Patents by Inventor Carroll L. Gray-Preston
Carroll L. Gray-Preston 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: 10270643Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for peer-to-peer interconnection between service providers are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a session controller, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being communicatively coupled to a foreign service provider network. The method may also include referencing a list of available routes for peer-to-peer communication with the target communication device on the foreign service provider network from a database of available routes. Additionally, the method may include identifying, in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller, a path for communication with the target communication device in response to the list of available routes. In one embodiment, the method also includes establishing a peer-to-peer communication session from a peering point to the target communication device over the path.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Patent number: 9894700Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Patent number: 9648467Abstract: A method includes generating, by a computing system, configuration information for configuring a communication application, the configuration information based at least in part on usage information associated with communication application configurations specific to a group comprising a plurality of users. The method further includes determining that a first user within the group is using the communication application for communicating via a client device with at least one other user in the group and responsive to the determining, sending the configuration information to the client device.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Genband US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston
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Publication number: 20170048909Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Patent number: 9485707Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Publication number: 20160173612Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for peer-to-peer interconnection between service providers are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a session controller, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being communicatively coupled to a foreign service provider network. The method may also include referencing a list of available routes for peer-to-peer communication with the target communication device on the foreign service provider network from a database of available routes. Additionally, the method may include identifying, in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller, a path for communication with the target communication device in response to the list of available routes. In one embodiment, the method also includes establishing a peer-to-peer communication session from a peering point to the target communication device over the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2016Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Patent number: 9270516Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for peer-to-peer interconnection between service providers are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a session controller, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being communicatively coupled to a foreign service provider network. The method may also include referencing a list of available routes for peer-to-peer communication with the target communication device on the foreign service provider network from a database of available routes. Additionally, the method may include identifying, in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller, a path for communication with the target communication device in response to the list of available routes. In one embodiment, the method also includes establishing a peer-to-peer communication session from a peering point to the target communication device over the path.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Publication number: 20150215747Abstract: A method includes generating, by a computing system, configuration information for configuring a communication application, the configuration information based at least in part on usage information associated with communication application configurations specific to a group comprising a plurality of users. The method further includes determining that a first user within the group is using the communication application for communicating via a client device with at least one other user in the group and responsive to the determining, sending the configuration information to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston
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Patent number: 9042235Abstract: Systems and methods for determining peer to peer communication paths between service providers are presented. In one embodiment the method is carried out in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller. The method may include obtaining default route information associated with a subscriber on a foreign service provider network in response to a request for route information, the default route information comprising identification of a peer access point designated for peer-to-peer interconnection. The method may also include generating a directed query for additional peer-to-peer interconnection routes in response to the default route information. Additionally, the method may include obtaining one or more candidate routes from the foreign service provider network in response to the directed query. In one embodiment, the method may also include selecting one of the candidate routes for establishing a peer-to-peer connection with the subscriber of the foreign service provider network.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Publication number: 20140269537Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GENBAND US LLCInventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
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Patent number: 6961332Abstract: The present invention provides for a multiple appearance directory number (MADN) group including terminals on both the public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a packet-switched network. The terminals within the MADN group are preferably on the PSTN and a packet-switched network under the control of the PSTN. While call signaling is centralized and provided by the PSTN, a full complement of PSTN services are available to the terminals on the packet-switched network. With centralized call control and access to services from the PSTN, IP terminals on the packet-switched network are treated as if they were PSTN terminals by PSTN elements, and are capable of implementing PSTN features and functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Xuewen Li, Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Samuel H. Christie, IV, Junhui Ma