Patents by Inventor Kevin D. Beauford

Kevin D. Beauford 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).

  • Voice over IP system recovery apparatus for service and packet groups based on failure detection thresholds
    Patent number: 8040796
    Abstract: A system comprising a SIP failure chandler, wherein the SIP failure handler monitors SIP failures and issues an alert and reroutes call traffic based on a service group number if a SIP failure threshold is exceeded wherein the service group number is associated with a detected failure, where the service group comprises a plurality of IP addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Kevin D. Beauford
  • Special termination mobile announcement, for wireless VoIP customized ring back tone service
    Patent number: 7894454
    Abstract: In a communications network that provides customized ring back tone (CRBT) service to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephone calls, an announcement is played to a called party having CRBT service with VoIP telephony, after the called party answers a ringing signal but before a communications pathway is established between the calling party and the called party. The announcement notifies the called party of an incoming call during the time that a pathway is being set up and which would otherwise be silent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin D. Beauford
  • Voice over IP system recovery apparatus for service and packet groups based on failure detection thresholds
    Publication number: 20100027416
    Abstract: A system comprising a SIP failure tracker, wherein the SIP failure tracker monitors SIP failures and issues an alert if a SIP failure threshold is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventor: Kevin D. Beauford
  • Special termination mobile announcement, for wireless VoIP customized ring back tone service
    Publication number: 20090003338
    Abstract: In a communications network that provides customized ring back tone (CRBT) service to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephone calls, an announcement is played to a called party having CRBT service with VoIP telephony, after the called party answers a ringing signal but before a communications pathway is established between the calling party and the called party. The announcement notifies the called party of an incoming call during the time that a pathway is being set up and which would otherwise be silent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Kevin D. Beauford
  • Call category for a call that terminates at announcement server component
    Patent number: 7136679
    Abstract: An apparatus in one example comprises a call control component that sets a call category for a call to indicate that the call terminates at an announcement server component prior to connection with a called communication device. Upon receipt of an answer message from the announcement server component, the call control component drops the answer message based on the call category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin D. Beauford