Patents Assigned to TransNexus, Inc.
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Patent number: 7912067Abstract: A clearinghouse server for routing multi-media communications, including telephony calls, between a source device and a destination device via a distributed computer network, such as the global Internet. The clearinghouse server can authorize the completion of a communication from a source device to a destination device and collect usage-related information for the completed communication. In response to an authorization request issued by an enrolled source device, the clearinghouse server can identify one or more available destination devices available to accept a communication from an authorized source device. The clearinghouse server can provide a list of the identified destination devices, typically organized in a rank order, by sending an authorization response to the source device. In turn, the source device can use this list to select a destination device and contact that selected device via the computer network to complete the communication.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P G Dalton, Jr., Stephen Anthony Thomas, Dmitry Isakbayev
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Publication number: 20100278173Abstract: The present invention describes how a trusted network routing authority, such as a VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse can provide routing and secure access control across multiple network domains with a single routing and admission request. This technology can improve network efficiency and quality of service when an Internet Protocol (IP) communication transaction, such as a Voice over IP (VoIP), must be routed across multiple devices or administrative domains. This technology defines the technique of performing multiple route look-ups at the source of the call path to determine all possible routes across intermediate domains to the final destination. The VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse then provides routing and access permission tokens for the entire call path to the call source.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P.G. Dalton, JR., Dmitry Isakbayev, Vikrant Mathur
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Patent number: 7743263Abstract: The present invention describes how a trusted network routing authority, such as a VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse can provide routing and secure access control across multiple network domains with a single routing and admission request. This technology can improve network efficiency and quality of service when an Internet Protocol (IP) communication transaction, such as a Voice over IP (VoIP), must be routed across multiple devices or administrative domains. This technology defines the technique of performing multiple route look-ups at the source of the call path to determine all possible routes across intermediate domains to the final destination. The VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse then provides routing and access permission tokens for the entire call path to the call source.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2005Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Transnexus, Inc.Inventors: James P. G. Dalton, Jr., Dmitry Isakbayev, Vikrant Mathur
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Publication number: 20090245237Abstract: A system for routing voice telephone calls over IP networks as opposed to traditional switched circuit networks. The voice communications during the telephone call are packaged as digital data and access the Internet through gateways. The system supports the linking of a source gateway in a first clearinghouse to a destination gateway in a second clearinghouse. The system further supports the selection of a destination gateway based on factors such as cost, speed of routing, and transmission quality of the voice data. The components of the system are arranged so as to minimize the number of signals sent between clearinghouses in identifying the optimal destination gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P.G. Dalton, JR., Stephen A. Thomas
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Publication number: 20090150984Abstract: A peering authority or settlement clearinghouse can be used to control access, collect session accounting information, and provide financial settlement of interconnect or session fees among anonymous Internet Protocol (IP) peers or networks. The addition of peering policy criteria, such as price and quality of service, to peer to peer route discovery mechanisms enable a trusted intermediary, such as the settlement clearinghouse, to authorize acceptable interconnection or peering sessions between anonymous IP peers. Any financial settlement transactions which result from the peering sessions may be subsequently executed by the settlement clearinghouse.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P.G. Dalton, JR., Dmitry Isakbayev
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Publication number: 20090147773Abstract: Clearinghouse services architectures that support the use of end user devices, such as personal computers, Internet Protocol (IP) phones, cable multimedia terminal adapters, and residential gateways, in an Internet telephony system. The innovative architectures include a proxy-based system model, a direct communication model, and a hybrid proxy/direct communication model. A user can operate an “intelligent” end user device. i.e., a device running a client program with knowledge of the architecture particulars, to access a clearinghouse service on an IP network. This enables the user to communicate a telephony call over the IP network and via the combination of a terminating gateway identified by the clearinghouse service and the Public Switched Telephone Network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventor: Stephen A. Thomas
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Patent number: 7525956Abstract: A system for routing voice telephone calls over IP networks as opposed to traditional switched circuit networks. The voice communications during the telephone call are packaged as digital data and access the Internet through gateways. The system supports the linking of a source gateway in a first clearinghouse to a destination gateway in a second clearinghouse. The system further supports the selection of a destination gateway based on factors such as cost, speed of routing, and transmission quality of the voice data. The components of the system are arranged so as to minimize the number of signals sent between clearinghouses in identifying the optimal destination gateway.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2005Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P. G. Dalton, Jr., Stephen A. Thomas
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Patent number: 7457283Abstract: A peering authority or settlement clearinghouse can be used to control access, collect session accounting information, and provide financial settlement of interconnect or session fees among anonymous Internet Protocol (IP) peers or networks. The addition of peering policy criteria, such as price and quality of service, to peer to peer route discovery mechanisms enable a trusted intermediary, such as the settlement clearinghouse, to authorize acceptable interconnection or peering sessions between anonymous IP peers. Any financial settlement transactions which result from the peering sessions may be subsequently executed by the settlement clearinghouse.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Transnexus, Inc.Inventors: James P. G. Dalton, Jr., Dmitry Isakbayev
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Patent number: 7444407Abstract: Clearinghouse services architectures that support the use of end user devices, such as personal computers, Internet Protocol (IP) phones, cable multimedia terminal adapters, and residential gateways, in an Internet telephony system. The innovative architectures include a proxy-based system model, a direct communication model, and a hybrid proxy/direct communication model. A user can operate an “intelligent” end user device. i.e., a device running a client program with knowledge of the architecture particulars, to access a clearinghouse service on an IP network. This enables the user to communicate a telephony call over the IP network and via the combination of a terminating gateway identified by the clearinghouse service and the Public Switched Telephone Network.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2004Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Transnexus, Inc.Inventor: Stephen A. Thomas
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Patent number: 7398551Abstract: Enrolling devices with a clearinghouse server for Internet telephony and multimedia communications. Enrollment can be the process of taking a network device (such as a router, gateway, gatekeeper, etc.) and exchanging encrypted information with the clearinghouse server, so that later communications with that device can be secured. The enrollment is done with levels of security and verification that ensures the devices and clearinghouse server is legitimate.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: July 8, 2008Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Thomas, Rodney Scott McManus, Rick Vaughn
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Patent number: 7203956Abstract: Enrolling devices with a clearinghouse server for Internet telephony and multimedia communications. Enrollment can be the process of taking a network device (such as a router, gateway, gatekeeper, etc.) and exchanging encrypted information with the clearinghouse server, so that later communications with that device can be secured. The enrollment is done with levels of security and verification that ensures the devices and clearinghouse server is legitimate.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Thomas, Rodney Scott McManus, Rick Vaughn
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Publication number: 20060155998Abstract: A clearinghouse server for routing multi-media communications, including telephony calls, between a source device and a destination device via a distributed computer network, such as the global Internet. The clearinghouse server can authorize the completion of a communication from a source device to a destination device and collect usage-related information for the completed communication. In response to an authorization request issued by an enrolled source device, the clearinghouse server can identify one or more available destination devices available to accept a communication from an authorized source device. The clearinghouse server can provide a list of the identified destination devices, typically organized in a rank order, by sending an authorization response to the source device. In turn, the source device can use this list to select a destination device and contact that selected device via the computer network to complete the communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2005Publication date: July 13, 2006Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James Dalton, Stephen Thomas, Dmitry Isakbayev
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Publication number: 20060067307Abstract: A system for routing voice telephone calls over IP networks as opposed to traditional switched circuit networks. The voice communications during the telephone call are packaged as digital data and access the Internet through gateways. The system supports the linking of a source gateway in a first clearinghouse to a destination gateway in a second clearinghouse. The system further supports the selection of a destination gateway based on factors such as cost, speed of routing, and transmission quality of the voice data. The components of the system are arranged so as to minimize the number of signals sent between clearinghouses in identifying the optimal destination gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James Dalton, Stephen Thomas
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Patent number: 7017050Abstract: A clearinghouse server for routing multi-media communications, including telephony calls, between a source device and a destination device via a distributed computer network, such as the global Internet. The clearinghouse server can authorize the completion of a communication from a source device to a destination device and collect usage-related information for the completed communication. In response to an authorization request issued by an enrolled source device, the clearinghouse server can identify one or more available destination devices available to accept a communication from an authorized source device. The clearinghouse server can provide a list of the identified destination devices, typically organized in a rank order, by sending an authorization response to the source device. In turn, the source device can use this list to select a destination device and contact that selected device via the computer network to complete the communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2001Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P G Dalton, Jr., Stephen Anthony Thomas, Dmitry Isakbayev
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Patent number: 6996093Abstract: A system for routing voice telephone calls over IP networks as opposed to traditional switched circuit networks. The voice communications during the telephone call are packaged as digital data and access the Internet through gateways. The system supports the linking of a source gateway in a first clearinghouse to a destination gateway in a second clearinghouse. The system further supports the selection of a destination gateway based on factors such as cost, speed of routing, and transmission quality of the voice data. The components of the system are arranged so as to minimize the number of signals sent between clearinghouses in identifying the optimal destination gateway.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2001Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James P. G. Dalton, Jr., Stephen A. Thomas
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Publication number: 20050201364Abstract: The present invention describes how a trusted network routing authority, such as a VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse can provide routing and secure access control across multiple network domains with a single routing and admission request. This technology can improve network efficiency and quality of service when an Internet Protocol (IP) communication transaction, such as a Voice over IP (VoIP), must be routed across multiple devices or administrative domains. This technology defines the technique of performing multiple route look-ups at the source of the call path to determine all possible routes across intermediate domains to the final destination. The VoIP inter-exchange carrier or clearinghouse then provides routing and access permission tokens for the entire call path to the call source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2005Publication date: September 15, 2005Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James Dalton, Dmitry Isakbayev, Vikrant Mathur
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Publication number: 20050021761Abstract: Clearinghouse services architectures that support the use of end user devices, such as personal computers, Internet Protocol (IP) phones, cable multimedia terminal adapters, and residential gateways, in an Internet telephony system. The innovative architectures include a proxy-based system model, a direct communication model, and a hybrid proxy/direct communication model. A user can operate an “intelligent” end user device. i.e., a device running a client program with knowledge of the architecture particulars, to access a clearinghouse service on an IP network. This enables the user to communicate a telephony call over the IP network and via the combination of a terminating gateway identified by the clearinghouse service and the Public Switched Telephone Network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2004Publication date: January 27, 2005Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Thomas
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Patent number: 6751652Abstract: Clearinghouse services architectures that support the use of end user devices, such as personal computers, Internet Protocol (IP) phones, cable multimedia terminal adapters, and residential gateways, in an Internet telephony system. The innovative architectures include a proxy-based system model, a direct communication model, and a hybrid proxy/direct communication model. A user can operate an “intelligent” end user device. i.e., a device running a client program with knowledge of the architecture particulars, to access a clearinghouse service on an IP network. This enables the user to communicate a telephony call over the IP network and via the combination of a terminating gateway identified by the clearinghouse service and the Public Switched Telephone Network.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventor: Stephen A. Thomas
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Patent number: 6487283Abstract: A call pricing center that assists Internet Protocol (IP)-compatible devices in defining preferences, including prices, for completing an IP routed transaction. A centralized routing engine associated with a clearinghouse uses the preferences to assist IP devices in making routing decisions. The pricing center provides IP network operators and retail IP telephony gateway operators with significant flexibility by allowing them to designate preferences and preference criteria. A source gateway operator may set preferences such as the maximum price that it is willing to paid for a call, the maximum delay that will be tolerated and the maximum autonomous system hop count that will be tolerated. A destination gateway operator may also set preferences relating to the prices it will charge for terminating calls. Using preference criteria, a gateway operator may specify particular times call prices are to be effective and to what called number ranges they are to be applied.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Anthony Thomas, Jason Bloomberg, James P. G. Dalton, Jr.
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Publication number: 20020112187Abstract: A clearinghouse server for routing multi-media communications, including telephony calls, between a source device and a destination device via a distributed computer network, such as the global Internet. The clearinghouse server can authorize the completion of a communication from a source device to a destination device and collect usage-related information for the completed communication. In response to an authorization request issued by an enrolled source device, the clearinghouse server can identify one or more available destination devices available to accept a communication from an authorized source device. The clearinghouse server can provide a list of the identified destination devices, typically organized in a rank order, by sending an authorization response to the source device. In turn, the source device can use this list to select a destination device and contact that selected device via the computer network to complete the communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Applicant: TransNexus, Inc.Inventors: James PG Dalton, Stephen Anthony Thomas, Dmitry Isakbayev