Patents by Inventor Gholam-Reza Rahsaz

Gholam-Reza Rahsaz 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: 10264130
    Abstract: A single visual voicemail communications session is established and used to provide various content to a visual voicemail client on a wireless device. Rather than requiring the establishment of multiple communications session in order to obtain messaging, multimedia, and other content types associated with a voicemail at a wireless device, all such content is obtained or accessed by a voicemail server and transmitted to the wireless device. The wireless device can provide visual voicemail client data to a voicemail server, enabling the voicemail server to modify content as needed so that it is compatible with the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 9516176
    Abstract: A device in a network may monitor a communications session (such as a traffic flow) and determine that the session has been affected by an adverse network condition such as equipment failure or heavy congestion. The effect of the network condition may be provided to a billing system that may proactively adjust charging for a customer associated with the traffic flow. Various data may be taken into account in determining the adjustment, including a service type, a subscriber identifier, an emergency identifier, and a traffic condition index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20160255201
    Abstract: A single visual voicemail communications session is established and used to provide various content to a visual voicemail client on a wireless device. Rather than requiring the establishment of multiple communications session in order to obtain messaging, multimedia, and other content types associated with a voicemail at a wireless device, all such content is obtained or accessed by a voicemail server and transmitted to the wireless device. The wireless device can provide visual voicemail client data to a voicemail server, enabling the voicemail server to modify content as needed so that it is compatible with the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 9363380
    Abstract: A single visual voicemail communications session is established and used to provide various content to a visual voicemail client on a wireless device. Rather than requiring the establishment of multiple communications session in order to obtain messaging, multimedia, and other content types associated with a voicemail at a wireless device, all such content is obtained or accessed by a voicemail server and transmitted to the wireless device. The wireless device can provide visual voicemail client data to a voicemail server, enabling the voicemail server to modify content as needed so that it is compatible with the wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 9167096
    Abstract: A visual voicemail may be automatically transmitted to a receiving mobile device after the visual voicemail fails to reach the receiving mobile device during an initial delivery attempt. For example, a visual voicemail delivery system may receive an indication of an incoming voicemail, and a visual voicemail associated with the incoming voicemail may be generated. The system may maintain the delivery status of the visual voicemail. For example, if the receiving mobile device retrieves the visual voicemail from the system via a communication session, the system may mark the visual voicemail as delivered. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the system may determine whether the visual voicemail has been delivered to the mobile device. If the system determines that the visual voicemail has not been delivered to the mobile device, the system may automatically transmit visual voicemail to the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 9119041
    Abstract: A personal media storage system within a visual voicemail system may be implemented. A visual voicemail server may receive and store multimedia content on a personal media storage system and associate such content with a voicemail. A visual voicemail server may obtain such content if provided with location data for the content rather than the actual content. A visual voicemail client on a wireless device may transmit a request for content to the visual voicemail server, which may retrieve the content and send to the visual voicemail client using the communications link between the visual voicemail client and the visual voicemail server. The visual voicemail client may render the content within the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 8995351
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are for managing APNs in a wireless communications network during a PDP context activation sequence. An exemplary method includes a radio network controller (RNC) generating an APN assignment request in response to a PDP context activation request being received from a device and sending the APN assignment request to an intelligent APN management system (iAPNMS). The method also includes determining, at the iAPNMS based upon an assignment factor, an APN to assign to the PDP context activation request and assigning the APN to the PDP context activation request. The method also includes one of the RNC and the iAPNMS modifying the PDP context activation request to include the APN, and the RNC forwarding the PDP context activation request including the APN to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) gateway support node (SGSN) to continue the PDP context activation sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20140161042
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are for managing APNs in a wireless communications network during a PDP context activation sequence. An exemplary method includes a radio network controller (RNC) generating an APN assignment request in response to a PDP context activation request being received from a device and sending the APN assignment request to an intelligent APN management system (iAPNMS). The method also includes determining, at the iAPNMS based upon an assignment factor, an APN to assign to the PDP context activation request and assigning the APN to the PDP context activation request. The method also includes one of the RNC and the iAPNMS modifying the PDP context activation request to include the APN, and the RNC forwarding the PDP context activation request including the APN to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) gateway support node (SGSN) to continue the PDP context activation sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 8654706
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are for managing APNs in a wireless communications network during a PDP context activation sequence. An exemplary method includes a radio network controller (RNC) generating an APN assignment request in response to a PDP context activation request being received from a device and sending the APN assignment request to an intelligent APN management system (iAPNMS). The method also includes determining, at the iAPNMS based upon an assignment factor, an APN to assign to the PDP context activation request and assigning the APN to the PDP context activation request. The method also includes one of the RNC and the iAPNMS modifying the PDP context activation request to include the APN, and the RNC forwarding the PDP context activation request including the APN to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) gateway support node (SGSN) to continue the PDP context activation sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20130322268
    Abstract: A device in a network may monitor a communications session (such as a traffic flow) and determine that the session has been affected by an adverse network condition such as equipment failure or heavy congestion. The effect of the network condition may be provided to a billing system that may proactively adjust charging for a customer associated with the traffic flow. Various data may be taken into account in determining the adjustment, including a service type, a subscriber identifier, an emergency identifier, and a traffic condition index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Patent number: 8594635
    Abstract: Data communications sessions for visual voicemail data communications are terminated under the control of a wireless device's visual voicemail client. In one embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data communications session immediately upon sending an acknowledgement of receiving voicemail data from a voicemail server. In another embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data communications session following the expiration of a timer set by the visual voicemail client. Alternatively, a visual voicemail client can be configured to wait for a termination request for command from a voicemail server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Arthur Brisebois, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz, William Sigmund
  • Patent number: 8406744
    Abstract: Data communications sessions for visual voicemail data communications are terminated under the control of a wireless device's visual voicemail client. In one embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data communications session immediately upon sending an acknowledgement of receiving voicemail data from a voicemail server. In another embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data communications session following the expiration of a timer set by the visual voicemail client. Alternatively, a visual voicemail client can be configured to wait for a termination request for command from a voicemail server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Arthur Brisebois, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz, William Sigmund
  • Publication number: 20120122427
    Abstract: A personal media storage system within a visual voicemail system may be implemented A visual voicemail server may receive and store multimedia content on a personal media storage system and associate such content with a voicemail. A visual voicemail server may obtain such content if provided with location data for the content rather than the actual content. A visual voicemail client on a wireless device may transmit a request for content to the visual voicemail server, which may retrieve the content and send to the visual voicemail client using the communications link between the visual voicemail client and the visual voicemail server. The visual voicemail client may render the content within the client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20110249618
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are for managing APNs in a wireless communications network during a PDP context activation sequence. An exemplary method includes a radio network controller (RNC) generating an APN assignment request in response to a PDP context activation request being received from a device and sending the APN assignment request to an intelligent APN management system (iAPNMS). The method also includes determining, at the iAPNMS based upon an assignment factor, an APN to assign to the PDP context activation request and assigning the APN to the PDP context activation request. The method also includes one of the RNC and the iAPNMS modifying the PDP context activation request to include the APN, and the RNC forwarding the PDP context activation request including the APN to a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) gateway support node (SGSN) to continue the PDP context activation sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20110143722
    Abstract: A single visual voicemail communications session is established and used to provide various content to a visual voicemail client on a wireless device. Rather than requiring the establishment of multiple communications session in order to obtain messaging, multimedia, and other content types associated with a voicemail at a wireless device, all such content is obtained or accessed by a voicemail server and transmitted to the wireless device. The wireless device can provide visual voicemail client data to a voicemail server, enabling the voicemail server to modify content as needed so that it is compatible with the wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20110143723
    Abstract: A visual voicemail may be automatically transmitted to a receiving mobile device after the visual voicemail fails to reach the receiving mobile device during an initial delivery attempt. For example, a visual voicemail delivery system may receive an indication of an incoming voicemail, and a visual voicemail associated with the incoming voicemail may be generated. The system may maintain the delivery status of the visual voicemail. For example, if the receiving mobile device retrieves the visual voicemail from the system via a communication session, the system may mark the visual voicemail as delivered. After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the system may determine whether the visual voicemail has been delivered to the mobile device. If the system determines that the visual voicemail has not been delivered to the mobile device, the system may automatically transmit visual voicemail to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Venson Shaw, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz
  • Publication number: 20110117887
    Abstract: Data communications sessions for visual voicemail data communications are terminated under the control of a wireless device's visual voicemail client. In one embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data communications session immediately upon sending an acknowledgement of receiving voicemail data from a voicemail server. In another embodiment, a visual voicemail client can be configured to transmit a request or command to terminate a data communications session following the expiration of a timer set by the visual voicemail client. Alternatively, a visual voicemail client can be configured to wait for a termination request for command from a voicemail server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Venson M. Shaw, Arthur Brisebois, Gholam-Reza Rahsaz, William Sigmund