Patents by Inventor Dahai Ren
Dahai Ren 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: 8340641Abstract: A system, in which a server is connected to a group of voicemail servers, is provided. A first voicemail server provides voicemail services to landline telephone devices. A second voicemail server provides voicemail services to wireless telephone devices. The server receives information regarding a first voicemail intended for a user of a user device, receives information regarding a second voicemail intended for the user of the user device, aggregates the information regarding the first voicemail and the information regarding the second voicemail as aggregated information, and sends the aggregated information to the user device.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Dahai Ren, Jack Jianxiu Hao, Robert C Baruch, Genevieve Cerf, Shuai Wu, Gaurav D Mehta
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Patent number: 8270577Abstract: A network device may include a memory to store an aggregate database. The aggregate database may store aggregate voicemail message information, the aggregate voicemail message information including voicemail message information associated with a first device number and voicemail message information associated with a second device number. The network device may include a receiver to receive, over a network, updated voicemail message information associated with the first device number and stored in a first database different from the aggregate database, and to receive, over the network, updated voicemail message information associated with the second device number and stored in a second database different from the first database and the aggregate database.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Dahai Ren, Diego Sebastian Rozensztejn, Robert C. Baruch, Guillermo Ortiz, Shuai Wu, Gerald Y. Honma
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Publication number: 20120163567Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Chris HELBLING, Gaurav D. MEHTA, Michael R. OLIVER, Guillermo ORTIZ, Okeno PALMER, Dahai REN, Diego S. ROZENSZTEJN, Atul THAPER
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Publication number: 20120143918Abstract: A device receives, from multiple user devices, event information associated with the multiple user devices, where the event information includes one or more actions, user information, content information, and one or more attributes. The device stores the event information in a database, and analyzes one or more portions of the event information stored in the database. The device also recommends, based on the analyzed event information, one or more adjustments to a network that delivers content to the multiple user devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Martin BUSSE, John F. GALLAGHER, Shadman ZAFAR, Dahai REN, Andrien John WANG
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Patent number: 8195130Abstract: A system may include a load balancer that includes a receiver configured to receive a first notification of voicemail message information associated with a voicemail mailbox. The system may also include a group of servers and each of the group of servers may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be configured to receive the first notification of the voicemail message information from the load balancer, and the transmitter may be configured to send a second notification of the voicemail message information to a communication device associated with the voicemail mailbox, wherein the second notification causes the communication device to determine whether to request a list of voicemail messages. The load balancer may also include a processor to select a first one of the plurality of servers and a transmitter to send the first notification to the first one of the plurality of servers.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Dahai Ren, Shuai Wu, Robert C. Baruch, Christopher L. Helbling, Gerald Y. Honma, Xuefeng Yao, Haiyan Zhou
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Patent number: 8155627Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Chris Helbling, Gaurav D. Mehta, Michael R. Oliver, Guillermo Ortiz, Okeno Palmer, Dahai Ren, Diego S. Rozensztejn, Atul Thaper
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Publication number: 20110136474Abstract: A system, in which a server is connected to a group of voicemail servers, is provided. A first voicemail server provides voicemail services to landline telephone devices. A second voicemail server provides voicemail services to wireless telephone devices. The server receives information regarding a first voicemail intended for a user of a user device, receives information regarding a second voicemail intended for the user of the user device, aggregates the information regarding the first voicemail and the information regarding the second voicemail as aggregated information, and sends the aggregated information to the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.Inventors: Dahai Ren, Jack Jianxiu Hao, Robert C. Baruch, Genevieve Cerf, Shuai Wu, Gaurav D. Mehta
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Publication number: 20110081006Abstract: A server device receives a request for voicemail information from a user device, retrieves the voicemail information, performs data calls to another server device to obtain information to construct a visual user interface that includes data regarding the voicemail information, constructs the visual user interface using the obtained information, and transmits the constructed visual user interface to the user device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Dahai Ren, Shuai Wu, Diego Sebastian Rozensztejn, Guillermo Ortiz
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Publication number: 20100150322Abstract: A system may include servers. The servers may include memories including a first database to store voicemail message information associated with a voicemail mailbox and a user device, and a second database to associate a plurality of user devices with a voice-to-text transcription service; and a receiver to receive a new voicemail message associated with the voicemail mailbox. The servers may also include a processor to query to the second database to determine whether to request a voice-to-text transcription of an audio file associated with the new voicemail message and to determine whether to notify the user device of the new voicemail message before or after receiving the voice-to-text transcription of the audio file. The servers may also include a transmitter to send a notification of the new voicemail message to the user device according to the determination of whether to notify the user device of the new voicemail message before or after receiving the voice-to-text transcription of the audio file.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLCInventors: Fenglin Yin, Jack Jianxiu Hao, Dahai Ren, Shuai Wu, Guanrao Chen
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Publication number: 20100151831Abstract: A system may include a load balancer that includes a receiver configured to receive a first notification of voicemail message information associated with a voicemail mailbox. The system may also include a group of servers and each of the group of servers may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be configured to receive the first notification of the voicemail message information from the load balancer, and the transmitter may be configured to send a second notification of the voicemail message information to a communication device associated with the voicemail mailbox, wherein the second notification causes the communication device to determine whether to request a list of voicemail messages. The load balancer may also include a processor to select a first one of the plurality of servers and a transmitter to send the first notification to the first one of the plurality of servers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLCInventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Dahai Ren, Shuai Wu, Robert Baruch, Christopher Helbling, Gerald Y. Honma, Xuefeng Yao, Haiyan Zhou
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Publication number: 20090154667Abstract: A network device may include a memory to store an aggregate database. The aggregate database may store aggregate voicemail message information, the aggregate voicemail message information including voicemail message information associated with a first device number and voicemail message information associated with a second device number. The network device may include a receiver to receive, over a network, updated voicemail message information associated with the first device number and stored in a first database different from the aggregate database, and to receive, over the network, updated voicemail message information associated with the second device number and stored in a second database different from the first database and the aggregate database.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Dahai Ren, Diego Sebastian Rozensztejn, Robert C. Baruch, Guillermo Ortiz, Shuai Wu, Gerald Y. Honma
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Publication number: 20090156176Abstract: A device receives, from a user device, a request to use a visual voicemail (VVM) application, directs the user device to a self provisioning server based on the request, and receives, from the self provisioning server, a selected VVM subscription plan and information associated with a user of the user device. The device also provides, to a billing system, a feature code associated with the selected VVM subscription plan, receives, from one or more voicemail servers, pre-existing voicemail messages associated with the user, and provides, to the user device, the pre-existing voicemail messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicants: VERIZON DATA SERVICES LLC, VERIZON CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP INC.Inventors: Jack Jianxiu HAO, Chris HELBLING, Gaurav D. MEHTA, Michael R. OLIVER, Guillermo ORTIZ, Okeno PALMER, Dahai REN, Diego S. ROZENSZTEJN, Atul THAPER
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Publication number: 20090154668Abstract: A network device may include a memory to store a database including voicemail message information associated with a voicemail mailbox, a transmitter, and a receiver. The transmitter may send a notification to each of a plurality of communication devices, the notification including an indication of a number of new voicemail messages in the voicemail mailbox, an indication of a total number of voicemail messages in the voicemail mailbox, and an identifier of a most recent voicemail message in the voicemail mailbox, where each of the plurality of communication devices uses the notification signal to determine whether to request a list of voicemail messages. The receiver may receive, from one of the communication devices in response to the notification, a request for the list of voicemail messages associated with voicemail message information stored in the database. The transmitter may sends, to the one of the plurality of communications devices, the list of voicemail messages.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicant: Verizon Data Services LLCInventors: Jack Jianxiu Hao, Diego Sebastian Rozensztejn, Guillermo Ortiz, Bradford Jackvony, Gaurav D. Mehta, Okeno Palmer, Dahai Ren
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Publication number: 20080027799Abstract: A first request for information that is related to a specified location is received. A first query for advertisements related to the specified location is submitted. A response to the first query that includes one or more advertisements related to the specified location is received. At least one of the one or more advertisements related to the specified location is sent to a client device. A second query for the information based on the first request is submitted. A first search result that is responsive to the second query is received. Information that is related to the location based on the first search result is sent to the client device after sending at least one of the one or more advertisements to the client device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2006Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicants: Verizon Directory Services - West Inc., Verizon Data Services Inc.Inventors: Jianxiu Hao, Zhiying Jin, Dahai Ren, Lazar Koyfman