Patents Examined by Najeebuddin Ansari
  • Patent number: 11503084
    Abstract: An IP telephony system allows users of the IP telephony system to register extension telephony devices with the IP telephony system. An extension telephony device is one that is provided with service by a separate telephony service provider. Once an extension telephony device is registered, a user can obtain communications services from the IP telephony system using the extension telephony device. A extension telephony device may be tied to a user's main telephony services account with the IP telephony system such that when the user obtains communications services from the IP telephony system using an extension telephony device, the user will be billed for those communications services through the user's main account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Vonage America Inc.
    Inventors: Ka-Yui Kevin Ma, John Erickson
  • Patent number: 10148793
    Abstract: A client computer requests a resource from an ISP/OSP. The ISP/OSP maintains multiple instances of the resource. In deciding to which instance of the resource to route the client computer, a resource selection server takes network routability information into account. Geographic proximity, resource utilization, network utilization, and/or maintenance of peering agreements may also be taken into account in selecting the instance of the resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Pablo Averbuj, Mark J. Muehl, Vijay Gill
  • Patent number: 10135599
    Abstract: Frequency domain compression of fronthaul interface for transporting frequency domain data over Ethernet includes applying Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform to frequency domain data contained in a frequency bandwidth to generate a time domain output signal in a time domain. The time domain output signal is compressed to generate a compressed time domain output signal. The compressed time domain output signal is transmitted over a fronthaul interface to a remote unit. The compressed time domain output signal is decompressable at the remote unit to generate a decompressed time domain output signal. Discreet Fourier Transform is applied to the decompressed time domain output signal at the remote unit to recover the frequency domain data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Gunter Wolff, Roy Yang
  • Patent number: 10135942
    Abstract: Provided are methods, apparatuses and systems for providing prioritized data distribution at a customer premise. A network access component may determine a particular hardware identifier associated with data received from a communication entity. The hardware identifier may uniquely identifying a piece of hardware originating data. The network access component may also determine a particular priority level associated with the data based on the particular hardware identifier. The network access component may also prioritize at least a portion of the data on a basis of the particular priority level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: BCE INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Dawson
  • Patent number: 10122590
    Abstract: A network tracing engine is configured to trace and depict a topology (i.e., a network configuration) of a network using, for example, a network diagram. The network tracing engine preferably queries/telnets to interfaces of routers associated with one or more source-to-destination paths in a network concurrently and independently to ensure proper configuration of the routers and/or to generate a true depiction of a routing configuration without redundantly querying routers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Raymond Washburn
  • Patent number: 10116790
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a method for communicating data associated with a user of a voice device is disclosed. A server receives a first identifier associated with a first device, the first device comprising one of the voice device and the data device. The server determines a second identifier associated with a second device based on the first identifier, the second device comprising the other one of the voice device and the data device. The server then establishes a connection with the second device using the second identifier and communicates data associated with the user of the voice device between the server and the data device. The communicated data can represent a user identifier (such as a user identifier stored on a smart card, the user's iris scan, the user's fingerprint scan and the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: BCE INC.
    Inventors: Jean Bouchard, Claude Jacques Parent, Damani Jason Best
  • Patent number: 10104679
    Abstract: To transmit and receive system information of a base station in a broadband wireless access system, operations of the base station include determining transmission periodicities of a plurality of system information subpackets periodically transmitted in a periodicity of two or more superframes, determining transmission offsets of the subpackets based on the transmission periodicities using a predefined rule for determining a transmission periodicity and a transmission offset, and transmitting the subpackets respectively according to the transmission periodicities and the transmission offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hyun Lee, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Kyu Yu
  • Patent number: 10089658
    Abstract: Systems and methods to selectively block calls from reaching destinations based on an input received from a callback connection. One embodiment includes a web server to receive a selection of an advertisement from an customer and to obtain a communication reference from the customer in response to the selection; a session border controller to interface with a packet switched network; and one or more telecommunication servers coupled to the session border controller and the web server, the one or more telecommunication servers to establish a connection for real time communications using the communication reference, to initiate a connection for real time communications with an advertiser of the advertisement after receiving an indication of acceptance of the connection established using the communication reference; where the advertiser is charged an advertisement fee in response to establishing a connection for real time communications between the advertiser and the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: YELLOWPAGES.COM LLC
    Inventors: Ebbe Altberg, Scott Faber, Ron Hirson, Paul G. Manca, Sean Van Der Linden, Virginia Hong-Jia Yang
  • Patent number: 10080130
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus are configured to transmit, during terminal attachment to an evolved packet system and in at least a portion of a diameter command, centralized service-related subscription information. The method and apparatus are also configured to transmit, in an initial message of a call continuity procedure, received centralized service-related subscription information. The method and apparatus are configured to operate according to the received centralized service-related subscription information in the initial message of the call continuity procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Lauri Kalevi Lahtinen, Juha Matias Kallio, Miikka Juhana Poikselka, Markku Ahti Tuohino
  • Patent number: 10075479
    Abstract: A method establishes a video telephone connection in a data network that includes a telephone network and an IP network based on the internet protocol. The expression video telephony connection is to be taken generally in this context and encompasses multimedia telephony in addition to pure video telephony.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Belling, Franz Kalleitner, Norbert Seitter
  • Patent number: 10057846
    Abstract: Generally discussed herein are devices and methods for station and master station association. A device can include a memory to store instructions and channel condition data, and processing circuitry coupled to execute the instructions and configure the processing circuitry to decode first information provided in a first transmission from a first access point (AP), the first information indicating channel conditions of an entire bandwidth of the first AP including a primary channel and one or more secondary channels of the first AP, decode second information provided a second transmission from a second AP, the second information indicating channel conditions of an entire bandwidth of the second AP including a primary channel and one or more secondary channels of the second AP, and determine which of the first and second APs to associate with based on the first and second decoded information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Intel IP Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed, Shahrnaz Azizi, Mohamed K. Hassanin, Thomas J. Kenney, Eldad Perahia
  • Patent number: 10057148
    Abstract: A computational method and system for estimating port delays in a network may use a data-driven estimation with quadratic programming based on available network path data that is already collected. In this manner, port delays for each individual port in the network may be estimated without having to measure each individual port using sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Xi Liu, Max Simmons, Calvin Wan, Jacky Kuo, Vamseedhar Reddyvariraja
  • Patent number: 10050855
    Abstract: A first peer, of a plurality of peers, may receive a packet directed to a network address. The network address may identify a tunnel endpoint of a tunnel via which traffic, associated with a multi-homed client, is transferred. The multi-homed client may be connected to each peer of the plurality of peers. The first peer may identify the packet as being associated with the multi-homed client. The first peer may update first information, associated with the tunnel, based on identifying the packet as being associated with the multi-homed client. The first peer may provide the packet to a second peer of the plurality of peers. The second peer may receive the packet and may update second information, associated with the tunnel, based on receiving the packet provided by the first peer. The first information and the second information may be updated to indicate an operational status of the tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kamal Singh, Pratibha Zalakikar
  • Patent number: 10051012
    Abstract: There are disclosed measures of network entity selection, for example including furnishing an identity of a network entity being pre-selected by a first network apparatus, and providing verification information for said pre-selected network entity identity, enabling to verify whether the pre-selected network entity identity is applicable for network entity selection at a second network apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventor: Thomas Belling
  • Patent number: 10045198
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for improving communications systems which use home gateways or the like. This can be obtained by avoiding potentially frequent inter-MME (intra-MME pool) context transfers. This can then reduce unnecessary or redundant signalling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jari Vikberg, Tomas Nylander, Johan Rune
  • Patent number: 10038527
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for ensuring channel continuity after precoding, a base station, a user equipment (UE), and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: the base station notifying the UE of whether a precoding manner with a continuous frequency domain is used in data sent to the UE by the base station, and the base station sending data to the UE according to a precoding manner with a continuous or discontinuous frequency domain. The method further comprises: when the UE determines, according to the notification of the base station, that the precoding manner with a continuous frequency domain is used in the data sent to the UE by the base station, the UE executing an optimized channel estimation and demodulation manner within a processing capability of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yujie Li, Baoyu Sun, Yajun Zhao, Peng Geng, Shupeng Li
  • Patent number: 10033547
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a system for controlling tunnel identifier allocation are provided. The method includes: determining whether a type of a current procedure allows a Serving Gateway (SGW) to change a Tunnel Endpoint Identifier (TEID) and/or an Internet Protocol (IP) address (S110); and sending an modify bearer request message to the SGW, in which the modify bearer request message is used for notifying the SGW of whether the SGW is allowed to change the TEID and/or the IP address (S120). The loss of service data packets of a user or the service interruption caused by that the SGW modifies the TEID and/or the IP address is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Yin, Caixia Qi
  • Patent number: 10027620
    Abstract: Global identifiers can be dialed from anywhere in the world. The present application relates to a call processing telecommunication system and methods thereof in a wireless network for connecting communication devices. The integrated system can resolve issues with global identification using internal identifiers. In one illustrative embodiment, the global identifiers can be registered and mapped to an internal number such that the global numbers can be used to contact individuals. When a call is placed by a communication device, the internal identifier of the calling device can be tied back to the global identifier, which then provides access to the IP address of the VoIP client to complete the call. For incoming calls, the global identifiers can be translated into an internal identifier to route the call through the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Matthew Hillier, Katayoun Hillier
  • Patent number: 10028138
    Abstract: A method for attachment and authentication of a user terminal of a home type radiocommunication network with a visited type radiocommunication network, the home network including home means for attachment to a packet network and the visited network including: at least one visited base station able to ensure radio transmission and reception with user terminals located in at least one visited cell attached to the visited base station; visited authentication and control means of user terminals able to authenticate the user terminals attached to the network; and at least one visited distribution gateway ensuring radio reception and transmission with the at least one visited base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CASSIDIAN SAS
    Inventor: Laurent Pison
  • Patent number: 10009880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for establishing a mapping between an enhanced downlink control channel resource and an antenna port. The method includes: establishing a mapping between each resource element in an enhanced downlink control channel resource and an antenna port; and establishing a correspondence between control data carried by the resource element and an antenna port corresponding to the resource element, so as to send or receive, according to a reference signal corresponding to the antenna port, the control data carried by the resource element. The present invention determines a manner for establishing a mapping between a resource on an ePDCCH and an antenna port, and meets a requirement of LTE development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Qiang Wu