Patents by Inventor Jeffrey R. Evans

Jeffrey R. Evans 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: 10597212
    Abstract: A fluid-dispensing bag holder includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member has a first edge with a first concavity, the second housing member has a second edge with a second concavity, and the first housing member and the second housing member are configured to be positioned in an open position and a closed position. The closed position includes the first housing member mated with the second housing member to define an internal space between the first housing member and the second housing member, and such that the first edge mates with the second edge and the first concavity aligns with the second concavity to define a spout opening through the first housing member and the second housing member into the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Karten Products LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20200062478
    Abstract: A fluid-dispensing bag holder includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The first housing member has a first edge with a first concavity, the second housing member has a second edge with a second concavity, and the first housing member and the second housing member are configured to be positioned in an open position and a closed position. The closed position includes the first housing member mated with the second housing member to define an internal space between the first housing member and the second housing member, and such that the first edge mates with the second edge and the first concavity aligns with the second concavity to define a spout opening through the first housing member and the second housing member into the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 10484436
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an application server, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including a public user identifier (ID) associated a user. The public user ID corresponds to a plurality of user devices. The method also includes determining an applicable order of alerting at least one of the plurality of user devices. The method further includes identifying at least one available user device associated with the user, based on a terminal identifier (ID) associated with each at least one available user device. The method also includes selecting a user device from the at least one available user device based on the applicable order of alerting. A SIP invite message, including a terminal ID for the selected user device, is generated. The method includes sending the SIP invite message to the selected user device based on the applicable order of alerting, and receiving a response to the SIP invite message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Mingxing Li, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20190173924
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an application server, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including a public user identifier (ID) associated a user. The public user ID corresponds to a plurality of user devices. The method also includes determining an applicable order of alerting at least one of the plurality of user devices. The method further includes identifying at least one available user device associated with the user, based on a terminal identifier (ID) associated with each at least one available user device. The method also includes selecting a user device from the at least one available user device based on the applicable order of alerting. A SIP invite message, including a terminal ID for the selected user device, is generated. The method includes sending the SIP invite message to the selected user device based on the applicable order of alerting, and receiving a response to the SIP invite message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Mingxing Li, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 10218744
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an application server, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including a public user identifier (ID) associated a user. The public user ID corresponds to a plurality of user devices. The method also includes determining an applicable order of alerting at least one of the plurality of user devices. The method further includes identifying at least one available user device associated with the user, based on a terminal identifier (ID) associated with each at least one available user device. The method also includes selecting a user device from the at least one available user device based on the applicable order of alerting. A SIP invite message, including a terminal ID for the selected user device, is generated. The method includes sending the SIP invite message to the selected user device based on the applicable order of alerting, and receiving a response to the SIP invite message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Mingxing S. Li, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 10069871
    Abstract: A device may receive a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message from another device, and may determine a first timestamp associated with the first SIP message. The first timestamp may represent a receipt time of the first SIP message by the device. The device may determine a second timestamp associated with a second SIP message. The second timestamp may represent a transmission time of the second SIP message by the device, and may be a response to the first SIP message. The device may determine a device latency value representing a difference between the second timestamp and the first timestamp. The device may provide the second SIP message to the other device at the transmission time. The second SIP message may include the device latency value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Jing, Jeffrey R. Evans, Robert P. Faber, Jr., Taral Patel
  • Publication number: 20170223062
    Abstract: A device may receive a first session initiation protocol (SIP) message from another device, and may determine a first timestamp associated with the first SIP message. The first timestamp may represent a receipt time of the first SIP message by the device. The device may determine a second timestamp associated with a second SIP message. The second timestamp may represent a transmission time of the second SIP message by the device, and may be a response to the first SIP message. The device may determine a device latency value representing a difference between the second timestamp and the first timestamp. The device may provide the second SIP message to the other device at the transmission time. The second SIP message may include the device latency value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Yi JING, Jeffrey R. EVANS, Robert P. FABER, JR., Taral PATEL
  • Publication number: 20160241602
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an application server, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including a public user identifier (ID) associated a user. The public user ID corresponds to a plurality of user devices. The method also includes determining an applicable order of alerting at least one of the plurality of user devices. The method further includes identifying at least one available user device associated with the user, based on a terminal identifier (ID) associated with each at least one available user device. The method also includes selecting a user device from the at least one available user device based on the applicable order of alerting. A SIP invite message, including a terminal ID for the selected user device, is generated. The method includes sending the SIP invite message to the selected user device based on the applicable order of alerting, and receiving a response to the SIP invite message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Mingxing S. Li, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 9420554
    Abstract: A network node receives a registration message, where the registration message is associated with registering a user equipment (UE) with a call signaling network for sending or receiving calls. The network node receives a notification message from a call session control node in the call signaling network, where the notification message indicates whether the UE is currently provisioned to engage in calls via a Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) network. The network node causes calls to or from the UE to be routed via the VoLTE network if the notification message indicates that the UE is currently provisioned to engage in calls via the VoLTE network, and causes calls to or from the UE to be routed via a legacy network, that is different than the VoLTE network, if the notification message indicates that the UE is currently not provisioned to engage in calls via the VoLTE network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Gaurav B. Patel, Gunjan Thakkar, Jeffrey R. Evans, Yi Jing
  • Patent number: 9372963
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an application server, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including a public user identifier (ID) associated a user. The public user ID corresponds to a plurality of user devices. The method also includes determining an applicable order of alerting at least one of the plurality of user devices. The method further includes identifying at least one available user device associated with the user, based on a terminal identifier (ID) associated with each at least one available user device. The method includes selecting a user device from the at least one available user device based on the applicable order of alerting. A SIP invite message, including a terminal ID for the selected user device, is generated. The method includes sending the SIP invite message to the selected user device based on the applicable order of alerting, and receiving a response to the SIP invite message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco Partnership
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Mingxing S. Li, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 8971513
    Abstract: A device receives information associated with a calling party, validates the calling party for an originating locator service based on the calling party information, and sends an instruction to play an announcement requesting information associated with a called party. The device also receives the called party information from the calling party in response to the announcement, and retrieves called party destination information based on the called party information. The device then sends an instruction to originate a sequence of calls to the called party based on the called party destination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Euclid S. Brooks, Jeffrey R. Evans, Nashwa F. Sidhom, Henry L. Tam
  • Patent number: 8965325
    Abstract: Emergency call backs may be placed to a user device in a manner that bypasses certain features (e.g., call forwarding) that may be enabled by the device. A method may include receiving an emergency call from a user device; and creating, in response to the emergency call, an emergency session associated with the user device, where the creating includes forwarding the call to a public safety access point (PSAP) server that handles emergency calls. The method may further include receiving a call, such as an emergency call back call, destined for the user device; determining that the emergency session has not expired when an elapse time associated with the emergency session is less than a threshold; and forwarding, to the user device, the call, as a return call from the PSAP server, based on the determination that the emergency session has not expired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mingxing Li, Jeffrey R. Evans, John H. Wurster, Priscilla Lau
  • Publication number: 20140068710
    Abstract: A method may include receiving, at an application server, a session initiation protocol (SIP) message including a public user identifier (ID) associated a user. The public user ID corresponds to a plurality of user devices. The method also includes determining an applicable order of alerting at least one of the plurality of user devices. The method further includes identifying at least one available user device associated with the user, based on a terminal identifier (ID) associated with each at least one available user device. The method includes selecting a user device from the at least one available user device based on the applicable order of alerting. A SIP invite message, including a terminal ID for the selected user device, is generated. The method includes sending the SIP invite message to the selected user device based on the applicable order of alerting, and receiving a response to the SIP invite message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Priscilla Lau, Mingxing S. Li, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20140029740
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing a low cost mechanism for remotely rerouting queries in a telecommunications network. A service control point (SCP) executes an application which causes a queries to be launched over a LAN or WAN to a remotely located data center. The system contains a primary and secondary data center, in which the secondary data center operations on a ‘hot-standby’ basis. Based on a manually provided indication, maintenance personnel may telephone and interact with a voice response unit or a web-based interface, which indicates that the SCP or SCP application should route queries to the secondary data center. Similarly, the same mechanism can be used to indicate that queries should be re-routed back to the primary data center. This allows remote management for controlling the queries without having to extensively modify the related infrastructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON SERVICES CORP.
    Inventors: Susan M. Middleswarth, Jeffrey R. Evans, John H. Wurster
  • Patent number: 8588393
    Abstract: A system may receive a telephone call request for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) user. The telephone call request omits a name of a calling party. The system may further determine if the VoIP user has a calling party name feature enabled and obtaining, when the VoIP user has a calling party name feature enabled, the name of the calling party from a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) based repository of calling party names.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Fronczak, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 8553853
    Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for providing a low cost mechanism for remotely re-routing queries in a telecommunications network. A service control point (SCP) executes an application which causes a queries to be launched over a LAN or WAN to a remotely located data center. A primary and secondary data center are defined, in which the secondary data center operations on a ‘hot-standby’ basis. Based on a manually provided indication, maintenance personnel may telephone and interact with a voice response unit or a web-based interface, which indicates that the SCP or SCP application should route queries to the secondary data center. Similarly, the same mechanism can be used to indicate that queries should be re-routed back to the primary data center. This allows remote management for controlling the queries without having to extensively modify the related infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Susan M. Middleswarth, Jeffrey R. Evans, John H. Wurster
  • Patent number: 8503632
    Abstract: A device includes a traffic load profile containing information for regulating rates of routing calls and a controller. The controller may be configured to access the traffic load profile, obtain network calls from a traffic load producer, and route the network calls to a system under test based on the traffic load profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 8498222
    Abstract: A method may include receiving an Advanced Intelligent Network/Intelligent Network (AIN/IN) service request from a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) subscriber, generating an IP-based message for invoking the AIN/IN service based on the AIN/IN service request, routing the IP-based message to an AIN/IN service control device via an IP signaling gateway, receiving an AIN/IN response from the AIN/IN service control device based on the IP-based message, and connecting the VoIP subscriber to the AIN/IN service based on the AIN/IN response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Euclid S. Brooks, Jeffrey R. Evans, Nashwa F. Sidhom, Henry L. Tam
  • Publication number: 20120321068
    Abstract: A device includes a traffic load profile containing information for regulating rates of routing calls and a controller. The controller may be configured to access the traffic load profile, obtain network calls from a traffic load producer, and route the network calls to a system under test based on the traffic load profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. EVANS
  • Patent number: 8291120
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program product are disclosed for providing a mechanism for re-routing queries in a telecommunications network. A service control point (SCP) executes an application which causes queries to be launched over a LAN or WAN to a remotely located data center. Primary and secondary data centers are defined, in which the secondary data center operates on a ‘hot-standby’ basis. Based on an automatically verifying system, the detection (or lack thereof) of a response from a primary data center and comparison of the response against an answer or response from another site indicates whether or not the SCP or SCP application should route queries to the secondary data center. Similarly, the same mechanism can be used to indicate that queries should be re-routed back to the primary data center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Evans, Susan M. Middleswarth, John H. Wurster