Ellen D Walbridge

Title: Ellen D. Walbridge and Customer-Controlled Telecommunications Routing.

Introduction

Ellen D. Walbridge is an inventor associated with Overland Park, Kansas, and AT&T Corp. Her work includes an invention that gives customers more direct control over routing non-geographic calls through a telecommunications network.

Latest Patents

The supplied information lists one patent for Walbridge: “Method and Apparatus for a Customer Self-Provisioning of Outpulsed Digits in a Telecommunication Network.” The invention enables customers to use a computer interface to access terminating switches and network control point databases, then add, edit, or reconfigure routing information for non-geographic calls.

The process allows a customer to request a non-geographic number and, if it is available, enter internal routing numbers or configure calling schemes such as time-of-day routing. Customers can also access trunk information on terminating switches and update trunk names as their network requirements change. This self-provisioning approach reduces reliance on service-provider staff for routing translations and arrangements, while helping customers implement changes more quickly and potentially lowering service-provider costs.

Career Highlights

Walbridge’s listed patent reflects work on customer-facing tools for managing telecommunications services. By enabling customers to make routing changes directly, the invention aims to shorten the time needed to introduce services and adapt call handling to changing requirements.

Collaborations

The supplied information identifies Hossein Eslambolchi and Nicholas D. De Trana as Walbridge’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborations.

Conclusion

Ellen D. Walbridge’s listed invention focuses on making non-geographic call routing more adaptable by giving customers direct control over key network settings.