Patents by Inventor Andrew Silver

Andrew Silver 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).

  • Publication number: 20260032417
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of transmitting, via a virtual network, a message to a home network informing the home network that a home network subscriber device is roaming on the virtual network, activating, via the virtual network, a mobile subscription for the home network subscriber device on the virtual network, receiving, via the virtual network, a call for the home network subscriber device that is routed from the home network, routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device with the activated mobile subscription, wherein the routing further comprises executing, via the virtual network, value added services while routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device, generating, via the virtual network, a record of the executed value added services, and submitting, via the virtual network, the generated record to the home network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: January 29, 2026
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, John Michael Murray, Andrew George Bale, Probal Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 12457479
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Lathan Lewis
  • Patent number: 12457483
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of transmitting, via a virtual network, a message to a home network informing the home network that a home network subscriber device is roaming on the virtual network, activating, via the virtual network, a mobile subscription for the home network subscriber device on the virtual network, receiving, via the virtual network, a call for the home network subscriber device that is routed from the home network, routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device with the activated mobile subscription, wherein the routing further comprises executing, via the virtual network, value added services while routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device, generating, via the virtual network, a record of the executed value added services, and submitting, via the virtual network, the generated record to the home network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, John Michael Murray, Andrew George Bale, Probal Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 12425814
    Abstract: A system, server, and method of DTMF detection in a VoIP network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Lathan Lewis, Patricia A. Landgren
  • Patent number: 12382201
    Abstract: Simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system is provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Lathan W. Lewis, Andrew Silver, Patricia A. Landgren
  • Publication number: 20250240704
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of regulating access to devices that can distract a driver that is operating a motor vehicle based on received Vehicle-to-Everything communications including Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure information. One example method may include determining a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction, determining an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction, and determining whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventor: Andrew Silver
  • Patent number: 12302218
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of regulating access to devices that can distract a driver that is operating a motor vehicle based on received Vehicle-to-Everything communications including Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure information. One example method may include determining a vehicle is approaching a vehicle movement restriction location requiring a vehicle movement restriction, determining an amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction, and determining whether a device located inside the vehicle will be made accessible to a user during the vehicle movement restriction based on the amount of time associated with the vehicle movement restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Silver
  • Patent number: 12302422
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of routing a call in a femtocell network are disclosed. In one example call routing method, a call is originated from the mobile station via a femtocell access point and the call is transmitted to a femtocell gateway, a mobile switching center and a carrier gateway server and onto an enterprise gateway server to obtain policy information. A routing policy is determined based on the obtained policy information and the call is routed to its destination based on the routing policy. The call may be routed via local media from a femtocell access point directly to the enterprise gateway server. The call routing procedures may implement the Iuh protocol and/or the session initiation protocol (SIP) for call signaling in the femtocell network. Call routing may be performed in a wireless cellular communications network or an enterprise network environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Patricia A. Landgren, Andrew Silver
  • Publication number: 20250103777
    Abstract: A method to determine locations of new wells that includes receiving grid data for a region containing a hydrocarbon reservoir and discretizing the region into a plurality of blocks. The method further includes receiving optimization parameters that include at least one production objective, where the production objective specifies a desired hydrocarbon production from the hydrocarbon reservoir over a period of time and determining a deliverability magnitude for each block in the plurality of blocks based on the grid data, where the deliverability magnitude is based on a permeability and a net pay for each block. The method further includes proposing one or more proposed well locations based on the deliverability magnitude, forecasting the production through time of the one or more proposed well locations, and selecting and scheduling one or more proposed well locations to meet the at least one production objective based on the forecasted production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Uchenna Odi, Karri Reddy, Cenk Temizel, Andrew Silver, Tandy Lofland, Nathan Meehan
  • Patent number: 12219460
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for allowing the use of an alternative numbering plan for delivering short messages to mobile subscribers using the public mobile telephone network is provided. Users of an enterprise or other closed networks as well as users that are not part of a closed network may send short messages destined to members of an enterprise or closed network from their mobile or other devices associated with their subscription using an alternative enterprise directory number, such as the office number, instead of the mobile number, such that the alternative number will be presented at the destination device as the originating number. The recipient may respond to the message by addressing the response to the enterprise or closed network number, and the response may be delivered to the originator's mobile or other device associated with their subscription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Tango Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Patricia A. Landgren
  • Patent number: 12212435
    Abstract: A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Lathan Lewis, Patricia Landgren, Glen Schmid
  • Patent number: 12127273
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for enforcing user telecommunication privileges on a per-schedule basis are provided. Enterprise members may have a schedule associated therewith that defines scheduled locations of the users. Telecommunication service privileges may be coordinated with the users' schedules such that communication services are disabled at particular times based on the users' schedules. In other implementations, particular users may have telecommunication services disabled by an administrator in the event of a catastrophe or emergency. By this mechanism, users that are not proximate to a particular catastrophe or emergency area according to the users' schedule may have services disabled while other users that are located more proximate to the emergency may have their telecommunication services enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Silver
  • Publication number: 20240314528
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Lathan Lewis
  • Patent number: 12096315
    Abstract: A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in a subscriber profile associated with the mobile device. Data is then routed from the mobile device to a predetermined destination based on the hotline feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Silver
  • Patent number: 12089136
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Silver
  • Patent number: 12075327
    Abstract: A mobile application gateway for connecting devices on a cellular network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks and/or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise. The invention may consist of a primarily of core network and services components based on the IMS network architecture, and is backward compatible to support legacy systems in place in current telecom and data networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Lathan Lewis, Patricia Landgren
  • Patent number: 12047852
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed that identify a motor vehicle operation and whether a driver is operating a mobile device. One example of operation may include a method that includes receiving vehicle data based on active operation of a vehicle and compiling a candidate driver identification profile (DIP) based on the received vehicle data. The method may also include comparing the candidate DIP to a pre-stored DIP and determining a match between the candidate DIP and the pre-stored DIP. The method may also include applying a restriction to a mobile station operated by a driver of the vehicle responsive to the match determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Lathan Lewis
  • Patent number: 11991579
    Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for concurrent support of Voice Call Continuity (VCC) capabilities in both the enterprise space and the carrier space are provided. The enterprise VCC functionality is used when the user is located in the enterprise domain which does not impact the carrier's network while the carrier VCC capability is used when the user is located in the carrier domain to support seamless handover between the wireless networks that the carrier may offer. The carrier VCC anchoring point and the enterprise VCC anchoring point may communicate with each other to confirm and inform the other anchoring point that a call handover is occurring or will occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, Steven E. Tryon, Patricia A. Landgren, Lathan W. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240147208
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of transmitting, via a virtual network, a message to a home network informing the home network that a home network subscriber device is roaming on the virtual network, activating, via the virtual network, a mobile subscription for the home network subscriber device on the virtual network, receiving, via the virtual network, a call for the home network subscriber device that is routed from the home network, routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device with the activated mobile subscription, wherein the routing further comprises executing, via the virtual network, value added services while routing the call from the virtual network to the home network subscriber device, generating, via the virtual network, a record of the executed value added services, and submitting, via the virtual network, the generated record to the home network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew Silver, John Michael Murray, Andrew George Bale, Probal Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20240147351
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TANGO NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Silver