Patents by Inventor Gregory Wayne Cermak
Gregory Wayne Cermak 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: 8983426Abstract: Groups of consenting users such as families can track where other members of the same group are under agreed upon access arrangements. The locating system can operate in a passive mode. Users do not have to actively sign-in or check-in to the locating system for the locating system to obtain individual location determination estimates. The locating system collects communications device usage information from a plurality of communications networks, e.g., landline, cellular, Wi-Fi, DSL. The locations of communication devices and infrastructure are known. Members of locating groups are associated with various communication devices detected are being used. Approximate locations of an individual member or members of a locating group are inferred from detected device usage information. A location report is generated, e.g., in a map, table, or audio format, indicating the determined location of individuals, and optionally including time tags. The report is provided to authorized members of the locating group.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Robert Anthony Virzi, Rebecca S. Burd, Edward M. Eggerl, Gregory Keith Evans, William E. Garrett, William D. Goodman, Allison Dana Jaynes, Robert Edward Opaluch, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, James Francis Sorce, Michael A. Weintraub
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Patent number: 8340262Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for routing telephone calls within a household. In the disclosed home call routing system, a head of the household or other person with administrative authority within the home can control the routing of telephone calls by establishing and modifying call system parameters such as call priorities, traffic times, caller identities, routing rules, etc. through a home computer.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Bernadette Anita Nelson, Sandra Kelly Teare, Alex Tserkovny, John Herman Wurster, Douglas Reynold Jones, Linda Louise Witham, Stephen Paul Brennan, Premkumar Natarajan, Anne M. Kraus-Keenan, Elizabeth I. Van Horn
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Patent number: 8005463Abstract: A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignees: Verizon Laboratories Inc., Verizon Services Corp.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Douglas Reynold Jones, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Sandra Kelly Teare, Eric Andrew Goodheart, Margaret Malagon, Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Aaron Joseph Dagen, David Anthony Fay, Piotr Kajetan Boni, Beth Shelley Davis, Dermot Anthony Murray, Ann Wander Shaub, Joanne Snare LaCourse
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Patent number: 7983188Abstract: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the state information available to a subscriber of the plurality of communication services, in substantially real time.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Robert Anthony Virzi, Rebecca S. Burd, Edward M. Eggerl, Gregory Keith Evans, Douglas Reynold Jones, William E. Garrett, William David Goodman, Allison Dana Jaynes, Margaret Malagon, Robert Edward Opaluch, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, James Francis Sorce, Michael Alan Weintraub
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Publication number: 20100297986Abstract: A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: VERIZON SERVICES CORP.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Douglas Reynold Jones, Margaret Malagon, Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Aaron Joseph Dagen, Dermot Anthony Murray, Ann Wander Shaub, Joanne Snare LaCourse, David Anthony Fay, Piotr Kajetan Boni, Beth Shelley Davis, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Sandra Kelly Teare, Eric Andrew Goodheart
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Patent number: 7773974Abstract: A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Douglas Reynold Jones, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Sandra Kelly Teare, Eric Andrew Goodheart, Margaret Malagon, Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Aaron Joseph Dagen, David Anthony Fay, Piotr Kajetan Boni, Beth Shelley Davis, Dermot Anthony Murray, Ann Wander Shaub, Joanne Snare LaCourse
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Patent number: 7319973Abstract: A new system of analyzing advertising revenue derivation is provided that is particularly useful for predicting an amount of revenue that can be expected from advertisements placed in a business directory book having a certain geographic coverage. The system comprises estimating a preference factor of advertisers located in a first geographic area of placing advertisements in other geographic areas. This preference factor, along with other demographic data, is used to calculate a choice probability that advertisers will choose to place an advertisement in one business directory book over other competing books. A total amount of expected revenue for each particular geographic area within a metropolitan area is calculated. Finally, the total amount of expected revenue attributable to a particular business directory book is predicted based on the choice probability and the total amount of expected revenue for each geographic area.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Roger L. Tobin, Gregory Wayne Cermak
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Patent number: 6763095Abstract: A method and system for administering calls on a voice network allows a user to selectively determine which calls will be accepted and assists the user in placing calls to other users on the network. The user may establish a list of users whose calls will be accepted and may also establish a list of users whose calls will not be accepted. The method and system may provide unwanted callers with an option to speak with the user for a fee. The method and system may also display phone or other messages to the user on a video display.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignees: Verizon Laboratories Inc., Genuity Inc.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Robert Anthony Virzi, Jenise Diane Dorf