Patents Assigned to Verizon Data Services
  • DISTRIBUTING AND SHARING CONTENT IN A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20100153410
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, from a first user device associated with a user profile, a first request for a media file and streaming the media file over a network to the first user device in a first format appropriate for the first device. The method may also include stopping the streaming of the media file and associating a stop time with the stopping, wherein the stop time indicates a position in the media file and receiving, from a second user device different from the first user device, a second request for the media file, the second user device being associated with the user profile. The method may also include streaming, starting at the stop time, the media file over the network to the second user device in a second format appropriate for the second device and different than the first format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Zhiying Jin, Jack Jianxiu Hao, Fang Zhu, Wei Xia, Guanrao Chen, Alex Sakharov, Gaurav D. Mehta
  • VOICE AND TEXT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100150333
    Abstract: A text/voice system comprises a device configured to receive an incoming voice call intended for a called party, and detect, in response to receiving the voice call, the current status of the called party on a text messaging system, where the current status may include active or inactive. The device is also configured to establish a communication session between the calling party and the called party via the text messaging system, where speech from the calling party is translated to text and delivered to the called party during the communication session, and responsive text from the called party is translated to speech and delivered as speech to the calling party during the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Lee N. GOODMAN, Sujin C. Chang
  • CUSTOMER VOTING ON TIMESLOTS FOR SHOWS
    Publication number: 20100125869
    Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a video client, interactive television content that permits a customer to select from two or more television shows competing for a timeslot, displaying, by the video client, the interactive television content on a display, receiving, by the video client, a selection of one of the two or more television shows to watch, and determining, by the video client, based on the interactive television content, whether the one of the two or more television shows selected is to be re-mapped to a channel number that is different than a channel number in which the interactive television content is displayed. The method further includes displaying, by the video client, the one of the two or more television shows on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventor: Syed Zafar Beyabani
  • Keyboard controlled telephony features
    Patent number: 7715540
    Abstract: A system is described that includes a keyboard and a computing device running telecommunications management software in connection with a call control facility through wide area data network. The keyboard includes a plurality of dedicated telephone control input devices which correspond to an advanced telephony feature provided through the telecommunications management software. A device driver within the computing device allows operation of the dedicated telephone control input devices to be detected and associated functions of the telecommunications management software to be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Diego Crespo, Raul I. Aldrey, Anil Guntupalli, Edwin Elberg, Bradford Jackvony
  • E911 location server
    Patent number: 7711094
    Abstract: A system including an IP device configured to provide registration data, a Service Bureau configured to store location information of the IP device and provide routing data based on location information of the IP device, location server configured to receive registration data from the IP device, and location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Robert Olshansky, Elliot G. Eichen, Derek Mitsumori, Eric R. Sporel
  • SYSTEM FOR REVENUE MANAGEMENT USING LOCATION BASED SERVICES
    Publication number: 20100106263
    Abstract: A method for revenue management using location based services includes setting a static offering price of an offered product and monitoring a geographic sales region for at least one potential customer. The offering price may be optimized into a targeted price based on at least one dynamic attribute of the one potential customer and distributed to the at least one potential customer. A system for implementing the disclosed method includes a communication network, at least one communication device operable therewith and associated with a potential customer, and a processor configured to communicate with the communication device using the communication network that has a computer readable medium including instructions for controlling the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventor: Aamer Charania
  • Mapping of IP phones for E911
    Patent number: 7706356
    Abstract: A system including a first network configured to receive IP device data from an IP device and to provide one or more IP addresses of the IP device based on the IP device data; a second network comprising: a second network location database configured to store physical location information, and a second network location server configured to receive the one or more IP addresses of the IP device from the first network, and query the second network location database to determine physical location information of the IP device based on the one or more IP addresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Robert Olshansky, Eric R. Sporel
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCED CALL SCREENING
    Publication number: 20100091956
    Abstract: This disclosure details the implementation of methods, systems and computer program products for enhanced call screening (hereinafter, “ECS”). ECS systems implement a live call screening application whereby users may hear voicemail messages in real time as they are being recorded, decide whether or not they wish to talk to the caller leaving the message, and engage the caller in two-way communications by indicating interest in doing so.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services, LLC
    Inventor: Rajesh Gopal
  • EVENT TICKET PURCHASING
    Publication number: 20100082374
    Abstract: A method may include aggregating information regarding events, where for each event the aggregated information includes an event name, an event time, and an event venue. The method may further include receiving a request for a list of events or a list of venues from a user device and obtaining, from the user device, a profile of a user of the user device. The method may further include generating, based on the profile and the aggregated information regarding events, the generated list of events or the list of venues and sending, to the user device, the list of events or the list of venues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicants: Verizon Data Services LLC, Verizon Data Services India Private Limited
    Inventors: Rahim A. Charania, Gangadhar R. Gogineni, Puneet Kalia, Ashutosh Sureka, Prakash Srinivasan
  • CONNECTED ADDRESS BOOK SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20100083125
    Abstract: In an exemplary method, contacts data for a network address book is maintained, data representative of at least a portion of a local address book maintained on an access device is received over a network, and the received local address book data is used to perform at least one connected address book operation. In one example in which the contacts data includes data representative of a network address book listing associated with a user, data representative of a persona associated with the user is maintained, a request to access the network address book listing is received, and at least a subset of the data representative of the network address book listing is identified and provided in response to the request and based at least in part on the persona.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Shadman Zafar, Brian Roberts, Donald Relyea, Heath Stallings, Ruchir Rodrigues, Raul Aldrey, Michelle Felt, Jack Hao, Robert Beckwith
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GRAPHICALLY CONVEYING A STRENGTH OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USERS
    Publication number: 20100080412
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes generating a graphic configured to represent a strength of communication between a user and another user and modifying the graphic based on at least one factor associated with one or more communications between the users. An exemplary system includes a storage facility configured to maintain data associated with a strength of communication between a user and another user and a strength of communication facility configured to generate a graphic configured to graphically represent the strength of communication in accordance with the data. The strength of communication facility is further configured to modify the graphic based on a change in at least one factor associated with one or more communications between the users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services, LLC
    Inventors: Shadman Zafar, Brian Roberts
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING AND BOOKMARKING CONTENT
    Publication number: 20100082681
    Abstract: An approach is provided for creating user-defined folders for organizing content accessible through a set-top box and for creating multiple bookmarks per set-top box program for use during programming playback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicants: Verizon Data Services LLC, MCI International, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata S. Adimatyam, Sameer Gavade, Enrique Ruiz Velasco Fonseca
  • Dynamic location-based mapping system and method
    Patent number: 7688227
    Abstract: A graphical mapping system configured to display mapping information on a handheld device is disclosed. The system includes an image map database configured to store map data for a plurality of geographic areas, which is useful for generating graphical maps. The system further includes a vector map database configured to store vector map data, which is useful for generating vector “overlays” that correspond to the graphical maps. In response to a mapping request from a handheld device, a set of image mapping data and a corresponding set of vector mapping data, both associated with a given geographic location, are retrievable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Serkan Tosun, Jianxiu Hao, YiYi He, Matthew C. Lemay
  • GRAPHIC RENDERING OF CIRCUIT POSITIONING
    Publication number: 20100077365
    Abstract: A method may include receiving circuit information from a backend circuit test system and grouping components in the circuit information into collections by types, the types including segments, equipment, ports, and connections. The method may further include positioning, based on the grouping by types, the components from the circuit information for presentation of a circuit design on a display, and performing path rendering for the circuit design based on the positioning of the components. The method may also include sending an output file with the path rendering to a web browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventor: Joseph David SHULMISTER, JR.
  • MULTI-PANEL TELEVISION BROWSING
    Publication number: 20100077433
    Abstract: A method includes displaying program content from a subscription television service on a display and receiving a signal to initiate a multi-panel browsing mode on the display. The method further includes sending, to a server, a top program request for the subscription television service and receiving top program information from the server based on the top program request, the top program information including a channel number for a top program at a time associated with the top program request. The method also includes displaying a multi-panel view on the display, the multi-panel view including a panel with the program content and a panel with the top program based on the top program information received from the server. Additional panels included in the multi-panel view may include interactive games or other content available from the subscription television service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventor: Syed Zafar BEYABANI
  • Methods and systems for providing a data access layer
    Patent number: 7680797
    Abstract: A preferred system for providing data access comprises an application program interface configured to delegate a request to at least one service providers also included in the system. The service providers may include a synchronization manager configured to maintain, based upon the request, data consistency between a first server containing the service providers and a second server and a cache manager configured to cache, based upon the request, a portion of a database query. In addition, the service providers may include a pre-fetch service configured to anticipate a database query, perform the anticipated query, and cache the results of the anticipated query, and a security manager configured to determine a restriction on the request based upon a role of a user associated with the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Amit Singh, Tao Yang, Fariborz Ebrahimi, Akash Jain, Mohammad Azzam
  • SPEEDY EVENT PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20100043003
    Abstract: A method for event positioning includes categorizing events into event groups based on a priority level, buffering the events in each event group into a group event queue, and determining an optimized position for events within each queue based, at least in part, on a processing time and an expected response time for each event in the group event queue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: John P. Valdez, Ai-Sheng Mao
  • MEDIA SOURCE MONITORING AND PARENTAL AWARDS
    Publication number: 20100031306
    Abstract: A content processing device selectively queries at least one remote device in response to a message received from a user device. The message includes an instruction to modify information in at least one user data set stored on a remote device. Modifying information includes providing an award to one or more users associated with the one or more data sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventors: Siddharth Pandey, Michael Runne
  • DYNAMIC REQUEST WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100023368
    Abstract: A system includes a workflow assignment server including a web server to allow a user device to communicate with the system over a network. The system also includes an application server, a data store, a request form engine, and a workflow engine. The application servers include one or more processors to manage inputs from the user device. The data stores include request templates and one or more sets of data to configure a request form. The request form engine assembles a request form based on the request templates and the one or more sets of data, the assembling being initiated by a signal from one of the one or more application servers. The workflow engine receives a completed request form from one of the application servers and automatically assign one or more approvers for the request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLC
    Inventor: Peter A. HOUBA
  • E911 LOCATION SERVER
    Publication number: 20100020942
    Abstract: A system including a location server configured to receive registration data from an IP device and a location database configured to store location information of the IP device, wherein the location server queries the location database to determine whether the registration data matches the location information stored at the location database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Data Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Olshansky, Elliot G. Eichen, Derek Mitsumori, Eric R. Sporel