US Patent No: 7,366,731

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Trouble ticket assignment

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Abstract

A trouble ticket handling system is provided. The system typically includes a login logic, a monitoring device, and a user interface logic. The login logic typically operates to log a user into several trouble ticket systems. The monitoring device typically polls the trouble ticket systems for open trouble tickets. The user interface logic enables the user to automatically load a proper trouble ticket from any of the open trouble tickets in the trouble ticket systems. Methods and other systems are also provided.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.RENO, NV3256

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lewis, Richard Gregory Newnan, GA 2 9
Young, Randy S Lawrenceville, GA 19 43

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