Patents by Inventor Kellan Stec

Kellan Stec 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: 10769368
    Abstract: A method comprises, receiving a text of an SMS message, parsing a description, date, time and location of appointment from the SMS message, sending the description, date, time and location of appointment to a URL shortener and redirector and appending the shortened and redirected URL to the SMS message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: WEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, Rhonda Gibler
  • Patent number: 10645215
    Abstract: Personal information, such as professional information normally associated with a business card may be identified and appended to a messaging sequence to provide automated user profile updates. One example embodiment may transmitting an initiation message from a service provider to a user device to initiate a communication session, transmitting a request message to the user device to accept contact information associated with the service provider, receiving a confirmation message responsive to the request message, transmitting the contact information responsive to receiving confirmation of the request, and automatically initiating a contact information update on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, James K. Boutcher
  • Patent number: 10455091
    Abstract: At least one inquiry message is received from a user device in the form or a text message, email or other communication message format. The message may be received and processed to identify the content of the inquiry message to determine whether the inquiry message should be transferred to a live agent queue or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database. In the case of the automated message failing to address the user's inquiry or if the automated responses do not appear to be relevant based on the comparison of the message content to automated response content then transmitting the inquiry message to the live agent queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, James K. Boutcher
  • Patent number: 10251031
    Abstract: An advanced automatic loop detection apparatus and method in short message service (SMS) two-way messaging is provided. The apparatus may receive a reply message from a mobile device, and detect whether a loop is occurring when the reply message is received from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Adam C. Caldwell, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Kellan Stec
  • Patent number: 10051118
    Abstract: Personal information, such as professional information normally associated with a business card may be identified and appended to a messaging sequence to provide automated user profile updates. One example embodiment may transmitting an initiation message from a service provider to a user device to initiate a communication session, transmitting a request message to the user device to accept contact information associated with the service provider, receiving a confirmation message responsive to the request message, transmitting the contact information responsive to receiving confirmation of the request, and automatically initiating a contact information update on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, James K. Boutcher
  • Patent number: 9871919
    Abstract: At least one inquiry message is received from a user device in the form or a text message, email or other communication message format. The message may be received and processed to identify the content of the inquiry message to determine whether the inquiry message should be transferred to a live agent queue or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database. In the case of the automated message failing to address the user's inquiry or if the automated responses do not appear to be relevant based on the comparison of the message content to automated response content then transmitting the inquiry message to the live agent queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, James K. Boutcher
  • Patent number: 9756488
    Abstract: An advanced automatic loop detection apparatus and method in short message service (SMS) two-way messaging is provided. The apparatus may receive a reply message from a mobile device, and detect whether a loop is occurring when the reply message is received from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Adam C. Caldwell, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Kellan Stec
  • Patent number: 9654627
    Abstract: Personal information, such as professional information normally associated with a business card may be identified and appended to a messaging sequence to provide automated user profile updates. One example embodiment may transmitting an initiation message from a service provider to a user device to initiate a communication session, transmitting a request message to the user device to accept contact information associated with the service provider, receiving a confirmation message responsive to the request message, transmitting the contact information responsive to receiving confirmation of the request, and automatically initiating a contact information update on the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, James K. Boutcher
  • Patent number: 9553991
    Abstract: At least one inquiry message is received from a user device in the form or a text message, email or other communication message format. The message may be received and processed to identify the content of the inquiry message to determine whether the inquiry message should be transferred to a live agent queue or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database. In the case of the automated message failing to address the user's inquiry or if the automated responses do not appear to be relevant based on the comparison of the message content to automated response content then transmitting the inquiry message to the live agent queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, James K. Boutcher
  • Patent number: 9521527
    Abstract: An advanced automatic loop detection apparatus and method in short message service (SMS) two-way messaging is provided. The apparatus may receive a reply message from a mobile device, and detect whether a loop is occurring when the reply message is received from the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Adam C. Caldwell, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, Kellan Stec
  • Patent number: 9247066
    Abstract: A message processing application may be configured to receive at least one inquiry message from a user device in the form or a text message, email or other communication message format. The message may be received and processed to identify the content of the inquiry message to determine whether the inquiry message should be transferred to a live agent queue or whether the inquiry message should be responded to with an automated response stored in a database. In the case of the automated message failing to address the user's inquiry or if the automated responses do not appear to be relevant based on the comparison of the message content to automated response content then transmitting the inquiry message to the live agent queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: West Corporation
    Inventors: Kellan Stec, Geetha Gopalakrishnan, James K. Boutcher