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: 8254539
    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: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Patent number: 8229097
    Abstract: A device receives information associated with a calling party, and validates the calling party for an originating simultaneous calls service based on the calling party information. The device also receives information associated with a called party, retrieves called party destination information based on the called party information, and sends an instruction to originate two or more simultaneous calls to the called party based on the called party destination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Euclid S. Brooks, Jeffrey R. Evans, Nashwa F. Sidhom, Henry L. Tam
  • Publication number: 20120129482
    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: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Mingxing LI, Jeffrey R. Evans, John Wurster, Priscilla Lau
  • Patent number: 8027435
    Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include executing a first test case using a user record provisioned on a network, the first test case comprising transmitting at least a first portion of the data to a network element being tested and receiving a response from the network element being tested in the first test case based at least in part on the configuration data for the first test case contained in the transmitted first portion of the data, executing a second test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the second test case comprising transmitting at least a second portion of the data to a network element being tested and receiving a response from the network element being tested in the second test case based at least in part on configuration data for the second test case contained in the transmitted second portion of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20110096772
    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: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. FRONCZAK, Jeffrey R. EVANS
  • Patent number: 7894585
    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: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. Fronczak, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20100303220
    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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc
    Inventors: Euclid S. BROOKS, Jeffrey R. EVANS, Nashwa F. SIDHOM, Henry L. TAM
  • Publication number: 20100268992
    Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include executing a first test case using a user record provisioned on a network, the first test case comprising transmitting at least a first portion of the data to a network element being tested and receiving a response from the network element being tested in the first test case based at least in part on the configuration data for the first test case contained in the transmitted first portion of the data, executing a second test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the second test case comprising transmitting at least a second portion of the data to a network element being tested and receiving a response from the network element being tested in the second test case based at least in part on configuration data for the second test case contained in the transmitted second portion of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. EVANS
  • Patent number: 7787599
    Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include designing two or more test cases for a network, creating one or more test records comprising data and configuration data for the two or more test cases, provisioning a user record on the network, running a first test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the first test case comprising, transmitting at least a first portion of the data to a network element being tested, and receiving a response from the network element based at least in part on the configuration data for the first test case contained in the data transmitted, running a second test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the second test case comprising, transmitting at least a second portion of the data to a network element being tested, and receiving a response from a network element based at least in part on configuration data for the second test case contained in the data transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20090257428
    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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
    Inventors: Euclid S. BROOKS, Jeffrey R. Evans, Nashwa F. Sidhom, Henry L. Tam
  • Publication number: 20090161851
    Abstract: A device receives information associated with a calling party, and validates the calling party for an originating simultaneous calls service based on the calling party information. The device also receives information associated with a called party, retrieves called party destination information based on the called party information, and sends an instruction to originate two or more simultaneous calls to the called party based on the called party destination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Euclid S. Brooks, Jeffrey R. Evans, Nashwa F. Sidhom, Henry L. Tam
  • Publication number: 20090158094
    Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment may include designing two or more test cases for a network, creating one or more test records comprising data and configuration data for the two or more test cases, provisioning a user record on the network, running a first test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the first test case comprising, transmitting at least a first portion of the data to a network element being tested, and receiving a response from the network element based at least in part on the configuration data for the first test case contained in the data transmitted, running a second test case using the user record provisioned on the network, the second test case comprising, transmitting at least a second portion of the data to a network element being tested, and receiving a response from a network element based at least in part on configuration data for the second test case contained in the data transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: VERIZON SERVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. EVANS
  • Publication number: 20080240383
    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: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Lawrence J. FRONCZAK, Jeffrey R. Evans
  • Publication number: 20080151752
    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: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. EVANS
  • Publication number: 20080154850
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Evans, Susan M. Middleswarth, John H. Wurster
  • Publication number: 20080137833
    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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Susan M. Middleswarth, Jeffrey R. Evans, John H. Wurster
  • Patent number: 5848141
    Abstract: A system and method for creating a call processing record that receives a provisioning request including call data, a logic template identifier, and one or more data template identifiers. The logic template and the data templates are identified based on the logic template identifier and the data template identifiers. The templates are accessed and the call data is inserted into call variables in the templates to create a call processing record with multiple blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Bell Communications Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Beck, Jeffrey R. Evans, Gregory M. Fisher, Donald E. Gillespie, Sary Tauv, Lei-Lei Wang