Patents by Inventor John G. WILLMAN

John G. WILLMAN 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).

  • Jurisdictionally optimized call routing
    Patent number: 8848887
    Abstract: A device receives ordered call routing lists, receives information about a call, from an originating location, to a terminating location of a network, and determines a jurisdictional index for the call based on the originating and terminating locations and based on jurisdiction definitions of carriers associated with the network. The device also selects a route list from the ordered call routing lists based on the determined jurisdictional index and based on the terminating location, selects a route from the selected route list, and provides routing instructions to network elements associated with the selected route, where the call is routed to the terminating location via the selected route and based on the routing instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: John G. Willman
  • JURISDICTIONALLY OPTIMIZED CALL ROUTING
    Publication number: 20100220852
    Abstract: A device receives ordered call routing lists, receives information about a call, from an originating location, to a terminating location of a network, and determines a jurisdictional index for the call based on the originating and terminating locations and based on jurisdiction definitions of carriers associated with the network. The device also selects a route list from the ordered call routing lists based on the determined jurisdictional index and based on the terminating location, selects a route from the selected route list, and provides routing instructions to network elements associated with the selected route, where the call is routed to the terminating location via the selected route and based on the routing instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: John G. WILLMAN