Patents Assigned to Twilio, Inc.
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Patent number: 11032325Abstract: A system and method for facilitating signaling and media communication at a communication platform that includes receiving a communication request to a resource, wherein the communication request specifies a destination endpoint; establishing signaling and media communication in a session with the destination endpoint of the communication request; registering a callback resource to a signaling event of the session; monitoring signaling messages of the session; detecting the signaling event in the signaling messages of the session; and triggering the callback resource upon detecting the signaling event.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jonas Boerjesson, John Wolthuis, Jeffrey Lawson, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 11032330Abstract: A method for processing telephony sessions of a network including at least one application server and a call router, the method including the steps of assigning a primary Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and at least a secondary URI to an application; mapping a telephony session to the primary URI; communicating with the application server designated by the primary URI using an application layer protocol; receiving telephony instructions from the application server and processing the telephony instructions with the call router; detecting an application event; and upon detecting the application event, communicating with the application server designated by the secondary URI.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 11019159Abstract: A multi-tenant media communication platform system and methods. The platform system includes media communication micro-services and micro-service configuration for a plurality of entities configured for use of the platform system. Enrolling an entity in the platform system includes setting entity configuration for use of the platform system by the entity. A micro-service request is processed according to the entity configuration. The micro-service request is a request for use of at least one micro-service of the platform system on behalf of the entity. Use of each micro-service is accounted for on behalf of the entity. Billing information for the entity is generated based on the accounting for the use of each micro-service on behalf of the entity. Entity configuration includes micro-service configuration, and micro-service configuration specifies at least one of: an endpoint mapping to at least one application logic URI, an event callback URI, and an event application logic URI.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthius
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Patent number: 11005998Abstract: An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients. The system can be used with a telephony application that interfaces with a telephony device and an application server.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 10986142Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 10924426Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for bandwidth allocation in multi-track media communication that can include receiving a set of inbound media tracks; resolving track priority configuration for the set of media tracks; resolving media constraints that are at least partially derived from properties of the set of media tracks; producing bandwidth allocation configuration based on at least the track priority configuration and media constraints; and allocating bandwidth to outbound media tracks within a communication link to a client device wherein bandwidth of the outbound media tracks is allocated based on the bandwidth allocation configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Luis Lopez Fernandez, Miguel Paris Diaz, David Fernandez Lopez
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Patent number: 10904389Abstract: Systems and methods for a work distribution service. At a multi-tenant platform that provides a work distribution service for a plurality of external systems, a priority is assigned to a first work item of a first external system. The work item is received via a RESTful work item API call request. The priority is assigned based on work item attributes of the work item and a workflow instruction corresponding to workflow information specified by the work item. The workflow instruction is provided by the external system via a RESTful Workflow API. A worker is assigned to the work item based on: the priority of the work item, the workflow information, and worker state managed by the first external system via a RESTful Worker API. The worker state includes worker attributes. The work item is generated by the external system, and the workflow instruction is managed by the external system.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: John Wolthuis, Robert Brazier
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Patent number: 10904185Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for validating if an email address is a valid email address. The validation includes a combination of rules-based heuristics (e.g., non-existing domain name) and a validity score calculated by a machine-learning model. The machine-learning model makes predictions based on the training data set that includes historical information about email addresses. The information obtained from the rules and the validity score is combined to determine the probability that the email address is a valid email address.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Scott Kawai, Victor Andres Amin
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Patent number: 10893078Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 10893079Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
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Patent number: 10873539Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for bandwidth allocation in multi-track media communication that can include receiving a set of inbound media tracks; resolving track priority configuration for the set of media tracks; resolving media constraints that are at least partially derived from properties of the set of media tracks; producing bandwidth allocation configuration based on at least the track priority configuration and media constraints; and allocating bandwidth to outbound media tracks within a communication link to a client device wherein bandwidth of the outbound media tracks is allocated based on the bandwidth allocation configuration.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Luis Lopez Fernandez, Miguel Paris Diaz, David Fernandez Lopez
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Patent number: 10873892Abstract: Systems and methods for a multi-tenant communication platform. At a multi-tenant communication platform, and responsive to authentication of a communication request provided by an external system, a routing address record of the communication platform is determined that matches a communication destination of the communication request. The matching routing address record associates the communication destination with a plurality of external communication providers. At least one communication provider associated with the matching routing address record is selected, and a request to establish communication with the communication destination is provided to each selected communication provider. The communication request specifies the communication destination and account information.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventor: Patrick Malatack
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Patent number: 10853854Abstract: A multi-tenant media processing platform system and method. At least a first media analysis service of a plurality of media analysis services is activated for at least a portion of an active communication session of an entity in the platform system. The first activated media analysis service performs a first media analysis on media of the active communication session that is collected by the platform system. The first activated media analysis service performs the first media analysis on the collected media while the communication session is active to generate a first media analysis result. During the active communication session, at least one media analysis result is applied.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey Lawson
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Patent number: 10841421Abstract: A system and method for communicating presence information that can include at a first server of a communication platform, receiving an authorization token of a first client application; verifying at least one permission associated with the authorization token; registering a presence status of the first client application upon verifying the at least one permission of the authorization token; at a second server of the communication platform, accepting an incoming communication request; retrieving communication instructions according to the incoming communication request; identifying an instruction to communicate with a communication destination of the first client application; accessing the presence status resource of the first client application; establishing communication with the first client application according to the accessed presence status resource.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, Robert J. Simutis, Patrick Malatack, Kyle Conroy
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Patent number: 10819757Abstract: A system and method for communicating with a client application that can include establishing a client signaling communication channel with a first client application; receiving a communication request from the first client application through the client signaling communication channel, wherein the communication request contains at least an authentication token and a specified communication destination; verifying the authentication token; if the authentication token is verified, at the system bridge, establishing a signaling communication channel with the communication destination and a second media communication channel with the specified communication destination; at the system bridge, establishing a first media communication channel with the client application; and merging the first media communication channel with the second media communication channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke, Jonas Borjesson, Rob Simutis, Brian Tarricone, Edward Kim, Ameya Lokare
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Patent number: 10757546Abstract: A system and method for triggering on platform usage can include at a platform, receiving and storing a trigger configuration of an account; operating a platform comprising internally executing a process on behalf of an account and publishing at least one event when executing the process; at the platform, incrementing a counter in response to the at least one event and if the stored trigger configuration species a usage key associated with a category of counted events of the at least one event; monitoring counters in a context of an associated trigger; and processing the trigger upon the counter satisfying condition of an associated trigger.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Evan Cooke, Timothy Milliron, Adam Ballai, Matthew D. Nowack, Robert C. Hagemann, III
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Patent number: 10757200Abstract: Systems and methods for a conferencing system. Responsive to a new conference request received at a conference orchestration service, participants of the conference and participant regions for each determined participant are determined. A mixer topology is generated that specifies an assignment of each determined participant to at least one input channel of a plurality of mixers. A mixer state manager generates the mixer topology based on the determined participant regions and at least one regional association of a mixer. Media of each determined participant is routed to the assigned at least one input channel according to the generated mixer topology by using the conference orchestration service. The mixer state manager generates the topology responsive to a request provided by the conference state manager. The conference orchestration service receives the generated mixer topology from the mixer state manager via the conference state manager.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Christer Fahlgren, Nico Acosta Amador
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Patent number: 10749964Abstract: A system and method for facilitating contextual communications that includes creating a contextual resource that is initially associated with at least at first communication session; receiving an incoming communication request and establishing a second communication session; associating the second communication session with the contextual resource; setting contextual information of the contextual resource; performing at least one contextual communication action.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, Rob Brazier, Peter Lee, Manav Khurana
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Patent number: 10747717Abstract: Systems and methods for a multitenant computing platform. Original data is generated through operation of a computing platform system on behalf of an account of the computing platform system, and the original data is moderated according to a data retention policy set for the account. The moderated data is stored at the computing platform system. The computing platform system moderates the generated data by securing sensitive information of the generated data from access by the computing platform system, and providing operational information from the generated data. The operational information is accessible by the computing platform system during performance of system operations.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Adam Ballai, Timothy S. Milliron
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Patent number: 10705864Abstract: A system and method for customizing communication processing within a communication platform that includes configuring a service handler, which comprises of at least setting execution code of the service handler; setting an association between the service handler and a communication event of the communication platform; detecting the occurrence of the communication event of a communication facilitated through the communication platform; invoking the service handler in response to the event, which comprises: executing the execution code in a serverless execution environment and generating a service handler response; and augmenting the communication in accordance with the service handler response.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Twilio Inc.Inventors: Carter Rabasa, Martin Amps