Patents by Inventor Chris Helbling

Chris Helbling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8428563
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Chris Helbling, Gaurav D. Mehta, Michael R. Oliver, Guillermo Ortiz, Okeno Palmer, Dahai Ren, Diego S. Rozensztejn, Atul Thaper
  • Patent number: 8219636
    Abstract: A receiving module selectively receives a stream of digital data from a recording device via a network. A data store selectively stores the digital data. A streaming module that selectively streams the stored digital data to a network device via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Umashankar Velusamy, George Hughes, Chris Helbling
  • Publication number: 20120163567
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Chris HELBLING, Gaurav D. MEHTA, Michael R. OLIVER, Guillermo ORTIZ, Okeno PALMER, Dahai REN, Diego S. ROZENSZTEJN, Atul THAPER
  • Patent number: 8155627
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Chris Helbling, Gaurav D. Mehta, Michael R. Oliver, Guillermo Ortiz, Okeno Palmer, Dahai Ren, Diego S. Rozensztejn, Atul Thaper
  • Publication number: 20090156176
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC, VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Chris HELBLING, Gaurav D. MEHTA, Michael R. OLIVER, Guillermo ORTIZ, Okeno PALMER, Dahai REN, Diego S. ROZENSZTEJN, Atul THAPER
  • Publication number: 20080147826
    Abstract: A receiving module selectively receives a stream of digital data from a recording device via a network. A data store selectively stores the digital data. A streaming module that selectively streams the stored digital data to a network device via the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicants: Verizon Data Services Inc., Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Umashankar Velusamy, George Hughes, Chris Helbling
  • Publication number: 20060177034
    Abstract: Methods and systems for automatically providing conference calls are disclosed. In one aspect of the invention, methods and systems detect a conference call event that was previously configured by a subscriber user and identify participant users associated with the conference call event. Once identified, each participant user is contacted and a response is received from each of the users. Based on the received responses, a conference call is established between the participant users and the subscriber user. In one aspect of the invention, at least one of the detecting and identifying steps are performed without user intervention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Craig Reding, John Reformato, Mahesh Rajagopalan, Brian Roberts, Chris Helbling, Manvinder Chopra, Ken Hum, Apurva Pathak