Patents by Inventor Steven R. Rados

Steven R. Rados 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: 8942671
    Abstract: An exemplary computing system may receive a first request from a first voice-communication device to establish a secure-voice-communication session with a second voice-communication device. The computing system may also receive a second request from the second voice-communication device to establish the secure-voice-communication session with the first voice-communication device. The computing system may establish the secure-voice-communication session between the first and second voice-communication devices. Corresponding methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLC
    Inventors: Thomas W. Haynes, Steven R. Rados
  • Patent number: 8923829
    Abstract: Voice calls may be filtered and/or modified to enhance the clarity of a speaker's voice. In one implementation, a device may receive an indication, from a caller associated with a call, that speech of the caller is to be modified to deemphasize an accent of the caller. The device may modify, based on the received indication, the speech of the caller to deemphasize the accent of the caller and transmit the modified speech to a callee associated with the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Patricia R. Chang, Donna L. Polehn, Steven R. Rados, David Chiang, Thomas W. Haynes, Sagiv Draznin, Lalit R. Kotecha, Priscilla Lau
  • Patent number: 8861360
    Abstract: A monitoring device may determine an application to monitor, may determine a parameter to monitor, where the parameter is associated with at least one of a network or a device, may determine user devices from which to collect the parameter, and may transmit, to the user devices, information that identifies the application and information that identifies the parameter. The monitoring device may receive, from the user devices, information that identifies values of the parameter, may analyze the values of the parameter, may determine, based on the analysis, that the application is a cause of a problem associated with the network or the device. The monitoring device may perform an action based on determining that the application is a cause of the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Patricia R. Chang, Steven R. Rados, Maria G. Lam, Lalit R. Kotecha, Arda Aksu, Jack T. Tang
  • Patent number: 8855635
    Abstract: A network device may be configured to receive information regarding a location of a user device; compare the location of the user device to one or more coverage areas associated with each of one or more cells that are associated with a base station of a wireless telecommunications network; determine that the user device is within a particular coverage area of a particular cell, of the one or more cells; and instruct the user device, based on determining that the user device is within the particular coverage area of the particular cell, to connect to the particular cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Patricia R. Chang, Steven R. Rados, Priscilla Lau, Yee Sin Chan, Maria G. Lam, John F. Macias, Thomas H. Tan, Lalit R. Kotecha, David Chiang, Thomas W. Haynes
  • Patent number: 8848701
    Abstract: Different access networks may perform signaling and data delivery (bearer connection) for communication services. A device may determine, in response to a request for a service from a user of the device, whether the device is connected to a non-cellular access network. The device may transmit, when it is determined that the device is connected to the non-cellular access network, one or more control messages, relating to establishment of the service, using the non-cellular access network. The device may transmit, when it is determined that the device is not connected to the non-cellular access network, the one or more control messages, using a cellular access network. The device may establish, with a party with which the service is to connect, a bearer connection for the service over the cellular access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Rados, John F. Macias, David Chiang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Yee Sin Chan, Jay J. Lee, Thomas W. Haynes
  • Publication number: 20140286309
    Abstract: A system may be configured to identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology; and to identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology. The system may further be configured to instruct the user device to concurrently connect to the second RAN and the first RAN, send or receive a first type of traffic via the first RAN, and send or receive a second type of traffic via the second RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP (D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS), VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Patricia R. Chang, Arda Aksu, Jay J. Lee, Lalit R. Kotecha, Thomas H. Tan, Maria G. Lam, Steven R. Rados, John F. Macias, Derek Hongwei Bao
  • Publication number: 20140274107
    Abstract: A user device may be configured to receive information regarding a set of points of interest that have been determined based on behavior information associated with a user of the user device. The information regarding the set of points of interest may indicate geographical locations associated with one or more of the points of interest, of the set of points of interest. The user device may determine a present geographical location associated with the user device; compare the geographical locations associated with the one or more points of interest to the present geographical location associated with the user device; identify, based on the comparing, a particular point of interest, of the set of points of interest, that is within a particular distance of the present geographical location of the user device; and output, via a display device, information regarding the identified particular point of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Steven R. Rados
  • Publication number: 20140278589
    Abstract: A method and system and may receive an information request from a user device. An establishment list may be transmitted to the user device in response to the information request, wherein the establishment list includes at least one subscribing establishment. An establishment selection may be received and an establishment option associated with the establishment selection may then be transmitted to the user device. An option selection may then be received from the user device and an establishment record may be updated in response to the selected option, wherein the user device and the subscribing establishments have a pre-existing relationship within the establishment record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Cellco Partnership (d/b/a Verizon Wireless), Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Rados, Sagiv Draznin, Patricia R. Chang, Arda Aksu, Thomas W. Haynes, Deepak Kakadia, Priscilla Lau, John F. Macias, Donna L. Polehn
  • Publication number: 20140278915
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing promotional content are provided. Criteria defining a plurality of different activity-related modes for a user of a mobile station are stored. A message from the mobile station containing that contains information about an activity engaged in by the user is received through a mobile communication network. One of the activity-related modes for a user of a mobile station is selected upon determining that the information about the activity satisfies at least one criterion corresponding to the selected activity-related mode. Promotional content associated with the selected activity-related mode is obtained. The obtained promotional content is transmitted through the mobile communication network to the mobile station for presentation to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Sagiv DRAZNIN, Patricia R. CHANG, Arda AKSU, Steven R. RADOS, Thomas W. HAYNES, Deepak KAKADIA, Priscilla LAU, John F. MACIAS, Donna L. POLEHN
  • Patent number: 8811187
    Abstract: A mobile device may monitor availability of access networks that provide connectivity for the mobile device. The mobile device may also store preference information, on a per-application basis, relating to preferences for using the access networks by applications executed by the mobile device. The mobile device may additionally select, in response to a request from an application to connect to the network, one of the access networks, based on the preference information for the application; and provide a communication channel for the application using the selected access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: John F. Macias, David Chiang, Steven R. Rados, Lalit R. Kotecha, Thomas W. Haynes, Yee Sin Chan
  • Patent number: 8782188
    Abstract: A method performed by a device includes detecting a first condition to generate a report record associated with the device; generating the report record associated with the device, in response to detecting the first condition, where generating the report record includes recording environment conditions associated with the device, recording device conditions associated with the device, and recording signal conditions associated with the device; detecting a second condition to send the generated report record to a server device; and sending the generated report record to the server device, in response to detecting the second condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Cellco Partnership, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Vikram Rawat, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Steven R. Rados, Maria G. Lam
  • Patent number: 8774211
    Abstract: A mobile terminal receives a class identifier and receives a broadcast message with a backoff period definition for multiple classes of mobile terminals. The mobile terminal applies the class identifier to the backoff period definition to determine a backoff interval for the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal sends, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request using the calculated backoff interval. Different backoff intervals are assigned to different classes of mobile terminals to control network access congestion at the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Cellco Partnership, Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Steven R. Rados, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Vikram K. Rawat, Yee Sin Chan
  • Publication number: 20140187210
    Abstract: Voice calls may be filtered and/or modified to enhance the clarity of a speaker's voice. In one implementation, a device may receive an indication, from a caller associated with a call, that speech of the caller is to be modified to deemphasize an accent of the caller. The device may modify, based on the received indication, the speech of the caller to deemphasize the accent of the caller and transmit the modified speech to a callee associated with the call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Patricia R. Chang, Donna L. Polehn, Steven R. Rados, David Chiang, Thomas W. Haynes, Sagiv Draznin, Lalit R. Kotecha, Priscilla Lau
  • Publication number: 20140189034
    Abstract: A server may be configured to receive an indication that a first user device stores a particular content item; receive, from a second user device, a request for content; and determine that the requested content is available from the first user device. The determining may include determining that the particular content item stored by the first user device corresponds to the request for content, and determining that a local peer connection is available between the first user device and the second user device. The server may further output, to the first user device, an instruction to output the requested content to the second user device via the local peer connection, and/or the server may output, to the second user device, information which may allow the second user device to request the content from the first user device via a local peer connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Sagiv Draznin, Patricia R. Chang, Lalit R. Kotecha, Steven R. Rados, Donna L. Polehn, Thomas W. Haynes
  • Publication number: 20140185521
    Abstract: Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services may be provided to a roaming mobile device, even when the home network of the mobile device does not provide VoLTE service. In one implementation, one or more devices in a network may determine based on a mobile device attaching to a network as a roaming device for the network, a home network of the mobile device. The devices may further determine whether the home network, associated with the mobile device, provides VoLTE services; transmit, based on the determination that the home network does not provide VoLTE services, a VoLTE client application to the mobile device, the VoLTE client application providing functionality, for the mobile device, relating to usage of VoLTE services in the network. The devices may further communicate with the mobile device and the VoLTE client application, to provide one or more VoLTE services to the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Arda Aksu, Priscilla Lau, Steven R. Rados, Lalit R. Kotecha, Patricia R. Chang, Sagiv Draznin, David Chiang, John F. Macias, Sanyogita Shamsunder
  • Publication number: 20140187236
    Abstract: Communication sessions with mobile devices may be suspended, in a wireless communications network, after failure of one or more backhaul network links In one implementation, a device may detect failure of a backhaul network connecting a cell site to a core portion of a wireless network; and suspend, based on the detected failure, communication sessions with mobile devices connected to the cell site through radio interfaces, the suspending of the communication sessions including preventing loss of the communication sessions despite the failure of the backhaul network. The device may further detect cessation of the failure of the backhaul network; and resume, based on the detected cessation of the failure of the backhaul network, the communication sessions with the mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING
    Inventors: David Chiang, Steven R. Rados, Donna L. Polehn, Thomas W. Haynes, Sagiv Draznin, Patricia R. Chang, Lalit R. Kotecha
  • Publication number: 20140188873
    Abstract: A server may be configured to receive behavior information associated with a user device. The behavior information may indicate a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present. The server may generate a mode based on the behavior information. The mode may indicate a set of conditions based on which the mode is to be activated, and a set of information to be presented when the mode is activated. The server may output the mode to the user device. The user device may determine, after receiving the mode, that the set of conditions has been satisfied. The determining may be based on a geographical location of the user device. The user device may activate the mode, based on determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied; and may present at least a portion of the set of information, based on activating the mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Patricia R. Chang, Sagiv Draznin, Arda Aksu, Steven R. Rados, Thomas W. Haynes, Deepak Kakadia, Priscilla Lau, John F. Macias, Donna L. Polehn
  • Patent number: 8705490
    Abstract: A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Patricia Ruey-Jane Chang, Arda Aksu, Jay J. Lee, Lalit R. Kotecha, Derek Hongwei H. Bao, Thomas H. Tan, Maria G. Lam, Steven R. Rados, John F. Macias
  • Publication number: 20140109187
    Abstract: A device receives identification information associated with a mobile commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) device, and receives configuration and security requirements defined for the mobile COTS device. The device creates secure configuration software for the mobile COTS device based on the identification information and the configuration and security requirements, and provides the secure configuration software to the mobile COTS device for installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Steven R. RADOS
  • Publication number: 20140109209
    Abstract: A device is configured to receive an authentication credential from a user device, and is configured to authenticate the user device based on the authentication credential. The device is configured to transmit, based on authenticating the user device, a first application for establishing a tunnel that permits the user device to access a second application using an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) network architecture. The device is configured to establish, based on the first application, a tunnel for transferring IMS traffic to or from the user device, and is configured to transfer the IMS traffic to or from the user device, using the tunnel, where transferring the IMS traffic permits the user device to access the second application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas W. HAYNES, Steven R. Rados, Priscilla Lau, Patricia R. Chang, Sagiv Draznin, Lalit R. Kotecha