Patents by Inventor Dieter Wuest

Dieter Wuest 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).

  • Telephony communications system for detecting abuse in a public telephone network
    Patent number: 10291772
    Abstract: A telephony communications system for detecting abuse in a public telephone network to which a telephone network subscriber is connected includes: a telephone system server, configured to: emulate an extension subscriber in order to simulate the existence of the emulated extension subscriber of the telephone system vis-à-vis an attacking entity, receive a control command from the attacking entity to establish a telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber, and send a connection request to the telephone network subscriber in response to receiving the control command in order to initiate the establishment of the telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber; and a telephone network abuse detection device configured to detect an abuse attempt in the public telephone network on the basis of the telephone network address of the telephone network subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: DEUTSCHE TELEKON AG
    Inventors: Tobias Martin, Gerald Lumma, Ulrike Weber, Dieter Wuest, Soenke Gruetzmacher
  • TELEPHONY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ABUSE IN A PUBLIC TELEPHONE NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170289347
    Abstract: A telephony communications system for detecting abuse in a public telephone network to which a telephone network subscriber is connected includes: a telephone system server, configured to: emulate an extension subscriber in order to simulate the existence of the emulated extension subscriber of the telephone system vis-à-vis an attacking entity, receive a control command from the attacking entity to establish a telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber, and send a connection request to the telephone network subscriber in response to receiving the control command in order to initiate the establishment of the telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber; and a telephone network abuse detection device configured to detect an abuse attempt in the public telephone network on the basis of the telephone network address of the telephone network subscriber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tobias Martin, Gerald Lumma, Ulrike Weber, Dieter Wuest, Soenke Gruetzmacher