Patents by Inventor Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR.

Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR. 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: 10270643
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for peer-to-peer interconnection between service providers are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a session controller, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being communicatively coupled to a foreign service provider network. The method may also include referencing a list of available routes for peer-to-peer communication with the target communication device on the foreign service provider network from a database of available routes. Additionally, the method may include identifying, in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller, a path for communication with the target communication device in response to the list of available routes. In one embodiment, the method also includes establishing a peer-to-peer communication session from a peering point to the target communication device over the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Patent number: 9894700
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Patent number: 9648467
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a computing system, configuration information for configuring a communication application, the configuration information based at least in part on usage information associated with communication application configurations specific to a group comprising a plurality of users. The method further includes determining that a first user within the group is using the communication application for communicating via a client device with at least one other user in the group and responsive to the determining, sending the configuration information to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Genband US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston
  • Publication number: 20170048909
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Patent number: 9485707
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Publication number: 20160173612
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for peer-to-peer interconnection between service providers are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a session controller, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being communicatively coupled to a foreign service provider network. The method may also include referencing a list of available routes for peer-to-peer communication with the target communication device on the foreign service provider network from a database of available routes. Additionally, the method may include identifying, in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller, a path for communication with the target communication device in response to the list of available routes. In one embodiment, the method also includes establishing a peer-to-peer communication session from a peering point to the target communication device over the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Patent number: 9270516
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for peer-to-peer interconnection between service providers are presented. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a session controller, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being communicatively coupled to a foreign service provider network. The method may also include referencing a list of available routes for peer-to-peer communication with the target communication device on the foreign service provider network from a database of available routes. Additionally, the method may include identifying, in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller, a path for communication with the target communication device in response to the list of available routes. In one embodiment, the method also includes establishing a peer-to-peer communication session from a peering point to the target communication device over the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Publication number: 20150215747
    Abstract: A method includes generating, by a computing system, configuration information for configuring a communication application, the configuration information based at least in part on usage information associated with communication application configurations specific to a group comprising a plurality of users. The method further includes determining that a first user within the group is using the communication application for communicating via a client device with at least one other user in the group and responsive to the determining, sending the configuration information to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston
  • Patent number: 9042235
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining peer to peer communication paths between service providers are presented. In one embodiment the method is carried out in a peer-to-peer interconnect controller. The method may include obtaining default route information associated with a subscriber on a foreign service provider network in response to a request for route information, the default route information comprising identification of a peer access point designated for peer-to-peer interconnection. The method may also include generating a directed query for additional peer-to-peer interconnection routes in response to the default route information. Additionally, the method may include obtaining one or more candidate routes from the foreign service provider network in response to the directed query. In one embodiment, the method may also include selecting one of the candidate routes for establishing a peer-to-peer connection with the subscriber of the foreign service provider network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, Jr., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller
  • Publication number: 20140269537
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for direct routing of communication sessions for mobile IP communication end points are presented. The methods may be implemented in a service provider network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, on a first service provider network, a request for access to a target communication device, the target communication device being associated with a second service provider network. The method may also include receiving an indicator, from the second service provider network, that the target communication device is roaming on a third service provider network. Additionally, the method may include establishing a peer-to-peer communication link with the target communication device on the third service provider network by a direct peer-to-peer interconnection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENBAND US LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Kemmerer, JR., Carroll L. Gray-Preston, Jeremy Fuller