Patents by Inventor John Wolthuis

John Wolthuis 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: 20240121343
    Abstract: An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Publication number: 20240121341
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a work distribution service. At a multi-tenant platform that provides a work distribution service for a plurality of external systems, a priority is assigned to a first work item of a first external system. The work item is received via a RESTful work item API call request. The priority is assigned based on work item attributes of the work item and a workflow instruction corresponding to workflow information specified by the work item. The workflow instruction is provided by the external system via a RESTful Workflow API. A worker is assigned to the work item based on: the priority of the work item, the workflow information, and worker state managed by the first external system via a RESTful Worker API. The worker state includes worker attributes. The work item is generated by the external system, and the workflow instruction is managed by the external system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: John Wolthuis, Robert Brazier
  • Patent number: 11936609
    Abstract: A method and system for real-time eventing including interacting with at least one configuration attribute according to instructions specified through an application programming interface (API); adding subscribers for an event channel; generating an event from operation of an application; publishing the event message to the event channel on an event router; processing the event message according to the at least one configuration attribute; identifying a subscriber to the event channel; and sending the event from the event router to the subscriber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke, Jeffrey Comer
  • Publication number: 20240073257
    Abstract: A method for processing telephony sessions of a network including at least one application server and a call router, the method including the steps of assigning a primary Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and at least a secondary URI to an application; mapping a telephony session to the primary URI; communicating with the application server designated by the primary URI using an application layer protocol; receiving telephony instructions from the application server and processing the telephony instructions with the call router; detecting an application event; and upon detecting the application event, communicating with the application server designated by the secondary URI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11882242
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a work distribution service. At a multi-tenant platform that provides a work distribution service for a plurality of external systems, a priority is assigned to a first work item of a first external system. The work item is received via a RESTful work item API call request. The priority is assigned based on work item attributes of the work item and a workflow instruction corresponding to workflow information specified by the work item. The workflow instruction is provided by the external system via a RESTful Workflow API. A worker is assigned to the work item based on: the priority of the work item, the workflow information, and worker state managed by the first external system via a RESTful Worker API. The worker state includes worker attributes. The work item is generated by the external system, and the workflow instruction is managed by the external system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: John Wolthuis, Robert Brazier
  • Patent number: 11848967
    Abstract: A method for processing telephony sessions of a network including at least one application server and a call router, the method including the steps of assigning a primary Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and at least a secondary URI to an application; mapping a telephony session to the primary URI; communicating with the application server designated by the primary URI using an application layer protocol; receiving telephony instructions from the application server and processing the telephony instructions with the call router; detecting an application event; and upon detecting the application event, communicating with the application server designated by the secondary URI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TWILIO INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Publication number: 20230396713
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a multitenancy telephony system including receiving a plurality of call requests associated with an application server; selecting a subset of the received call requests using a load balancer; assigning each selected call request to one of a plurality of resources creating, on the assigned resource, a call session for each selected call request; and coordinating the created call sessions resulting from the selected subset of the received call requests associated with the application server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis Robert, Evan Cooke Mansfield
  • Patent number: 11785145
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a multitenancy telephony system including receiving a plurality of call requests associated with an application server; selecting a subset of the received call requests using a load balancer; assigning each selected call request to one of a plurality of resources creating, on the assigned resource, a call session for each selected call request; and coordinating the created call sessions resulting from the selected subset of the received call requests associated with the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11765275
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11722602
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the method of caching media used in a telephony application includes: receiving a media request; sending the media request to a media layer using HTTP; the a media layer performing the steps of checking in a cache for the media resource; processing the media request within a media processing server; and storing the processed media in the cache as a telephony compatible resource specified by a persistent address. The system of the preferred embodiment includes a call router and a media layer composed of a cache and media processing server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11706349
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11665285
    Abstract: An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients. The system can be used with a telephony application that interfaces with a telephony device and an application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11641427
    Abstract: An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients. The system can be used with a telephony application that interfaces with a telephony device and an application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11637934
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring account usage on a platform that includes creating an account on a platform; assigning a usage model of the account; running an application of the account on the platform; monitoring usage of the application of the account; identifying a usage event of the usage model in the monitored usage; and generating an event response based on the usage event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Mansfield Cooke
  • Patent number: 11637876
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating signaling and media communication at a communication platform that includes receiving a communication request to a resource, wherein the communication request specifies a destination endpoint; establishing signaling and media communication in a session with the destination endpoint of the communication request; registering a callback resource to a signaling event of the session; monitoring signaling messages of the session; detecting the signaling event in the signaling messages of the session; and triggering the callback resource upon detecting the signaling event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jonas Boerjesson, John Wolthuis, Jeffrey Lawson, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11637933
    Abstract: A system and method of a telephony application platform can include receiving a communication session request specifying a destination endpoint, connecting the communication session through a first application module according to the destination endpoint, receiving an instruction to transition communication control to a second application module, transitioning communication control of the communication session to the second application module, independently metering resource usage of the communication session of each application module, and accounting the metered usage of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11632471
    Abstract: An embodiment of the system for publishing events of a telephony application to a client includes a call router that generates events from the telephony application and an event router that manages the publication of events generated by the call router and that manages the subscription to events by clients. The system can be used with a telephony application that interfaces with a telephony device and an application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11611663
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11575795
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the method of processing telephony sessions includes: communicating with an application server using an application layer protocol; processing telephony instructions with a call router; and creating call router resources accessible through a call router Application Programming Interface (API). In another embodiment, the system for processing telephony sessions includes: a call router, a URI for an application server, a telephony instruction executed by the call router, and a call router API resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Lawson, John Wolthuis, Evan Cooke
  • Patent number: 11546471
    Abstract: A system and method including receiving a request to enqueue a communication session; adding the communication session to the queue of a plurality of communication sessions; upon adding the communication to the queue, transferring control logic to the configured wait-state application; receiving a dequeue request initiated by a second entity; in response to the dequeue request, managing the procession of communication sessions in the queue; and dequeuing a communication session from the queue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Twilio Inc.
    Inventors: Christer Fahlgren, John Wolthuis, Peter Shafton, Thomas Schiavone