Patents by Inventor Heinrich Sinnreich

Heinrich Sinnreich 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).

  • Fixed-mobile communications with mid-session mode switching
    Patent number: 8693434
    Abstract: A method for performing mode-agile communications during a communications session is disclosed. A communications terminal device supporting multiple modes of access is configured to determine when, during a session involving a first mode of access communications, a second mode of access is available and is to be used for subsequent communications for the session. The communications terminal device initiates or controls switchover from one mode of access to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich Sinnreich, Alan B Johnston
  • Small office or home office (SOHO) IP phone service
    Patent number: 8605711
    Abstract: An approach for supporting telephony services for use over a data network that includes at least one of the Internet and a private Intranet is disclosed. A communications system includes a switch that is coupled to a telephone network and is configured to determine presence of a dialing prefix of a call. The system also includes a gateway that is coupled to the data network and configured to communicate with the switch. The switch selectively routes the call based upon the presence of the dialing prefix to the gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich Sinnreich, Alan Bernard Johnston, Steven Lee Lass
  • FIXED-MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS WITH MID-SESSION MODE SWITCHING
    Publication number: 20090279506
    Abstract: A method for performing mode-agile communications during a communications session is disclosed. A communications terminal device supporting multiple modes of access is configured to determine when, during a session involving a first mode of access communications, a second mode of access is available and is to be used for subsequent communications for the session. The communications terminal device initiates or controls switchover from one mode of access to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: VERIZON BUSINESS GLOBAL LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich SINNREICH, Alan B. Johnston
  • Fixed-mobile communications with mid-session mode switching
    Patent number: 7602748
    Abstract: A method for performing mode-agile communications during a communications session is disclosed. A communications terminal device supporting multiple modes of access is configured to determine when, during a session involving a first mode of access communications, a second mode of access is available and is to be used for subsequent communications for the session. The communications terminal device initiates or controls switchover from one mode of access to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Verizon Business Global LLC
    Inventors: Heinrich Sinnreich, Alan B. Johnston
  • System and method for securely storing and accessing credentials and certificates for secure VoIP endpoints
    Publication number: 20070150726
    Abstract: A system and method for enabling secure Voice over IP (VoIP) communication includes receiving a request for the generation of a certificate to be used in conjunction with a VoIP communication, generating a certificate in response to the request, the certificate being generated based, at least in part, on a voice sample of a user that made the request, and thereafter making the certificate available for use to enable secure VoIP communication. The system and method preferably leverages the session initiation protocol (SIP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Heinrich Sinnreich, Jeffrey Pulver
  • Fixed-mobile communications with mid-session mode switching
    Publication number: 20060072542
    Abstract: A method for performing mode-agile communications during a communications session is disclosed. A communications terminal device supporting multiple modes of access is configured to determine when, during a session involving a first mode of access communications, a second mode of access is available and is to be used for subsequent communications for the session. The communications terminal device initiates or controls switchover from one mode of access to another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Heinrich Sinnreich, Alan Johnston