Patents by Inventor John Hearty

John Hearty 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).

  • Publication number: 20080084869
    Abstract: A method for determining potential relocation of an IP-enabled telephony device involves subscribing to a registration events package of a VoIP network, receiving one or more notifications indicating a registration state of the IP-enabled telephony device, and determining that the IP-enabled telephony device has potentially relocated, based on the registration state changes. A system for determining potential relocation of a user of a VoIP-enabled device includes an application server that includes a user relocation determination application that subscribes to a VoIP registration events package and determines whether the user has potentially relocated based on a change in registration state of the user's VoIP-enabled device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: John Hearty, Mudassir Fajandar, Ronald Matthew Munoz, Daniel Ryan
  • Publication number: 20070143858
    Abstract: sessions conducted over a communications network, such as a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) network, that employs a session initiation protocol (SIP). The method includes receiving a subscription request from a third party subscriber, the subscription request identifying a targeted user to be monitored, monitoring communication sessions in which the targeted user is a participant, to detect SIP events corresponding to state transitions associated with the communication sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: John Hearty
  • Patent number: 7151822
    Abstract: An approach for processing voice calls over a packet switched network as to efficiently utilize the functionalities of a Voice Response Unit (VRU). According to one embodiment, a call originator, acting as a User Agent Client in accordance with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), issues messages to establish a first call-leg with the VRU. The VRU performs digit collection to obtain information to authenticate the call originator and to authorize the voice call. Based upon the issued messages from the call originator, the VRU establishes a second call-leg with the call terminator. The VRU is released from the voice call after binding the call-legs to connect the call originator to the call terminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: MCI, LLC
    Inventors: Steven R. Donovan, Matthew Cannon, John Hearty
  • Publication number: 20060013147
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically registering a communication device are disclosed. As one example, a communication network architecture is disclosed that includes multiple feature servers, multiple registration redirect servers (RRSs), and multiple communication devices. The feature servers provide services to the communication devices. The RRSs each service a shared virtual Internet Protocol (IP) address and perform load balancing of registration requests on behalf of multiple feature servers located geographically proximate to the RRS. The communication devices are configured to issue initial registration requests intended for any of the feature servers to the shared virtual IP address, whereby upon issuing an initial registration request, a communication device is directed to a particular feature server that is associated with a RRS that is closest to the communication device, and where the particular feature server is selected by a load balancing routine executing on the RRS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: Level 3 Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Terpstra, John Hearty
  • Publication number: 20040223490
    Abstract: An approach for processing voice calls over a packet switched network as to efficiently utilize the functionalities of a Voice Response Unit (VRU). According to one embodiment, a call originator, acting as a User Agent Client in accordance with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), issues messages to establish a first call-leg with the VRU. The VRU performs digit collection to obtain information to authenticate the call originator and to authorize the voice call. Based upon the issued messages from the call originator, the VRU establishes a second call-leg with the call terminator. The VRU is released from the voice call after binding the call-legs to connect the call originator to the call terminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Steven R. Donovan, Matthew Cannon, John Hearty
  • Patent number: 6816579
    Abstract: An approach for processing voice calls over a packet switched network as to efficiently utilize the functionalities of a Voice Response Unit (VRU). According to one embodiment, a call originator, acting as a User Agent Client in accordance with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), issues messages to establish a first call-leg with the VRU. The VRU performs digit collection to obtain information to authenticate the call originator and to authorize the voice call. Based upon the issued messages from the call originator, the VRU establishes a second call-leg with the call terminator. The VRU is released from the voice call after binding the call-legs to connect the call originator to the call terminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: MCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Donovan, Matthew Cannon, John Hearty
  • Patent number: 6512818
    Abstract: An approach for processing voice calls over a packet switched network as to efficiently utilize the functionalities of a Voice Response Unit (VRU). According to one embodiment, a call originator, acting as a User Agent Client in accordance with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), issues messages to establish a first call-leg with the VRU. The VRU performs digit collection to obtain information to authenticate the call originator and to authorize the voice call. Based upon the issued messages from the call originator, the VRU establishes a second call-leg with the call terminator. The VRU is released from the voice call after binding the call-legs to connect the call originator to the call terminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: MCI WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Donovan, Matthew Cannon, John Hearty
  • Publication number: 20020048351
    Abstract: An approach for processing voice calls over a packet switched network as to efficiently utilize the functionalities of a Voice Response Unit (VRU). According to one embodiment, a call originator, acting as a User Agent Client in accordance with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), issues messages to establish a first call-leg with the VRU. The VRU performs digit collection to obtain information to authenticate the call originator and to authorize the voice call. Based upon the issued messages from the call originator, the VRU establishes a second call-leg with the call terminator. The VRU is released from the voice call after binding the call-legs to connect the call originator to the call terminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: WorldCom, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Donovan, Matthew Cannon, John Hearty