Patents by Inventor Derrick Ives

Derrick Ives 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).

  • Publication number: 20220239773
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a caller identifier are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a server and from a user of a computing device, data indicating a request to update a name that corresponds to a phone number in a caller identification information storage. The actions further include accessing, by the server, a calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number. The actions further include accessing, by the server, identification data of the user. The actions further include based on the calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number and the identification data of the user, determining whether to update the caller identification information storage to indicate that the name corresponds to the phone number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Parag Garg, Derrick Ives, Michele Lundahl
  • Patent number: 11330406
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for implementing a caller identifier are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving, by a server, a request to initiate a telephone call between a calling phone and a callee phone, wherein the request includes a telephone number of the calling phone. The actions further include determining, by the server, a name that corresponds to the telephone number. The actions further include accessing, by the server, a calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number. The actions further include, based on the calling history that indicates previous telephone calls of the phone number, determining, by the server, whether to generate a notification that includes the name that corresponds to the telephone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Parag Garg, Derrick Ives, Michele Lundahl