Patents by Inventor Ken Wolfe

Ken Wolfe 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: 9351203
    Abstract: Voice call continuity is provided for calls that are carried over a hybrid network infrastructure in which access connections are distributed over loosely coupled network portions including a backend network such as a core VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service network, one or more cellular mobile networks, and a public switched telephone network (“PSTN”). The calls are routed through the core VoIP network regardless of their points of origination or termination in other network portions so that signaling and call context are anchored in the core VoIP network. The conditions under which user equipment operate are continuously monitored so that when a connection is determined to have been unacceptably degraded or is likely to be interrupted, and/or a more optimal connection is available, a handover of the call to another connection is initiated so that call continuity is maintained using the lowest cost connection that provides acceptable call quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Gursharan Sidhu, Humayun Khan, Tony Bell, Namendra Kumar, Sankaran Narayanan, Mahendra Sekaran, Vishal Soni, John Bruner, Jeffrey Kay, Anish Desai, Rod Fleck, Abhilash Nair, Gaurav Pancholi, Mansoor Jafry, Ken Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20150078332
    Abstract: Voice call continuity is provided for calls that are carried over a hybrid network infrastructure in which access connections are distributed over loosely coupled network portions including a backend network such as a core VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service network, one or more cellular mobile networks, and a public switched telephone network (“PSTN”). The calls are routed through the core VoIP network regardless of their points of origination or termination in other network portions so that signaling and call context are anchored in the core VoIP network. The conditions under which user equipment operate are continuously monitored so that when a connection is determined to have been unacceptably degraded or is likely to be interrupted, and/or a more optimal connection is available, a handover of the call to another connection is initiated so that call continuity is maintained using the lowest cost connection that provides acceptable call quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Gursharan Sidhu, Humayun Khan, Tony Bell, Namendra Kumar, Sankaran Narayanan, Mahendra Sekaran, Vishal Soni, John Bruner, Jeffrey Kay, Anish Desai, Rod Fleck, Abhilash Nair, Gaurav Pancholi, Mansoor Jafry, Ken Wolfe
  • Patent number: 8583733
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing real time unified communications. An interface can receive a portion of data associated with at least one of a client application or an environment that hosts a client application. A real time collaboration (RTC) component can employ an RTC file package to seamlessly initiate a real time collaboration session with the client application, wherein the RTC file package can include a portion of data that relates to at least one of the client application, the host environment, or a modality of the client application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adil Faisal, Aaron C. Sethi, Ken Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20090049129
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing real time unified communications. An interface can receive a portion of data associated with at least one of a client application or an environment that hosts a client application. A real time collaboration (RTC) component can employ an RTC file package to seamlessly initiate a real time collaboration session with the client application, wherein the RTC file package can include a portion of data that relates to at least one of the client application, the host environment, or a modality of the client application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adil Faisal, Aaron Sethi, Ken Wolfe