Patents by Inventor Dennis E. Cowick

Dennis E. Cowick 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).

  • Patent number: 9253333
    Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for recording VOP calls at a premise to perform real-time processing of the VOP calls, charging for VOP calls at a premise with multiple users, and collecting call information in a VOP network. A call detail recording (CDR) device resides at a hotel, motel, or lodge premise to record telephone calls and set telephone charges of the guests staying at the hotel, motel, or lodge. The CDR device is not a PBX but allows a premise owner to control and provide real-time charges to users of services in a packet-based network at the hotel, motel, or lodge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Cowick
  • Patent number: 8755373
    Abstract: A system for automatically routing calls in a voice-over-packet (VOP) environment at a customer's premises without using a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided. One embodiment of the system includes a VOP-signal monitoring component that can monitor an incoming packet-based data stream to identify VOP data that is associated with one or more voice communications, a packet-identification component that can identify packets that make up a communications stream, a destination-determination component that can identify a first target device that should receive the packets identified to make up the communications stream; and a routing component that can direct the packets to the first target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Cowick
  • Patent number: 8000317
    Abstract: A system for automatically routing calls in a voice-over-packet (VOP) environment at a customer's premises without using a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided. One embodiment of the system includes a VOP-signal monitoring component that can monitor an incoming packet-based data stream to identify VOP data that is associated with one or more voice communications, a packet-identification component that can identify packets that make up a communications stream, a destination-determination component that can identify a first target device that should receive the packets identified to make up the communications stream; and a routing component that can direct the packets to the first target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Cowick
  • Publication number: 20080069083
    Abstract: A system for automatically routing calls in a voice-over-packet (VOP) environment at a customer's premises without using a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided. One embodiment of the system includes a VOP-signal monitoring component that can monitor an incoming packet-based data stream to identify VOP data that is associated with one or more voice communications, a packet-identification component that can identify packets that make up a communications stream, a destination-determination component that can identify a first target device that should receive the packets identified to make up the communications stream; and a routing component that can direct the packets to the first target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Cowick