Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Mikkelson

Christopher L. Mikkelson 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).

  • Lawful intercept utility application
    Patent number: 9225747
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for lawfully intercepting communications. In some embodiments, a lawful intercept application might be provided on a cloud computing system. The lawful intercept application might include an application programming interface (“API”) to exchange data with a plurality of different communication building blocks of different types. Communication intercept data associated with a particular communication between a lawful intercept subject and other parties may be received with the lawful intercept application. The communication intercept data may then be provided from a delivery function of the lawful intercept application to a collection function. In some cases, the collection function might be part of the lawful intercept application, might be located at a government facility separate from the cloud computing system, or might be two collection functions, one of which is part of the lawful intercept application and the other of which is located at the government facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Fargano, Christopher L. Mikkelson
  • Lawful Intercept Utility Application
    Publication number: 20140325668
    Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for lawfully intercepting communications. In some embodiments, a lawful intercept application might be provided on a cloud computing system. The lawful intercept application might include an application programming interface (“API”) to exchange data with a plurality of different communication building blocks of different types. Communication intercept data associated with a particular communication between a lawful intercept subject and other parties may be received with the lawful intercept application. The communication intercept data may then be provided from a delivery function of the lawful intercept application to a collection function. In some cases, the collection function might be part of the lawful intercept application, might be located at a government facility separate from the cloud computing system, or might be two collection functions, one of which is part of the lawful intercept application and the other of which is located at the government facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Fargano, Christopher L. Mikkelson