop plant 1995-09-12
5255315 Method of rerouting telecommunications traffic 1993-10-19
4620066 Method and apparatus for sharing operators among assistance systems Richard W. Hemmeter, Palanichamy Raghavan 1986-10-28