Patents by Inventor Leon A. Nicholls

Leon A. Nicholls 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).

  • Publication number: 20190245714
    Abstract: A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Amir Ansari, George A. Cowgill, Leon A. Nicholls, Jude P. Ramayya, Ramprakash Masina, Alvin R. McQuarters, Atousa Raissyan
  • Publication number: 20190103104
    Abstract: Implementations relate to executing a tailored version of a dynamic interactive dialog application, where the tailored version is tailored based on structured content that is specified by a creator of the tailored version. Executing the tailored version of the interactive dialog application can be in response to receiving, via an assistant interface of an assistant application, an invocation phrase assigned to the tailored version and/or other user interface input that identifies the tailored version. In some implementations, a tailored version of a dynamic interactive dialog application is executed with persona value(s) that are specified by a creator of the tailored version and/or that are predicted based on structured content and/or other input provided by the creator in creating the tailored version. In some implementations, structured content and/or other input provided by a creator in creating a tailored version of an interactive dialog application is utilized in indexing the tailored version.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Leon Nicholls, Joshua Williams, Uri First, Nandini Stocker
  • Publication number: 20070041369
    Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for transforming call control and dialog elements for telephony service applications from an intermediate language into a target language. A module that includes a plurality of elements is generated. At least a first element of the plurality of elements is a call control element and at least a second element of the plurality of elements is a dialog element. The call control element defines control of at least one call event associated with the dialog element. The module is stored in an intermediate design file, which is based on one or more intermediate languages. At least a part of the intermediate design file is transformed, using a transformation rule, into one or more target design files, which are based on one or more target languages. The one or more target languages are different from the one or more intermediate languages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Sonus Networks
    Inventors: Leon Nicholls, Alan Tingley, Sunil Menon, Ganesh Pai, Umamaheswar Reddy
  • Publication number: 20070041525
    Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for generating an integrated call control and dialog application. A graphical user interface is provided. A user is enabled, using the graphical user interface, to select an element from a plurality of elements. The plurality of elements include at least one call control element and at least one dialog element. The at least one call control element define control of at least one call event associated with the at least one dialog element. A module for telephony applications is generated using the graphical user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Sonus Networks
    Inventors: Alan Tingley, Leon Nicholls, Sunil Menon, Ganesh Pai, Umamaheswar Reddy