Patents by Inventor Eric R. Sporel
Eric R. Sporel 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).
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Patent number: 9246764Abstract: A network device implements resource admission policy management related to controlling the denial or grant of a delivery of a network service to a customer device. The network device receives a notification related to a change in network topology or network capacity of a network that delivers the network service. The network device identifies changes in the network topology or the network capacity based on the notification, and applies resource admission control to deny or grant the customer device access, to resources of the network to receive delivery of the network service, based on the identified changes in the network topology and/or the network capacity.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Eric R. Sporel, Sanjay K. Udani
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Patent number: 9185142Abstract: Methods and systems are described for performing alternate routing of communications in a network. The system initiates a communication from an origination endpoint in a packet-switched network, such as a VOIP network, to a destination endpoint, and determining, according to selection criteria, whether to route the communication to the destination endpoint using at least a second circuit-switched network, such as the PSTN.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2009Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Harry Mussman, James O'Brien, Eric R. Sporel, Robert K. Israel, Michael Baj
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Patent number: 9137315Abstract: A system including a location server configured to receive registration data from an IP device and a location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Elliot G. Eichen, Eric R. Sporel, Robert Olshansky, Derek Mitsumori
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Patent number: 8787870Abstract: An apparatus for providing emergency service validation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receiving a message associated with a registration event of a device to a communication session. The message may include a parameter having information indicative of a location of the device at a time of the registration. The processor may also be configured to determine whether the location of the device at the time of the registration corresponds to a location where an emergency service dispatch is supportable.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2007Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Eric R. Sporel, Okeno R. Palmer
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Patent number: 8737385Abstract: Enhanced call management services to users receiving incoming calls on extensions on a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided by an application server configured to provide call management services to at least one of the users and a protocol proxy configured to receive call information from the PBX according to a protocol for establishing call sessions. The application server is further configured to receive the call information from the protocol proxy.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel, Robert Liao, Derek Mitsumori, Sujin Catherine Chang, James Flynn
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Publication number: 20140071981Abstract: A system including a location server configured to receive registration data from an IP device and a location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Verizon Data Services, LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel, Robert Olshansky, Derek Misumori
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Patent number: 8582724Abstract: A system including a location server configured to receive registration data from an IP device and a location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Elliot G. Eichen, Derek Mitsumori, Eric R. Sporel
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Patent number: 8356110Abstract: A resource manager permits a first user to use a first bandwidth of a shared pool of bandwidth for receiving a first media stream, where the shared pool of bandwidth comprises a maximum amount of available bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sanjay K. Udani, Naseem Khan, Eric R. Sporel, Tim Dwight
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Patent number: 8265068Abstract: A system including a first network configured to receive IP device data from an IP device and to provide one or more IP addresses of the IP device based on the IP device data; a second network comprising: a second network location database configured to store physical location information, and a second network location server configured to receive the one or more IP addresses of the IP device from the first network, and query the second network location database to determine physical location information of the IP device based on the one or more IP addresses.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel
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Publication number: 20120151056Abstract: A network device implements resource admission policy management related to controlling the denial or grant of a delivery of a network service to a customer device. The network device receives a notification related to a change in network topology or network capacity of a network that delivers the network service. The network device identifies changes in the network topology or the network capacity based on the notification, and applies resource admission control to deny or grant the customer device access, to resources of the network to receive delivery of the network service, based on the identified changes in the network topology and/or the network capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Eric R. Sporel, Sanjay K. Udani
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Publication number: 20120054344Abstract: A resource manager permits a first user to use a first bandwidth of a shared pool of bandwidth for receiving a first media stream, where the shared pool of bandwidth comprises a maximum amount of available bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Sanjay K. Udani, Naseem Khan, Eric R. Sporel, Tim Dwight
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Publication number: 20110164744Abstract: Enhanced call management services to users receiving incoming calls on extensions on a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided by an application server configured to provide call management services to at least one of the users and a protocol proxy configured to receive call information from the PBX according to a protocol for establishing call sessions. The application server is further configured to receive the call information from the protocol proxy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel, Robert Liao, Derek Mitsumori, Sujin C. Chang, James Flynn
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Patent number: 7920692Abstract: Enhanced call management services to users receiving incoming calls on extensions on a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided by an application server configured to provide call management services to at least one of the users and a protocol proxy configured to receive call information from the PBX according to a protocol for establishing call sessions. The application server is further configured to receive the call information from the protocol proxy.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2005Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel, Robert Liao, Derek Mitsumori, Sujin Catherine Chang, James Flynn
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Publication number: 20100157983Abstract: Methods and systems are described for performing alternate routing of communications in a network. The system initiates a communication from an origination endpoint in a packet-switched network, such as a VOIP network, to a destination endpoint, and determining, according to selection criteria, whether to route the communication to the destination endpoint using at least a second circuit-switched network, such as the PSTN.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: Level 3 Communications, Inc.Inventors: Harry Mussman, James O'Brien, Eric R. Sporel, Robert K. Israel, Michael Baj
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Patent number: 7711094Abstract: A system including an IP device configured to provide registration data, a Service Bureau configured to store location information of the IP device and provide routing data based on location information of the IP device, location server configured to receive registration data from the IP device, and location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Elliot G. Eichen, Derek Mitsumori, Eric R. Sporel
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Patent number: 7706356Abstract: A system including a first network configured to receive IP device data from an IP device and to provide one or more IP addresses of the IP device based on the IP device data; a second network comprising: a second network location database configured to store physical location information, and a second network location server configured to receive the one or more IP addresses of the IP device from the first network, and query the second network location database to determine physical location information of the IP device based on the one or more IP addresses.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel
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Publication number: 20100020942Abstract: A system including a location server configured to receive registration data from an IP device and a location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2009Publication date: January 28, 2010Applicant: Verizon Data Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert Olshansky, Elliot G. Eichen, Derek Mitsumori, Eric R. Sporel
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Publication number: 20090310602Abstract: A system including a first network configured to receive IP device data from an IP device and to provide one or more IP addresses of the IP device based on the IP device data; a second network comprising: a second network location database configured to store physical location information, and a second network location server configured to receive the one or more IP addresses of the IP device from the first network, and query the second network location database to determine physical location information of the IP device based on the one or more IP addresses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: Verizon Data Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel
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Patent number: 7570632Abstract: Methods and systems are described for performing alternate routing of communications in a network. The system initiates a communication from an origination endpoint in a packet-switched network, such as a VOIP network, to a destination endpoint, and determining, according to selection criteria, whether to route the communication to the destination endpoint using at least a second circuit-switched network, such as the PSTN.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLCInventors: Harry Mussman, James O'Brien, Eric R. Sporel, Robert K. Israel, Michael Baj
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Publication number: 20090163171Abstract: An apparatus for providing emergency service validation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receiving a message associated with a registration event of a device to a communication session. The message may include a parameter having information indicative of a location of the device at a time of the registration. The processor may also be configured to determine whether the location of the device at the time of the registration corresponds to a location where an emergency service dispatch is supportable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2007Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicants: Verizon Services Organization Inc., Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Eric R. Sporel, Okeno R. Palner