Reception Of Calling Information At Substation In Wireline Communications System Patents (Class 379/142.01)
  • Patent number: 11863599
    Abstract: In a wireless communication network, a user server receives the user information from an inviting user for presentation to an invited user. A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server receives an originating SIP invite to the invited user from the inviting user and transfers a request to the user server for the user information from the inviting user for the invited user. The user server responds with the user information from the inviting user for the invited user. The SIP server transfers a terminating SIP invite for the invited user from the inviting user that has the user information from the inviting user for the invited user. A User Equipment (UE) receives terminating SIP invite and responsively presents the user information from the inviting user to the invited user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Homer Nicolas B. Filart, Shujaur Mufti
  • Patent number: 11783334
    Abstract: Aspects discussed herein may relate to techniques for authenticating a user using transaction-based authentication questions. The transaction-based authentication questions may be provided to the user. The user may provide audible responses to the transaction-based authentication questions that may be captured by a smart device, such as an always on listening device. Authentication of the user may be based on voice analysis of the audible responses to the transaction-based authentication questions and/or based on the answers to the transaction-based authentication questions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Maiman, Daniel Miller, Jenny Melendez, Viraj Chaudhary, David Septimus, Joshua Edwards, Samuel Rapowitz
  • Patent number: 11757932
    Abstract: Embodiments provide system and methods for a DDoS service using a mix of mitigation systems (also called scrubbing centers) and non-mitigation systems. The non-mitigation systems are less expensive and thus can be placed at or near a customer's network resource (e.g., a computer, cluster of computers, or entire network). Under normal conditions, traffic for a customer's resource can go through a mitigation system or a non-mitigation system. When an attack is detected, traffic that would have otherwise gone through a non-mitigation system is re-routed to a mitigation system. Thus, the non-mitigation systems can be used to reduce latency and provide more efficient access to the customer's network resource during normal conditions. Since the non-mitigation servers are not equipped to respond to an attack, the non-mitigation systems are not used during an attack, thereby still providing protection to the customer network resource using the mitigation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Smith, Shawn Marck, Christopher Newton
  • Patent number: 11711463
    Abstract: A telephone advertisement system acquires, in response to receiving a telephone talk request from a caller to a callee, callee information indicating a callee from a caller terminal device of the caller. The telephone advertisement system acquires, based on the acquired callee information, advertisement content associated with a condition corresponding to an attribute of the callee among a plurality of pieces of advertisement content, each of the plurality of piece of advertisement content associated with a condition of a person to whom respective advertisement content is presented, the condition of the person stored in a predetermined storage. The telephone advertisement system transmits the acquired advertisement content to the caller terminal device to cause the caller terminal device to present the advertisement content within an invitation period during which the callee is being invited to answer an incoming call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Saki Shirai
  • Patent number: 11706334
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call from a calling device destined for a mobile device, identifying a calling device number associated with the calling device and a mobile device number associated with the mobile device, determining whether a stored calling relationship exists between the calling device number and the mobile device number, and appending one of a plurality of caller identification names (CNAM) to the call based on the determination as to whether there is a stored calling relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Norcross, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Patent number: 11681725
    Abstract: One example method includes creating an empty reconstruction stream database, identifying a data time interval, identifying data sources in which data was stored during the data time interval, reading data from the data sources, where the data read out from the data sources are associated with respective timestamps that fall within the data time interval, inserting the read out data into the empty reconstruction stream database so as to create a high resolution data stream, where the data are ordered in the empty reconstruction stream database according to timestamp, processing the data in the high resolution data stream and, based on the processing of the data, identifying and resolving a problem relating to an operating environment in which the data was initially generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Jehuda Shemer, Kfir Wolfson, Assaf Natanzon
  • Patent number: 11683412
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatically generating enhanced caller identification data are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving telephone call placement data that indicates the placement of a telephone call from a calling party to a called party. The actions further include receiving caller identification data. The actions further include accessing first telephone call data that reflects characteristics of telephone calls placed and received by the calling party. The actions further include based on the first telephone call data and the identity of the calling party, determining additional data to combine with the caller identification data. The actions further include generating enhanced caller identification data by combining the additional data with the caller identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Derrick Ives, Ovidiu Serban, Adriana Padilla, Samantha Klemm, Vanda Oliveira
  • Patent number: 11665211
    Abstract: A method for call addition control in a User Agent (UA) or a call service system is provided. The UA or the call service system receives or initiates a call addition request comprising information of a called party during a call. The UA or the call service system determines whether the called party is already present in the call. The UA or the call service system blocks the call addition request in response to the called party being already present in the call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Prabhath Maradapalli Prakash
  • Patent number: 11626118
    Abstract: A vehicle authentication device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to display predetermined verification information on a display device, receive, via an information processor possessed by a user, information on an operation performed by the user after the verification information is displayed, and determine that the information processor is present inside a vehicle cabin, when the information on the operation has a predetermined correspondence with the verification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroki Okada
  • Patent number: 11622089
    Abstract: The system provides a method and apparatus for automatically constructing, controlling, curating, recording, displaying, and preserving a discussion between one, two or more users on a topic. The system is an automated debate moderator that provides muting, time limits, number of rounds, round duration countdown, order of speaking, and end time that can be accessed via any processing device, including smartphones, tablets, desktops, laptops, and the like. The topics can be self-generated or selected from a list of curated topics and the resulting recorded debate can be linked to on any social network or media viewing platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Debate Me Now Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Mickeal, John W. Kopcha, Trevor Downs
  • Patent number: 11611652
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a toll-free telecommunications validation system determines a confidence value that an incoming phone call to an enterprises' toll-free number is originating from the station it purports to be, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: NEXT CALLER, INC.
    Inventors: MohammedAli Merchant, Matthew Williams, Tim Prugar
  • Patent number: 11563782
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for implementing enriched calling services for devices may include a first User Equipment (UE) that sends a call request to an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) Core network and a presence server. The IMS core network may determine that the first UE supports enriched calling services and may enable the first UE to perform an enriched calling operation. The IMS core network may forward the call request to a terminating device, such as a second UE and/or a computing device, with the enriched calling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Adrian T. Synal
  • Patent number: 11545174
    Abstract: Described herein is a system for emotion detection in audio data using a speaker's baseline. The baseline may represent a user's speaking style in a neutral emotional state. The system is configured to compare the user's baseline with input audio representing speech from the user to determine a emotion of the user. The system may store multiple baselines for the user, each associated with a different context (e.g., environment, activity, etc.), and select one of the baselines to compare with the input audio based on the contextual situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Kenneth Bone, Chao Wang, Viktor Rozgic
  • Patent number: 11510255
    Abstract: A communication device comprises a first communication unit and a second communication unit of a same type as that of the first communication unit. The first communication unit or the second communication unit is configured to transmit, after wireless connection to an electronic apparatus is established, a waiting instruction signal for instructing the electronic apparatus to enter a state in which the electronic apparatus waits for a connection request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Imada, Masashi Kamata, Tai Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11477830
    Abstract: A communication apparatus determines whether the communication apparatus is to operate as a transmission apparatus for transmitting service data to be transferred by a service performed via a network, or operate as both the transmission apparatus for transmitting the service data to be transferred by the service performed via the network and a reception apparatus for receiving the service data to be transferred by the service performed via the network, terminates a connection with a communication partner apparatus in response to completion of transmission of the service data if the communication apparatus operates as the transmission apparatus, and terminates the connection with the communication partner apparatus in response to a user operation if the communication apparatus operates as both the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Fumihide Goto
  • Patent number: 11350249
    Abstract: A displaying method and apparatus in a mobile terminal are provided. The displaying method in a mobile terminal includes displaying a message for a missed call for a first number on an idle screen or a call list screen when the missed call is generated from the first number, displaying a call history for the first number on an incoming call screen or an outgoing call screen when a call is received from the first number or the call is transmitted to the first number, and changing the message for the missed call for the first number when a call is connected to the first number and displaying the changed message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaewan Cho
  • Patent number: 11350253
    Abstract: Techniques for triggering an action associated with a task items are provided. A task item associated with a triggering criterion is provided. The triggering criterion requires an occurrence of any of a plurality of communication events. The plurality of communication events includes a telephone call. In some implementations, at least two of the plurality of communication events are of different communication types. In some implementations, the different types are telephone calls, emails, and text messages. The occurrence of a first communication event of the plurality of communication events is detected. It is determined the triggering criterion is satisfied. In response to the determining, a notification associated with the task item is caused to be presented to a user of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Gruber, Alessandro Sabatelli, Alexandre A. Aybes, Donald W. Pitschel, Edward D. Voas, Freddy Allen Anzures, Paul D. Marcos
  • Patent number: 11290593
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for detecting whether an Automatic Number Identification (ANI) associated with an incoming call is a gateway, according to rules-based models and machine learning models generated by the computer using call data stored in one or more databases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
    Inventors: Akanksha, Terry Nelms, II, Kailash Patil, Chirag Tailor, Khaled Lakhdhar
  • Patent number: 11277517
    Abstract: When an incoming call is received from a customer, various aspects may include receiving an indication of availability from several call agents within the computer-telephony integration system and presenting the indications of availability and identification information for each of the call agents on a display. A user control for searching the call agents may also be presented on the display for use by a first call agent to view an indication of availability for a particular call agent. The customer call may then be transferred from the first call agent to the particular call agent in response to the indication of availability identifying the particular call agent as available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Aaron C. Kammeyer, Randall J. Kirchner, Christopher L. Ward, Louis A. Littell
  • Patent number: 11272052
    Abstract: A communication device and method can include one or more processors operatively coupled to memory and an audible output device, where the one or more processors receive a call from a calling party that includes caller identification information and a voice paging message associated with the caller identification information, presenting the caller identification information, presenting the voice paging message as an alias of or to a ring tone or interleaved with the ring tone before the call from the calling party is answered or rejected. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Staton Techiya, LLC
    Inventor: Steven Wayne Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11228680
    Abstract: In order to confirm that a telephone call received by a network termination on a first connection is from a trusted party, the called party connects over a second, independent, connection 7 to a server associated with the trusted party and shares a code with the server. That code is then transmitted over the first connection and, if the connection is genuine, it is intercepted by the server which generates a message over the second connection confirming that the code has been matched. This gives the called party assurance that the call is from a party associated with the trusted server. If a rogue caller attempts to call the termination, the called party's transmission of the shared code will be routed over the caller's connection, which is not associated with the trusted server, so no match will be identified by the server and no confirmation is returned over the second connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
    Inventor: Paul Gray
  • Patent number: 11218591
    Abstract: The technologies described herein are generally directed to modeling radio wave propagation in a fifth generation (5G) network or other next generation networks. For example, a method described herein can include, facilitating, by a first device, receiving a first communication directed to a second device from a third device associated with a first telephone number. The method can further include determining, by the first device, that the first communication comprises a reference to a second telephone number different from the first telephone number, resulting in a number discrepancy. Further, based on the number discrepancy and an analysis of the first communication, the method can further include preventing, by the first device, communication of the first communication to the third device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Howard Lang, Joseph Soryal
  • Patent number: 11178092
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method comprising intercepting an incoming communication for a user, and determining whether to classify the incoming communication as a suspicious incoming communication based on content of the incoming communication and a learned classification model or learned signatures. The method further comprises monitoring one or more outgoing communications from the user, and invoking an action relating to scam prevention in response to determining an outgoing communication from the user is linked to a suspicious incoming communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nathalie Baracaldo Angel, Pawan R. Chowdhary, Heiko H. Ludwig, Robert J. Moore, Amir J. Safavi
  • Patent number: 11140058
    Abstract: A method implemented by a network device to reduce bandwidth and compute resources needed by a controller of a software defined networking (SDN) network by distributing monitoring of nodes connected to data plane nodes (DPNs) in an SDN network. The method determines whether a received response message from a node indicates proper operation, inserts parameters of the received response message into a template for a stateful request message, and sends the stateful request message to the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Ashutosh Bisht, Vyshakh Krishnan C H, Faseela K
  • Patent number: 11108907
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call from a calling device destined for a mobile device, identifying a calling device number associated with the calling device and a mobile device number associated with the mobile device, determining whether a stored calling relationship exists between the calling device number and the mobile device number, and appending one of a plurality of caller identification names (CNAM) to the call based on the determination as to whether there is a stored calling relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: First Orion Corp.
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Murphy, Robert Collin Seely, Aaron Christopher Jacobi, Benjamin Michael Lavigne, Mark Bradley McHenry, John Cooper Gillespie, Matthew Jack Beckham, Kristen Chipolla Sanchez, Lyndsay Michelle Eddy, Jay Todd Callaway
  • Patent number: 11082563
    Abstract: A new and useful additive improvement process to telephone voicemail products, of which empowers one or more users the ability to remotely retrieve the contact information of others with one or more telephone-service-enabled devices and one or more associated voicemail service products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventor: Larry Drake Hansen
  • Patent number: 11074554
    Abstract: A device executes a calendar event application, and the calendar event application receives a notification, from cloud storage, associated with an occurrence related to a calendar event. The calendar event application obtains event information of the calendar event, and presents multiple selectable user interface icons that cause the user device to engage in multiple different forms of electronic communication with at least one attendee of the event, at least one recipient of a notification of the event, or at least one other individual. The calendar event application receives a selection of one of the multiple selectable user interface icons, and initiates one of the different forms of electronic communication with the at least one attendee of the event, the at least one recipient, or at least one other individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vasanthi Bellam, Arpit Nigam
  • Patent number: 11068832
    Abstract: A system includes a memory and at least one processor to determine a location of each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles that have freight capacity, determine a distance of each vehicle to a location of each uncovered shipment of a plurality of uncovered shipments, determine an estimated time of arrival for each vehicle to arrive at the location of each uncovered shipment of the plurality of uncovered shipments, determine a particular vehicle of the plurality of vehicles having a highest score that is selected to service a particular uncovered shipment of the plurality of uncovered shipments, the highest score based on the distance, the estimated time of arrival, and a pick up time for the particular uncovered shipment, and transmit a notification to a computing device of an operator of the particular vehicle that indicates that the particular vehicle is selected to service the particular uncovered shipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: VuTrans Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Josh Jonte, Paul Schultz, Mark Hogan
  • Patent number: 11057516
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing called devices with sets of context data associated with communication sessions are disclosed. In one implementation, a method for generating context data associated with a communications session may include receiving, from a calling device at a first subsystem, a request to establish a communications session. The request may include a first identifier associated with the calling device. The method may further include receiving, at a second subsystem, activities data associated with the calling device that transmitted the request to establish the communications session. The activities data may include a second identifier associated with the calling device and may be indicative of device activities of the calling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Neustar, Inc.
    Inventors: Guido Jonjie S. Sena, Jr., Manjul Maharishi, Gaurav Sharma
  • Patent number: 11057509
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing information at an electronic device. Incoming call entries and outgoing call entries corresponding to phone numbers are displayed. Based on receiving a selection of one of the call entries, a first option is displayed for modifying prestored contact information associated with the phone number corresponding to the call entry, without displaying a second option for adding the phone number to the address book, and call history information is displayed for the phone number, when the phone number is in the address book. The prestored contact information associated with the phone number includes a name for the phone number. The second option is displayed, without displaying the first option, and the call history information for the phone number is displayed, when the phone number is not in the address book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jeong-Sik Cho, Young-Jip Kim, Young-Seop Han, Jun-Young Choe, Kyung-Shin Lee, Tae-Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11044362
    Abstract: Terminal information of a mobile terminal via the Internet is transmitted, and an outgoing reservation is made. Along with this, terminal information of a mobile terminal is transmitted from a telephone network to a telephone exchange apparatus of a company. The telephone exchange apparatus checks the terminal information of a call originator mobile terminal for which an outgoing call is reserved via the Internet against call originating terminal information arrived via the telephone network, and when the call originator terminal information arrived via the telephone network can be authenticated, the reserved call destination terminal is called with the company exchange apparatus as a call originator. When a user calls a customer from his/her mobile terminal phone, a telephone number of the personal mobile terminal is not displayed on a call destination terminal. Further, no troublesome operation for callback is required, and the communication cost charged to a company is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: NEC Platforms, Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Maki, Takashi Ando, Yasuaki Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11039008
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for sending notifications associated with different use or active modes of a mobile device, such as a smart phone, tablet, and so on. For example, a mobile device may be in a busy mode, where a user associated with the mobile device is busy on a call, and/or in an entertainment mode (or other non-communication mode), where the user is utilizing entertainment functions provided by the mobile device (e.g., watching a video, playing a video game, listening to a podcast, and so on).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Kalyan C. Yalamanchili
  • Patent number: 10992801
    Abstract: A system and method of providing caller identification (ID) over a public switched telephone network (PSTN). For outbound calls, the system and method enable a caller to provide a caller ID that differs from the native caller ID of their mobile phone. The system and method enable multiple phones tied to a single account to display the same caller ID for outbound calls. For forwarded inbound calls, such as calls being forwarded from an office, the system and method inform the recipient of the identification of the call as well as that the call is being forwarded. The system and method enable the recipient to have calls forwarded from more than one number and identify the identity of the caller as well as the specific number the call is being forwarded from.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Successful Cultures, Inc
    Inventor: Michael Gayaldo
  • Patent number: 10979558
    Abstract: A method may include receiving indication of initiation of a call from a sender to a recipient, determining an amount of time left in an offer from the sender to the recipient, generating a sender-controlled media (SCM) data structure by adapting a portion of the SCM data structure based on the amount of time left, and configuring caller ID for the call with a link to the generated SCM data structure. In another aspect, a method may include configuring visual caller ID for calls initiated by a user including a temporary item of visual content, and, upon receiving an indication of an initiation of a call, providing the temporary (and/or a permanent) item of visual content as visual caller ID based on a relationship between a current time and a time-limited use parameter of the temporary item of visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: VYNG, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Kats, Jeffrey Chernick, Mark Randall Goldston, Sohrab Pirayesh
  • Patent number: 10972602
    Abstract: In one example, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain a call request from a calling device to a destination device, identify a caller category associated with the calling device, and forward the call request to the destination device with an indicator of the caller category, where the indicator of the caller category is to cause the destination device to present at least one of: a first ringtone that is associated with the caller category or a first vibration pattern that is associated with the caller category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventor: Howard L. Lang
  • Patent number: 10925639
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems are provided for placing an implant into a patient and removing it therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay S. Smith, Michael R. Cole, James M. Sellers, Scott D. Lautenbach, Amy K. Whitson, Matthew Weber
  • Patent number: 10904391
    Abstract: Incoming calls are received from audio capable devices. A call processing server receives an incoming call from an audio-capable device to a destination number, and detects availability for an ancillary source device linked to the audio-capable device. A set of data is provided to the ancillary source device. The set of data specifies graphical menu options for functions supported by the call processing server. The ancillary source device provides an indication of a selection of one of the graphical menu options. In response to the indication, a call transfer for the incoming call is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: 8x8, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Slade
  • Patent number: 10893145
    Abstract: A redirection and messaging system receives telephony information identifying a caller and call context from a telephony system. The system selects one of a plurality of messaging operators based on the call context, optionally sends an introductory message to the caller via a messaging service, and generates a message interface for the selected message operator. The message interface includes the caller and call context and any messages sent between the caller and the selected message operator, with an input interface allowing the selected message operator to input and send messages to the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: LIVEPERSON, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Hayes, Matt Fanning
  • Patent number: 10887352
    Abstract: A method for providing a user agent (UA) with service identification data. The method includes an application server (AS) transmitting Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) data. The SIP data comprises an identifier of the AS and a service identifier for at least one service supported by the AS. The method further includes the UA receiving the SIP data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jan Hendrik Lucas Bakker, Andrew Allen, Adrian Buckley
  • Patent number: 10834254
    Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing customer data in a communication system are provided. In exemplary embodiments, customer records at a customer data warehousing system are accessed. Customer data from the customer records are extracted and associated with a customer identifier. The customer data is then stored to an indexed database, the extracted customer data being indexed according to the identifier. When an incoming communication is received, the communication system will determine a communication identifier of the incoming communication. A lookup and matching process is then performed using the communication identifier in the indexed customer information database. If a matching customer identifier is found, associated customer data may be retrieved and used to provide enhanced communication system services including communication routing and customer data alerts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Fonality, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher M. Lyman
  • Patent number: 10834258
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for screening and selectively blocking private calls. A processor executing instructions associated with a private call blocking service can detect a call from a calling device directed to a called device. The processor can determine that the call has a caller identification blocking marker indicating that a fixed label should be provided to the called device to prevent the called device from presenting caller identification data associated with the calling device. In response to determining that the call has the caller identification blocking marker, the processor can obtain a custom private caller identification mask instead of the fixed label. The processor can provide the custom private caller identification mask to the called device for the call, where the custom private caller identification mask can be presented to a called party associated with the called device without revealing the caller identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Howard L. Lang, Vanda Oliveira
  • Patent number: 10812659
    Abstract: Optimizing a number pool for dynamic number insertion (DNI) used for call attribution is achieved by considering physical characteristics of the DNI number assigned to a specific channel versus characteristics of consumers within that channel—such as by identifying more optimum DNI number characteristics and modifying a DNI number pool based on the more optimum DNI number characteristics—in order to make more optimized DNI number assignments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TALKDESK INC.
    Inventor: Jafar Adibi
  • Patent number: 10798120
    Abstract: An automated scanning service can be configured to dynamically determine potential firewall misconfigurations in a shared resource environment. The scanning service can interrogate one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) to determine the state of the relevant firewall ports. For each firewall port in a permitted state, a test or trace can be run to determine whether the corresponding host port is open. Similarly, information can be obtained indicating which host ports for the allocation are open, and a determination can be made as to whether the corresponding firewall ports are permitted. Once the determinations are made, any mismatch in port state can be reported as a potential misconfiguration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Eric Jason Brandwine
  • Patent number: 10785374
    Abstract: Optimizing a number pool for dynamic number insertion (DNI) used for call attribution is achieved by considering physical characteristics of the DNI number assigned to a specific channel versus characteristics of consumers within that channel—such as by determining a plurality of distinguishable consumer parameters having a business-positive correlation to a subset of numbers from among the pool of numbers—in order to make more optimized DNI number assignments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TALKDESK INC.
    Inventor: Jafar Adibi
  • Patent number: 10715659
    Abstract: Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Igor Tatourian, Rita H Wouhaybi, Hong Li, Tobias Kohlenberg
  • Patent number: 10694035
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call to a mobile device, determining whether the call includes call content data intended for the mobile device, initiating an active session and a time to live (TTL) associated with the call content data, forwarding the call content data to the mobile device when the call includes call content data associated with the caller, and receiving a content confirmation from the mobile device that the call content data was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: First Orion Corp.
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Knuth, Brandon Wayne Murphy, Mark Bradley McHenry, Jay Todd Callaway, Rafael De Melo Aroxa, Matthew Jack Beckham
  • Patent number: 10686938
    Abstract: A redirection and messaging system receives telephony information identifying a caller and call context from a telephony system. The system selects one of a plurality of messaging operators based on the call context, optionally sends an introductory message to the caller via a messaging service, and generates a message interface for the selected message operator. The message interface includes the caller and call context and any messages sent between the caller and the selected message operator, with an input interface allowing the selected message operator to input and send messages to the caller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: LIVEPERSON, INC.
    Inventors: Marc Hayes, Matt Fanning
  • Patent number: 10667057
    Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking users within a facility. The facility includes two or more zones and each facility zone is associated with a respective acoustic device. The system includes a communication module, a processor, and memory storing processor executable instructions. The instructions, when executed, cause the processor to: receive a first acoustic input from a first acoustic device associated with a first zone and determine that the first acoustic input is associated with a first user. The instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to associate the first acoustic input with the first user. Using contextual data of the first user, the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor to confirm the association of the first acoustic input with the first user and associate a location of the first user with the first zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Neil Patrick Adams, Edward Snow Willis
  • Patent number: 10616407
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic device, a method thereof, and a server. The electronic device includes a display, a communication interface, at least one processor, and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein, upon execution, the memory is configured to store instructions that enable the at least one processor to detect that a call event associated with another electronic device occurs; obtain call-related information associated with the another electronic device; detect at least one piece of information corresponding to a call state with the another electronic device from the obtained call-related information; and control the display to display a screen including the at least one piece of detected information and information indicating the call state with the another electronic device. Other embodiments may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jihyun Kim, Minseo Kang, Yonghak Kim, Sujeong Lim, Jaehwan Kim, Dohoon Kim, Myung-Ho Kim, Sunyong Kim, Seung Woo Park, Jongwon Seo, An-Ki Cho
  • Patent number: 10582051
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for screening and selectively blocking private calls. A processor executing instructions associated with a private call blocking service can detect a call from a calling device directed to a called device. The processor can determine that the call has a caller identification blocking marker indicating that a fixed label should be provided to the called device to prevent the called device from presenting caller identification data associated with the calling device. In response to determining that the call has the caller identification blocking marker, the processor can obtain a custom private caller identification mask instead of the fixed label. The processor can provide the custom private caller identification mask to the called device for the call, where the custom private caller identification mask can be presented to a called party associated with the called device without revealing the caller identification data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Howard L. Lang, Vanda Oliveira