Patents by Inventor Brian Stucker
Brian Stucker 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).
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Patent number: 11044235Abstract: An administrative interface is provided between a first network and a second network, where the administrative interface is separate from one or more communications session signaling interfaces between the first network and second network. At least one of authorization, authentication, and accounting messages is communicated over the administrative interface. A module associated with the administrative interface is provided to perform topology hiding of the first network such that topology information of the first network is hidden from the second network.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.Inventor: Brian Stucker
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Patent number: 11037232Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for managing membership information. In an example, membership information relating to a service comprising authentication information, billing details, among other information may be identified within an electronic communication from a service and stored. In addition, reminders regarding important dates (such as auto-renewal dates) for a membership may be generated, communication from services may be sorted by service type or service provider, or a user may easily unsubscribe from a service. Additional/alternative aspects of the technology may relate to managing information related to one or more memberships.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan Harris, Brian Stucker, Eric Freistadt
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Publication number: 20180349985Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for managing membership information. In an example, membership information relating to a service comprising authentication information, billing details, among other information may be identified within an electronic communication from a service and stored. In addition, reminders regarding important dates (such as auto-renewal dates) for a membership may be generated, communication from services may be sorted by service type or service provider, or a user may easily unsubscribe from a service. Additional/alternative aspects of the technology may relate to managing information related to one or more memberships.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2017Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Jonathan HARRIS, Brian STUCKER, Eric FREISTADT
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Patent number: 8923796Abstract: An origination terminal initiates a call by providing a third party call control message in association with a traffic channel request. While the traffic channel is being established, the service node may initiate third party call control to initiate a call leg to the destination terminal on behalf of the origination terminal. As such, the destination call leg is initiated earlier. Since the destination call leg is initiated earlier, a corresponding ringback message indicating that a call is being presented to the called party is provided to the origination terminal sooner. When the ringback message is received quickly, a corresponding ringback indication may be presented to the caller in less time than was previously possible. The process is made even more efficient by waiting until the ringback message is received from the destination terminal before providing the SDP information, or communication information, for the origination terminal to the destination terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Brian Stucker
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Publication number: 20140198787Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for providing a forced hold service such as is used for an emergency services call, which is supported at least in part over a packet network. The forced hold service acts to effectively hold a connection for the call with a called party, even when the caller takes an action that would normally end a call, such as going on hook, pressing end, or the like. When the caller takes an action that would normally end the call, the forced hold service allows the caller to automatically reconnect to the emergency services provider over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like. Alternatively, the emergency services provider can effectively re-engage the call wherein the caller is reconnected over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Rockstar Consortium US LPInventors: David P. Ress, William D. Gentry, Brian Stucker, Olga Wagner
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Patent number: 8705517Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for providing a forced hold service such as is used for an emergency services call, which is supported at least in part over a packet network. The forced hold service acts to effectively hold a connection for the call with a called party, even when the caller takes an action that would normally end a call, such as going on hook, pressing end, or the like. When the caller takes an action that would normally end the call, the forced hold service allows the caller to automatically reconnect to the emergency services provider over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like. Alternatively, the emergency services provider can effectively re-engage the call wherein the caller is reconnected over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Rockstar Consortium US LPInventors: David P. Ress, William D. Gentry, Brian Stucker, Olga Wagner
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Patent number: 8594296Abstract: Users in an enhanced communication system are enabled to tag other users so that the tagging user is notified when both the tagged and tagging users meet a predefined criterion of presence states and/or available modalities to the tagging and the tagged users. The tagging user may then, optionally, initiate a multimodal session with the tagged user utilizing the set of modalities originally specified or another set.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brian Stucker, Rajesh Ramanathan
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Patent number: 8559612Abstract: Established multimodal conversations are enabled to be parked within an enhanced communication system such that a subscriber of the system can be notified through a variety of means and enabled to retrieve selected or all modalities for continuing the conversation. Different modalities may be parked together or separately. While waiting for the subscriber to retrieve the conversation, a participant may receive audio, video, presentation, or other forms of content as playback.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Rajesh Ramanathan, Brian Stucker
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Publication number: 20130028146Abstract: If a communication client disconnects from a call, an interworking service node may receive from the communication client a disconnect message indicative of an attempt to disconnect the call and send a forced hold message to place the call on forced hold in response to receiving the disconnect message. A portion of the call extending toward a public service access point and through the PSTN is placed on hold. When an operator wants to reestablish the call to the communication client, the interworking service node will receive over the PSTN a reconnect request message to reestablish the call with the communication client. The reconnect request message may be an integrated services user part message. In response to the reconnect message, the interworking service node will generate and send a session initiation message, which is configured to reestablish the call toward the communication client.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Brian Stucker, Olga Wagner
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Patent number: 8331543Abstract: Client devices/applications associated with a subscriber of an enhanced communication system are enabled to generate communication records identifying individual communication sessions along with tie-breaker values such that the records can be evaluated following a trigger event and duplicate records for the same subscriber can be removed in order to provide accurate information to the subscriber when the event is over.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Rajesh Ramanathan, Brian Stucker
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Patent number: 8300793Abstract: Established multimodal conversations are enabled to be parked within an enhanced communication system such that a subscriber of the system can be notified through a variety of means and enabled to retrieve selected or all modalities for continuing the conversation. Different modalities may be parked together or separately. While waiting for the subscriber to retrieve the conversation, a participant may receive audio, video, presentation, or other forms of content as playback.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Rajesh Ramanathan, Brian Stucker
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Publication number: 20120269100Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for providing a forced hold service such as is used for an emergency services call, which is supported at least in part over a packet network. The forced hold service acts to effectively hold a connection for the call with a called party, even when the caller takes an action that would normally end a call, such as going on hook, pressing end, or the like. When the caller takes an action that would normally end the call, the forced hold service allows the caller to automatically reconnect to the emergency services provider over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like. Alternatively, the emergency services provider can effectively re-engage the call wherein the caller is reconnected over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: ROCKSTAR BIDCO, LPInventors: David P. Ress, William D. Gentry, Brian Stucker, Olga Wagner
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Patent number: 8284906Abstract: If a communication client disconnects from a call, an interworking service node may receive from the communication client a disconnect message indicative of an attempt to disconnect the call and send a forced hold message to place the call on forced hold in response to receiving the disconnect message. A portion of the call extending toward a public service access point and through the PSTN is placed on hold. When an operator wants to reestablish the call to the communication client, the interworking service node will receive over the PSTN a reconnect request message to reestablish the call with the communication client. The reconnect request message may be an integrated services user part message. In response to the reconnect message, the interworking service node will generate and send a session initiation message, which is configured to reestablish the call toward the communication client.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Rockstar Bidco, LPInventors: Brian Stucker, Olga Wagner
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Publication number: 20120226814Abstract: An administrative interface is provided between a first network and a second network, where the administrative interface is separate from one or more communications session signaling interfaces between the first network and second network. At least one of authorization, authentication, and accounting messages is communicated over the administrative interface. A module associated with the administrative interface is provided to perform topology hiding of the first network such that topology information of the first network is hidden from the second network.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventor: BRIAN STUCKER
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Patent number: 8233591Abstract: The present invention provides a technique for providing a forced hold service such as is used for an emergency services call, which is supported at least in part over a packet network. The forced hold service acts to effectively hold a connection for the call with a called party, even when the caller takes an action that would normally end a call, such as going on hook, pressing end, or the like. When the caller takes an action that would normally end the call, the forced hold service allows the caller to automatically reconnect to the emergency services provider over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like. Alternatively, the emergency services provider can effectively re-engage the call wherein the caller is reconnected over the held connection upon going offhook, pressing send, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Rockstar Bidco, LPInventors: David P. Ress, William D. Gentry, Brian Stucker, Olga Wagner
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Patent number: 8218459Abstract: An administrative interface is provided between a first network and a second network, where the administrative interface is separate from one or more communications session signaling interfaces between the first network and second network. At least one of authorization, authentication, and accounting messages is communicated over the administrative interface. A module associated with the administrative interface is provided to perform topology hiding of the first network such that topology information of the first network is hidden from the second network.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Genbrand US LLCInventor: Brian Stucker
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Publication number: 20120120877Abstract: An origination terminal initiates a call by providing a third party call control message in association with a traffic channel request. While the traffic channel is being established, the service node may initiate third party call control to initiate a call leg to the destination terminal on behalf of the origination terminal. As such, the destination call leg is initiated earlier. Since the destination call leg is initiated earlier, a corresponding ringback message indicating that a call is being presented to the called party is provided to the origination terminal sooner. When the ringback message is received quickly, a corresponding ringback indication may be presented to the caller in less time than was previously possible. The process is made even more efficient by waiting until the ringback message is received from the destination terminal before providing the SDP information, or communication information, for the origination terminal to the destination terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Rockstar Bidco, LPInventor: Brian Stucker
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Patent number: 8121280Abstract: An origination terminal initiates a call by providing a third party call control message in association with a traffic channel request. While the traffic channel is being established, the service node may initiate third party call control to initiate a call leg to the destination terminal on behalf of the origination terminal. As such, the destination call leg is initiated earlier. Since the destination call leg is initiated earlier, a corresponding ringback message indicating that a call is being presented to the called party is provided to the origination terminal sooner. When the ringback message is received quickly, a corresponding ringback indication may be presented to the caller in less time than was previously possible. The process is made even more efficient by waiting until the ringback message is received from the destination terminal before providing the SDP information, or communication information, for the origination terminal to the destination terminal.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Rockstar Bidco, LPInventor: Brian Stucker
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Patent number: 7890657Abstract: The present invention incorporates an intermediary proxy rules device that has access to information regarding network address and port bindings or network address and port translations. This intermediary function communicates translated address information to other devices on the network, such as the policy and charging rule function and policy and charging enforcement function. The full communication and coordination of this information coordinates correct translation address information and other necessary information to these PCRF and PCEF devices, which eliminates many of the problems associated with the session set-up and maintenance with other networks.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: Genband US LLCInventors: Anthony MacDonald, Brian Stucker
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Publication number: 20100296640Abstract: Users in an enhanced communication system are enabled to tag other users so that the tagging user is notified when both the tagged and tagging users meet a predefined criterion of presence states and/or available modalities to the tagging and the tagged users. The tagging user may then, optionally, initiate a multimodal session with the tagged user utilizing the set of modalities originally specified or another set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2009Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Brian Stucker, Rajesh Ramanathan