Patents by Inventor Anders Brownworth

Anders Brownworth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9398506
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. An IP data stream over an 802.11 WiFi communication link is characterized as the primary IP data stream and when its quality falls below a first threshold level, the hybrid mobile device will encode a second IP data stream that is the same as the original IP data stream and send a variable percentage of the second IP data stream over a cellular based IP communication link. If the quality of the IP data stream over the 802.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Surmay, Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba
  • Patent number: 9398165
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. The communications server determines a packet quality for each corresponding packet in the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams and creates a blended IP packet data media stream by selecting the highest quality packet from among the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams. On the send side, the communications server receives a single IP packet data media stream and simultaneously fully and partially encodes it to be sent out over the multiple different IP based networks to the hybrid mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Surmay, Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba
  • Patent number: 9392625
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. The communications server determines a packet quality for each corresponding packet in the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams and creates a blended IP packet data media stream by selecting the highest quality packet from among the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams. On the send side, the communications server receives a single IP packet data media stream and simultaneously fully and partially encodes it to be sent out over the multiple different IP based networks to the hybrid mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Surmay, Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba
  • Patent number: 9357079
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for hosting a communication session between a hybrid mobile device and a second communication device in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A communications server functions as a bridge service between the hybrid mobile device and the second communication device enabling the exchange of multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams over multiple different IP based networks between the hybrid mobile device and the communications server. The hybrid mobile device determines a packet quality for each corresponding packet in the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams and creates a blended IP packet data media stream by selecting the highest quality packet from among the multiple concurrent IP packet data media streams. On the send side, the hybrid mobile device fully and partially encodes an IP packet data stream to be sent out over the multiple different IP based networks to the communications server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: Stan Surmay, Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba
  • Patent number: 9148865
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for radio fingerprinting and for device identification and valuation using a multi-point radio fingerprint. In some examples radio fingerprinting logic may be operative for execution on a processor component to receive a set of radio frequency signals from multiple mobile computing devices at a first time, store identification information for the set of radio frequency signals, receive a subset of the set of radio frequency signals from one of the multiple mobile computing devices at a second time, associate identification information for the subset of radio frequency signals to the one mobile computing device, and generate a multi-point radio fingerprint for the one mobile computing device based on the subset of radio frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: BANDWIDTH.COM, INC.
    Inventor: L. Anders Brownworth
  • Publication number: 20150230147
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hosting communication sessions are described. A communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device is hosted in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network in which a contact server functions as a bridge service between the first communication device and the second communication device. At least one of a communication link between the first communication device and the contact server and the second communication device and the contact server is initially a cellular communication link over a cellular network. The contact server analyzes at least two call quality characteristics of the cellular communication link and causes the communication device having the cellular communication link to handoff to an alternate communication link on an alternate network when at least one analyzed call quality characteristic of the cellular communication link crosses a threshold level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: L. Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba, Timothy Jones, Sai Rathnam
  • Patent number: 9031562
    Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligently enhancing communication sessions or avoiding dropped and interrupted communication sessions between or among communication devices. Characteristics of a communication link are monitored and are compared to intelligent communication session data to predictively determine whether a handoff may be needed or whether multi-streaming should be invoked or terminated. Intelligent communication session data may be monitored, recorded and/or stored by a handoff service, a bridging service and/or a multi-streaming service, as well as applications executed on communication devices or other network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba, Timothy Jones, Sai Rathnam
  • Publication number: 20150119031
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for radio fingerprinting and for device identification and valuation using a multi-point radio fingerprint. In some examples radio fingerprinting logic may be operative for execution on a processor component to receive a set of radio frequency signals from multiple mobile computing devices at a first time, store identification information for the set of radio frequency signals, receive a subset of the set of radio frequency signals from one of the multiple mobile computing devices at a second time, associate identification information for the subset of radio frequency signals to the one mobile computing device, and generate a multi-point radio fingerprint for the one mobile computing device based on the subset of radio frequency signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventor: L. Anders Brownworth
  • Patent number: 9014038
    Abstract: Systems and methods for intelligently enhancing communication sessions or avoiding dropped and interrupted communication sessions between or among communication devices. Characteristics of a communication link are monitored and are compared to intelligent communication session data to predictively determine whether a handoff may be needed or whether multi-streaming should be invoked or terminated. Intelligent communication session data may be monitored, recorded and/or stored by a handoff service, a bridging service and/or a multi-streaming service, as well as applications executed on communication devices or other network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba, Timothy Jones, Sai Rathnam
  • Patent number: 8971205
    Abstract: A communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device is hosted in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A contact server functions as a bridge service between the first communication device and the second communication device. A communication link between the first communication device and the contact server or the second communication device and the contact server is initially a voice-over IP (VoIP) communication link over a wireless data network comprised of a first packet data media stream. The contact server receives the first packet data media stream and at least one other packet data media stream from the first communication device and combines them into a single packet data media stream before transmitting the combined single packet data media stream to the second communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba, Timothy Jones
  • Patent number: 8897794
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed and the contact is routed to at least two designated devices simultaneously, each designated device associated with a different telephone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Patent number: 8897793
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed. If the record of contact routing rules includes at least one contact routing rule assigned to a hot spot, the contact is routed according to the at least one contact routing rule, based on whether or not the mobile terminal is determined to be within the hot spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Publication number: 20140295812
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed. If the record of contact routing rules includes at least one contact routing rule assigned to a hot spot, the contact is routed according to the at least one contact routing rule, based on whether or not the mobile terminal is determined to be within the hot spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Publication number: 20140295855
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed and the contact is routed to at least two designated devices simultaneously, each designated device associated with a different telephone number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Publication number: 20140206366
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed and the contact is routed to at least two designated devices simultaneously, each designated device associated with a different telephone number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Patent number: 8787919
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed and the contact is routed to at least two designated devices simultaneously, each designated device associated with a different telephone number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Patent number: 8761778
    Abstract: The location of a mobile terminal associated with a user is determined using GPS or by monitoring signals generated and received by the mobile terminal, etc. Coordinates for at least one hot spot defined by the user are accessed to determine whether the location of the mobile terminal is within the hot spot. When an incoming contact is received for the user, a determination is made as to whether there are any contact routing rules associates with the user. If so, the record of contact routing rules associated with the user is accessed. If the record of contact routing rules includes at least one contact routing rule assigned to a hot spot, the contact is routed according to the at least one contact routing rule, based on whether or not the mobile terminal is determined to be within the hot spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: James Mulcahy, Anders Brownworth
  • Publication number: 20140149593
    Abstract: A communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device is hosted in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A contact server functions as a bridge service between the first communication device and the second communication device. A communication link between the first communication device and the contact server or the second communication device and the contact server is initially a voice-over IP (VoIP) communication link over a wireless data network comprised of a first packet data media stream. The contact server receives the first packet data media stream and at least one other packet data media stream from the first communication device and combines them into a single packet data media stream before transmitting the combined single packet data media stream to the second communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba, Timothy Jones, Sai Rathnam
  • Patent number: 8730920
    Abstract: A communication session between a first communication device and a second communication device is hosted in an Internet Protocol (IP) based packet data network. A contact server functions as a bridge service between the first communication device and the second communication device. A communication link between the first communication device and the contact server or the second communication device and the contact server is initially a voice-over IP (VoIP) communication link over a wireless data network. The contact server analyzes a call quality characteristic of the VoIP communication link and causes the communication device having the VoIP communication link to handoff the VoIP communication link from the wireless data network to a cellular communication link on a cellular network when the analyzed call quality characteristic of the VoIP communication link crosses a threshold level. Other embodiments describe handing off from a cellular communication link to VoIP communication link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Anders Brownworth, Jared Kashimba, Timothy Jones, Sai Rathnam
  • Patent number: 8718682
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed for radio fingerprinting. In some examples radio fingerprinting logic may be operative for execution on a processor component to receive a set of radio frequency signals from multiple mobile computing devices at a first time, store identification information for the set of radio frequency signals, receive a subset of the set of radio frequency signals from one of the multiple mobile computing devices at a second time, associate identification information for the subset of radio frequency signals to the one mobile computing device, and generate a multi-point radio fingerprint for the one mobile computing device based on the subset of radio frequency signals. Other examples are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Bandwidth.com, Inc.
    Inventor: L. Anders Brownworth