Patents by Inventor Jochen R. Kunert

Jochen R. Kunert 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).

  • Forwarding calls in real time communications
    Patent number: 9054909
    Abstract: A system controls forwarding of an incoming call. The system receives the incoming call directed to an original recipient. Forwarding settings are processed for routing the incoming call. In some embodiments, the forwarding settings may include a listing of at least one group having more than one member and at least one forwarding instruction based on the at least one group. In these embodiments, the incoming call is forwarded according to the at least one forwarding instruction to at least one first member and at least one second member of the at least one group. The forwarding settings may be based on a user's presence settings, subject to categorization rules, and/or utilize protocol extensions. In some embodiments, the system can map communication routing scenarios to a markup document, such as an XML document, that the system can use to implement team or forwarding call rules. In some embodiments, client devices can set preamble routing independent from the communication server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Eran Shtiegman, Frank Fitzlaff, Jochen R. Kunert, Justin M. Maguire, III, Nikhil P. Bobde, Paul Tidwell, Rajesh Ramanathan, Robert J. Osborne
  • Forwarding calls in real time communications
    Publication number: 20080002820
    Abstract: A system controls forwarding of an incoming call. The system receives the incoming call directed to an original recipient. Forwarding settings are processed for routing the incoming call. In some embodiments, the forwarding settings may include a listing of at least one group having more than one member and at least one forwarding instruction based on the at least one group. In these embodiments, the incoming call is forwarded according to the at least one forwarding instruction to at least one first member and at least one second member of the at least one group. The forwarding settings may be based on a user's presence settings, subject to categorization rules, and/or utilize protocol extensions. In some embodiments, the system can map communication routing scenarios to a markup document, such as an XML document, that the system can use to implement team or forwarding call rules. In some embodiments, client devices can set preamble routing independent from the communication server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eran Shtiegman, Frank Fitzlaff, Jochen R. Kunert, Justin M. Maguire, Nikhil P. Bobde, Paul Tidwell, Rajesh Ramanathan, Robert J. Osborne