Patents by Inventor Mark A. Nicholson

Mark A. Nicholson 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).

  • Multiparty service establishment based on priority rules for routing
    Patent number: 9019339
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media provide for receiving a request to use a multiparty service; applying priority rules for routing the request toward a destination endpoint, wherein the applying comprises determining whether the destination endpoint is a private destination endpoint or a public destination endpoint; routing the request toward the private destination endpoint in response to determining that a destination address or a portion thereof included in the request corresponds to the private destination endpoint; and routing the request toward the public destination endpoint in response to determining that the destination address or the portion thereof included in the request corresponds to the public destination endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Nicholson, Shawn Ferdinand, Rachel Lee Scarbrough
  • Network security system with customizable rule-based analytics engine for identifying application layer violations
    Patent number: 8881259
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media storing instructions to obtain logs from a security device and one or multiple service-providing devices, wherein the logs include information pertaining to traffic flow activity at an application layer associated with a service; store rules that identify behavior ranging from unintentional through intentional for one or multiple communication layers including an application layer; interpret the logs based on the rules; determine whether a violation exists based on the interpreting; and generate a notification that indicates the violation exists in response to a determination that the violation exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Ferdinand, Jeffrey Allen Haltom, Rachel Lee Scarbrough, Mark A. Nicholson
  • NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE RULE-BASED ANALYTICS ENGINE FOR IDENTIFYING APPLICATION LAYER VIOLATIONS
    Publication number: 20140173712
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media storing instructions to obtain logs from a security device and one or multiple service-providing devices, wherein the logs include information pertaining to traffic flow activity at an application layer associated with a service; store rules that identify behavior ranging from unintentional through intentional for one or multiple communication layers including an application layer; interpret the logs based on the rules; determine whether a violation exists based on the interpreting; and generate a notification that indicates the violation exists in response to a determination that the violation exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Ferdinand, Jeffrey Allen Haltom, Rachel Lee Scarbrough, Mark A. Nicholson
  • Multiparty Service Establishment Based On Priority Rules For Routing
    Publication number: 20140146126
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media provide for receiving a request to use a multiparty service; applying priority rules for routing the request toward a destination endpoint, wherein the applying comprises determining whether the destination endpoint is a private destination endpoint or a public destination endpoint; routing the request toward the private destination endpoint in response to determining that a destination address or a portion thereof included in the request corresponds to the private destination endpoint; and routing the request toward the public destination endpoint in response to determining that the destination address or the portion thereof included in the request corresponds to the public destination endpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Nicholson, Shawn Ferdinand, Rachel Lee Scarbrough
  • Method and system for placing a communication session on hold
    Patent number: 8259918
    Abstract: An approach is provided for placing a real-time communication session (e.g., a voice call or a video call) on hold before the called party answers the call. After receiving a communication session request, the communication session is placed on hold until a predetermined time period expires, the called party answers the communication session, or the calling party elects to be directed to an answering service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dewayne Moon, Mark A. Nicholson, Daniel J. Walls
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLACING A COMMUNICATION SESSION ON HOLD
    Publication number: 20100310063
    Abstract: An approach is provided for placing a real-time communication session (e.g., a voice call or a video call) on hold before the called party answers the call. After receiving a communication session request, the communication session is placed on hold until a predetermined time period expires, the called party answers the communication session, or the calling party elects to be directed to an answering service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Dewayne Moon, Mark A. Nicholson, Daniel J. Walls