Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Dock

Andrew J. Dock 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: 10212193
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) device, from a home subscriber server (HSS), a subscriber profile that includes a first subscription state associated with a user device. The first subscription state is one of a plurality of subscription states in addition to barred and not barred. The method includes routing messages to at least one of a plurality of application server devices based on at least one initial filter criteria (iFC) associated with the first subscription state. The method also includes receiving, at the S-CSCF device and from the HSS, a subscription state change to a second subscription state from the HSS, wherein the second subscription state is one of the plurality of subscription states. The method further includes identifying at least one iFC associated with the second subscription state, and routing messages to at least one of the plurality of application servers based on the at least one iFC associated with the second subscription state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Praveen Gupta, Andrew J. Dock
  • Publication number: 20170331861
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) device, from a home subscriber server (HSS), a subscriber profile that includes a first subscription state associated with a user device. The first subscription state is one of a plurality of subscription states in addition to barred and not barred. The method includes routing messages to at least one of a plurality of application server devices based on at least one initial filter criteria (iFC) associated with the first subscription state. The method also includes receiving, at the S-CSCF device and from the HSS, a subscription state change to a second subscription state from the HSS, wherein the second subscription state is one of the plurality of subscription states. The method further includes identifying at least one iFC associated with the second subscription state, and routing messages to at least one of the plurality of application servers based on the at least one iFC associated with the second subscription state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Lalit R. Kotecha, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Praveen Gupta, Andrew J. Dock
  • Patent number: 9538351
    Abstract: A device may receive a first request to authenticate a user device for an emergency phone call requested by the user device via a wireless local area network (WLAN). The device may authenticate the user device based on the first request. The device may provide an authentication acceptance message, indicating that the user device is authenticated, based on authenticating the user device. The device may receive a second request, based on providing the authentication message, to establish the emergency phone call. The second request may include an emergency access point name (APN). The device may determine that the emergency APN is not provisioned for the user device. The device may provide, based on determining that the emergency APN is not provisioned, an instruction to allow the emergency phone call from the user device using the preconfigured APN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Xuming Chen, Mingxing S. Li, Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Andrew J. Dock