Patents by Inventor Ben Levitan

Ben Levitan 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).

  • System and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party
    Patent number: 7155207
    Abstract: A system and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party is disclosed. In an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes receiving a communication at a service provider network, recording the communication, analyzing a voice content portion of the recorded communication to determine if the voice content portion contains a keyword stored in a database, and forwarding the recorded communication to a law enforcement agency if the keyword is detected in the voice content portion. In an embodiment of a system of the present invention, the system includes a buffer memory for receiving a recorded communication from a service provider network and a content analysis system coupled to the buffer memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventors: David Chapman, Ben Levitan
  • System and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party
    Publication number: 20060053010
    Abstract: A system and method of analyzing communications between a calling party and a called party is disclosed. In an embodiment of a method of the present invention, the method includes receiving a communication at a service provider network, recording the communication, analyzing a voice content portion of the recorded communication to determine if the voice content portion contains a keyword stored in a database, and forwarding the recorded communication to a law enforcement agency if the keyword is detected in the voice content portion. In an embodiment of a system of the present invention, the system includes a buffer memory for receiving a recorded communication from a service provider network and a content analysis system coupled to the buffer memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David Chapman, Ben Levitan