Patents Assigned to Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
  • Packet header compression for lossy channels
    Patent number: 7613185
    Abstract: An uncompressed packet header can be compressed in size to form a smaller, compressed packet header, such that the compressed header can include values that can be used to reproduce the uncompressed header. A compressed header can include at least two such values. A first value of the at least two values can be computed based on a second uncompressed header and can be used to derive the uncompressed header. Similarly, a second value of the at least two values can be computed based on a third uncompressed header and can be used to derive the same uncompressed header. Accordingly, the uncompressed header can be derived based on the first value and the second uncompressed header, or based on the second value and the third uncompressed header. The uncompressed header, second uncompressed header, and third uncompressed header can be associated with different packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignees: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brig Barnum Elliott
  • Method and system for electronically viewing multi-page documents while preserving appearance of printed pages
    Patent number: 7610309
    Abstract: An electronic Yellow Pages viewer shows the pages of a Yellow Pages directory as they appear in the bound version. The print queue used to print the bound version is intercepted, and each page is rasterized into a JPEG file. The page/header/advertisement data are parsed to create an index which associates each Yellow Pages heading with the first page on which that heading appears. The viewer runs as a Java applet inside a World Wide Web browser and allows a user to access a page by typing the name of a heading, selecting the heading from a tree view or typing a page number. A Yellow Pages advertiser receives an electronic bill with an electronic tear sheet showing the page on which the advertisement appears and the reverse page. The advertisement can be selectively highlighted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Burger, Randall Stafford, Richard E. Fletcher, Timothy A. Kutz, Bente Tonder Gendron
  • VoIP-BASED INVOCATION OF PSTN-BASED AIN/IN SERVICES
    Publication number: 20090257428
    Abstract: A method may include receiving an Advanced Intelligent Network/Intelligent Network (AIN/IN) service request from a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber, generating an IP-based message for invoking the AIN/IN service based on the AIN/IN service request, routing the IP-based message to an AIN/IN service control device via an IP signaling gateway, receiving an AIN/IN response from the AIN/IN service control device based on the IP-based message, and connecting the VoIP subscriber to the AIN/IN service based on the AIN/IN response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Euclid S. BROOKS, Jeffrey R. Evans, Nashwa F. Sidhom, Henry L. Tam
  • Hybrid communications link
    Patent number: 7603137
    Abstract: A hybrid communications link includes a slow, reliable communications link and a fast unreliable communications link. Communication via the hybrid communications link selectively uses both the slow, reliable communications link and the fast, unreliable communications link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc. & BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Brig Barnum Elliott
  • Method and system for service-enablement gateway and its service portal
    Patent number: 7574660
    Abstract: A method and system for dynamic service support is presented. A portal-page service and an interface bundle are installed at the gateway. A customer service at the gateway, based on the interface bundle, is installed at the gateway. The portal-page service searches for the customer service and generates a user interface for the customer service based on the customer service. The portal-page service generates a portal-page based on the user interface and the portal page service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Campbell, Burton M. Strauss, III, Myron C. Dolecki
  • Systems and methods for efficient buffering and metering of high-speed flows
    Patent number: 7573889
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed in which one or more cells are buffered in a communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a cell; classifying the cell as one of a set of flows; transmitting the cell to one of a set of queues of static memory, such that the queue corresponds to one of a set of banks of dynamic memory; and writing the cell to the corresponding one of the set of banks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignees: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Walter C. Milliken, Christine E. Jones
  • Page aggregation for web sites
    Patent number: 7565401
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and device and computer storage medium for determining whether two pages linked on the World Wide Web are a part of the same World Wide Web site. The method involves examining and comparing the IP addresses of the Web pages, and can also be extended to finding other pages to which a given Web page is linked on the Web, and to determining whether a Web page of interest is part of a Web site with a desired characteristic, such as being part of an electronic commerce site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventor: Jay Michael Ponte
  • Method and system for call center screening
    Patent number: 7564957
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for call center screening that enable a network service provider to dynamically control service request traffic directed to selected service centers. An Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) service is configured to intercept calls originating from calling parties and directed to trigger numbers designated for processing predetermined service requests. Depending upon the trigger number, the AIN may play an announcement asking a calling party to designate the service requested. Following a calling party's valid response, a second announcement is played asking the calling party to select the type of service associated with the first response. Depending upon the calling party's responses and calling party's location, the AIN may route the call to selected service centers, in order to control the traffic to overloaded service centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Cowell, Ravi Narayan
  • INTELLIGENT AUTOMATIC DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
    Publication number: 20090178071
    Abstract: A system measures a frequency with which a user views a television program and identifies the television program as one of the user's favorite programs based on the measured frequency. The system automatically records, without intervention of the user, the one of the user's favorite programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventor: Steven D. WHITEHEAD
  • AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE NUMBER FAVORITES LIST
    Publication number: 20090175432
    Abstract: A system stores a set of telephone numbers dialed by a user. The system selects a subset of telephone numbers from the stored set of telephone numbers as the user's favorite telephone numbers based on one or more first scores, where the one or more scores include a frequency score associated with a frequency that the telephone numbers have been dialed by the user and/or a recency score associated with how recently that the telephone numbers have been dialed by the user. The system stores the list of the user's favorite telephone numbers in memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventor: Steven D. Whitehead
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THREAT LOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20090157744
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying threat locations including a receiver to receive threat data identifying a threat, one or more processors configured to retrieve location data from one or more databases based on the threat data, and an output to provide floor plan information identifying threat location based on the location data at a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventor: James T. McConnell
  • APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GEOGRAPHIC CALL CENTER STATUS AND SECURITY
    Publication number: 20090154685
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, system, and computer program product are provided for producing a geographical mapping of the status, activity, security, work-force, and other information of call centers. The systems and methods may receive call center data and call data, generate a geographical data, and display at least a portion of the geographical data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: Verizon Services Corp., Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James T. McConnell, Charles V. Miller, IV, Roy D. Barrett
  • VISUAL VOICEMAIL PROVISIONING AND NOTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20090156176
    Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC, VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC.
    Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Chris HELBLING, Gaurav D. MEHTA, Michael R. OLIVER, Guillermo ORTIZ, Okeno PALMER, Dahai REN, Diego S. ROZENSZTEJN, Atul THAPER
  • CAPITAL ALLOCATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20090150205
    Abstract: In an exemplary system, a capital allocation subsystem is selectively and communicatively coupled to a project screening subsystem. The project screening subsystem is configured to aggregate project data corresponding to a plurality of potential projects within an organization and communicate the project data to the capital allocation subsystem. The capital allocation subsystem is configured to facilitate input of one or more constraints on allocation of capital among the potential projects and adjust at least one of the constraints to select a subset of the potential projects for the allocation of the capital such that a return on the capital is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicants: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., Verizon Services Organization Inc., Verizon Corporate Services Corp.
    Inventors: Roger L. Tobin, Gregory K. Evans, Mariano J. Legaz, Hui Liu, Daniel J. McCauley, Sammy J. Thomas, Rina R. Schneur
  • POSITION AND VELOCITY-BASED MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20090138949
    Abstract: A set of one or more positional control parameters includes at least one of a geographic limit, a velocity limit, and a direction of travel limit. A control list identifies at least one feature in a mobile device. The at least one feature may be associated with at least one of the positional control parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventor: David J. O'Neill
  • Methods and systems for reducing the spread of files on a network
    Patent number: 7540029
    Abstract: Methods and systems can reduce the spread of computer files or data on a network by obtaining and tracking times of arrival for chunks of data transmitted on the network. The times of arrival for a node can be transformed into time-series and periodograms computed from the time-series. Successive periodograms can be compared to determine changes in the strongest peaks of the periodograms. If a new peak is identified, a search for the occurrence of the peak in previous periodograms can be conducted. If no peak having a matching frequency is found, a search for the peak in the periodograms for neighboring nodes can be performed. If matching peaks are found, the associated data stream can be classified. Predictions of the timing and length of associated data packets can be used to randomly interrupt transmission of associated data packets resulting in reducing the spread of the classified data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignees: BBN Technologies Corp., Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Tushar Saxena
  • Packet-parallel high performance cryptography systems and methods
    Patent number: 7512780
    Abstract: A cryptographic system (500) includes cryptographic sub-units (510) and associated input buffers (520) connected to a scheduler (530) and a reassembler (540). The scheduler (530) receives packets, where each of the packets includes one or more data blocks, and assigns each of the packets to one of the sub-units (510). The input buffers (520) temporarily store the packets from the scheduler (530). Each of the sub-units (510) performs a cryptographic operation on the data blocks from the associated input buffer (520) to form transformed blocks. The reassembler (540) receives the transformed blocks from the sub-units (510), reassembles the packets from the transformed blocks, and outputs the reassembled packets in a same order in which the packets were received by the scheduler (530).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignees: Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc., BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Walter Clark Milliken
  • Systems and methods for detecting network intrusions
    Patent number: 7500266
    Abstract: A device (120) processes traffic in a network. The device (120) obtains information corresponding to an activity between a group of source devices and one or more services of destination devices, measures, for each of the group of source devices, a behavior of the source activity in terms of independence and uniformity of access to the one or more services, and determines, for each of the group of source devices, whether the source activity includes probing based on the measured behavior. The device (120) also determines, for each of the group of source devices, a similarity factor representing a similarity between the source activity of one of the group of source devices and another of the group of source devices, compares the similarity factors for each pair of source devices to a threshold, and groups source devices when the similar factor for those source devices are below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignees: BBN Technologies Corp., Verizon Corporate Services Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Francis Vukelich, John Houston Lowry, Derrick Kong, Wilson Wrenshall Farrell, Jr., Kenneth Burton Theriault
  • Connectivity Service-Level Guarantee Monitoring and Claim Validation Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20090049170
    Abstract: A system monitors performance in a network that includes several network resources. The system obtains a list of targets in the network. The targets include selected ones of the resources. The system sends a request to the targets, receives responses from the targets, and determines a status of the targets based on the received responses or a lack of responses from the targets. The system then analyzes the status of the targets to determine compliance with the service-level guarantee.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Irvin C. SCHICK, Gregory HERSH
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ACCURACY OF AN AUTOMATIC LOCATION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090047925
    Abstract: A method (38) and system (56) evaluate the accuracy of an Automatic Location Identification (ALI) system (36) deployed within an environment (20) and configured to location a wireless communication device (24) originating an emergency call (22) through a wireless communication network (26). The method (38) includes a subprocesses that identify a validation region (144) in which a service area (106) of a public service answering point (PSAP) (32) and an RF coverage area (129) overlap, classify sub-regions within the validation region (144) according to a predetermined set of test scenarios (148) representing unique calling environments, and select test points (200) within the validation region (144) from which test calls, that simulate emergency calls, will be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicants: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc., BBN Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Iftekhar Rahman