Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Giard

Jeffrey Giard 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: 10771622
    Abstract: An enhancement content asset is presented along with an incoming communication alert on a terminating recipient device. An initiation of a communication to a recipient that is sent by a caller at a caller user device is received at the core network of the wireless carrier network. A terminating recipient device for the communication is identified based on a recipient identifier of the recipient included in the initiation of the communication. A reference that enables the terminating recipient device to obtain an enhancement content asset from the wireless carrier network or a third-party content provider is generated, such that a message that includes the reference is sent to the terminating recipient device to trigger presentation of the enhancement content asset along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Drake, Araceli Lesko, Jeffrey Giard
  • Patent number: 10587749
    Abstract: An enhancement content asset is received at a user device for presentation along with an incoming communication alert for a communication. The communication is initiated on a caller user device and routed to the user device via a wireless carrier network. A determination is made as to whether the enhancement content asset is to be suppressed from presentation on a user interface of the user device based on a configuration rule in a configuration data store of the user device. The enhancement content asset is not presented on the user interface in response to the configuration rule indicating that the enhancement content asset is to be suppressed from presentation on the user interface. Conversely, the enhancement content asset is presented along with the incoming communication alert on the user interface of the user device in response to the configuration rule indicating the enhancement content asset is permitted to be presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron Drake, Araceli Lesko, Jeffrey Giard
  • Publication number: 20180262613
    Abstract: An enhancement content asset is presented along with an incoming communication alert on a terminating recipient device. An initiation of a communication to a recipient that is sent by a caller at a caller user device is received at the core network of the wireless carrier network. A terminating recipient device for the communication is identified based on a recipient identifier of the recipient included in the initiation of the communication. A reference that enables the terminating recipient device to obtain an enhancement content asset from the wireless carrier network or a third-party content provider is generated, such that a message that includes the reference is sent to the terminating recipient device to trigger presentation of the enhancement content asset along with an incoming communication alert for the communication on a user interface of the terminating recipient device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Drake, Araceli Lesko, Jeffrey Giard
  • Publication number: 20180262614
    Abstract: An enhancement content asset is received at a user device for presentation along with an incoming communication alert for a communication. The communication is initiated on a caller user device and routed to the user device via a wireless carrier network. A determination is made as to whether the enhancement content asset is to be suppressed from presentation on a user interface of the user device based on a configuration rule in a configuration data store of the user device. The enhancement content asset is not presented on the user interface in response to the configuration rule indicating that the enhancement content asset is to be suppressed from presentation on the user interface. Conversely, the enhancement content asset is presented along with the incoming communication alert on the user interface of the user device in response to the configuration rule indicating the enhancement content asset is permitted to be presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Drake, Araceli Lesko, Jeffrey Giard