Patents by Inventor Dick A. Richards

Dick A. Richards 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).

  • System and methods for routing traffic in a telecommunications network using trunk group identification
    Patent number: 10938740
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices for routing communications that ingress into a telecommunications network by appending a virtualized trunk group identifier or other customer identifying number within a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages associated with the communications. In one particular embodiment, a user field within header information of SIP messages may be appended with a trunk group identifier unique to a particular customer device providing the communication to the network. Specifically, a customer premise device (such as an integrated access device (IAD)) may be configured to append a customer-specific trunk group identifier number into a portion of a header of a SIP message of the communication. The call and associated SIP message information, including the appended trunk group ID, may then be routed to a host routing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Richard D. Moore, John H. Hearty, Dick A. Richards, Michael L. Miller, Claudia M. Combellas
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ROUTING TRAFFIC IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK USING TRUNK GROUP IDENTIFICATION
    Publication number: 20180054396
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include systems, methods, and devices for routing communications that ingress into a telecommunications network by appending a virtualized trunk group identifier or other customer identifying number within a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messages associated with the communications. In one particular embodiment, a user field within header information of SIP messages may be appended with a trunk group identifier unique to a particular customer device providing the communication to the network. Specifically, a customer premise device (such as an integrated access device (IAD)) may be configured to append a customer-specific trunk group identifier number into a portion of a header of a SIP message of the communication. The call and associated SIP message information, including the appended trunk group ID, may then be routed to a host routing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Richard D. Moore, John H. Hearty, Dick A. Richards, Michael L. Miller, Claudia M. Combellas
  • Flat sided toy rocket
    Patent number: D405848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Inventor: Dick Richard Mooradian
  • Flat sided toy rocket body
    Patent number: D419614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Inventor: Dick Richard Mooradian