Patents by Inventor Craig Lennon

Craig Lennon 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).

  • Methods of assigning, recording and using a location routing number
    Patent number: 9667802
    Abstract: An IP telephony system obtains control over a group of telephone numbers that can be assigned to its customers' telephony devices under a contract with a first local exchange carrier that originally controlled the group of telephone numbers. The first local exchange carrier assigns one or more location routing numbers to the group of telephone numbers, and the one or more location routing numbers are for the exclusive use of the IP telephony system. The one or more location routing numbers are then recorded against the group of telephone numbers in a local number portability database. Other exchange carriers are then caused to route calls directed to the any telephony number associated with the one or more location routing numbers directly to the IP telephony system. As a result, a second local exchange carrier can terminate telephony communications directly to the IP telephony system, bypassing the first local exchange carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventors: Rohan Dwarkha, Craig Lennon
  • METHODS OF ASSIGNING, RECORDING AND USING A LOCATION ROUTING NUMBER
    Publication number: 20140313941
    Abstract: An IP telephony system obtains control over a group of telephone numbers that can be assigned to its customers' telephony devices under a contract with a first local exchange carrier that originally controlled the group of telephone numbers. The first local exchange carrier assigns one or more location routing numbers to the group of telephone numbers, and the one or more location routing numbers are for the exclusive use of the IP telephony system. The one or more location routing numbers are then recorded against the group of telephone numbers in a local number portability database. Other exchange carriers are then caused to route calls directed to the any telephony number associated with the one or more location routing numbers directly to the IP telephony system. As a result, a second local exchange carrier can terminate telephony communications directly to the IP telephony system, bypassing the first local exchange carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: VONAGE NETWORK, LLC
    Inventors: Rohan Dwarkha, Craig Lennon