Patents by Inventor Gerald Hoover

Gerald Hoover 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).

  • Method and system for implementing aggregate endpoints on IMS networks
    Patent number: 9379914
    Abstract: A method and system are adapted to provide telephony services to aggregate endpoints on an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. The method includes assigning one or multiple PUIDs for surrogate registration purposes during the provisioning of the aggregate endpoint, performing reliable surrogate registration on behalf of the aggregate endpoint, allowing multiple SBCs to perform surrogate registrations independently for the same aggregate endpoint to achieve reliability, and providing reliable connection from an IMS core to the aggregate endpoints via multiple S/BCs. The system includes one or more Session Border Controllers (S/BC), at least one set of Call/Session Control Functions (CSCF), and an HSS operatively coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., ACME PACKET, INC.
    Inventors: Min Lu, Martin Dolly, Saul Fishman, Gerald Hoover, Mark Ratcliffe, Tienyu Chiu, Guy J. Zenner, Canby Dautel, Jr., Hadriel Kaplan, Nathan Thomas Denbow
  • Method and system for implementing aggregate endpoints on IMS networks
    Publication number: 20120219127
    Abstract: A method and system are adapted to provide telephony services to aggregate endpoints on an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. The method includes assigning one or multiple PUIDs for surrogate registration purposes during the provisioning of the aggregate endpoint, performing reliable surrogate registration on behalf of the aggregate endpoint, allowing multiple SBCs to perform surrogate registrations independently for the same aggregate endpoint to achieve reliability, and providing reliable connection from an IMS core to the aggregate endpoints via multiple S/BCs. The system includes one or more Session Border Controllers (S/BC), at least one set of Call/Session Control Functions (CSCF), and an HSS operatively coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Min Lu, Martin Dolly, Saul Fishman, Gerald Hoover, Mark Ratcliffe, Tienyu Chiu, Guy J. Zenner, Canby Dautel, JR., Hadriel Kaplan, Nathan Thomas Denbow
  • Method and apparatus for a network element to track the availability of other network elements
    Publication number: 20060165064
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a network element to use network resources efficiently by tracking the availability of other network elements are disclosed. In one embodiment, the present method utilizes one or more SIP method OPTIONS messages to determine the availability of a target network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: John Brown, Gerald Hoover, Mrinalini Natarajan, Robert Peters, Mark Ratcliffe, Harish Samarasinghe