Patents by Inventor Nicholas James Kennedy

Nicholas James Kennedy 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: 11949816
    Abstract: A system and method for intent-based active callback management using enhanced callback objects, utilizing a cloud callback system comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, and environment analyzer, allowing users to call businesses, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to a cloud callback system, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Publication number: 20230388418
    Abstract: A system and method for intent-based active callback management, utilizing a cloud callback system comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, and environment analyzer, allowing users to call businesses, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to a cloud callback system, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Donaldson Moller, Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin
  • Publication number: 20230370550
    Abstract: A system and method for hybrid callback management with integrated conversation bot technology, utilizing a callback cloud and an on-premise callback system, allowing brands to utilize a hybrid system that protects against any premise outages or cloud service faults and failures by introducing redundancies and co-maintenance of data key to callback execution while allowing for mixed telephony types to be seamlessly integrated into one communication platform. The system and method provide conversational bots as further redundancy to mitigate against outages, wherein the conversational bot is personalized and may be used temporarily until an associated human agent is available for a callback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Harpley, Nicholas James Kennedy, Daniel Bohannon
  • Patent number: 11792323
    Abstract: A system and method for user, device, and transaction authentication and callback management, utilizing a cloud platform, a digital ledger, an authentication manager, and smart callback contracts, brokering user to user communications and session establishment using an automated workflow built upon extensible root smart contract templates which can be configured to connect various users and brands. Historical user identifier and behavior data may be stored in a blockchain and/or smart callback contract and compared against current user data to authenticate and validate a user, prior to the execution of the smart callback contract, all in a way that is transparent and autonomous to the user. The system may comprise clout platform, that may further comprise a callback manager, a brand interface server, an interaction manager, a media server, one or more blockchain digital ledgers, and various smart contracts which are used to autonomously respond to received user requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley
  • Patent number: 11792324
    Abstract: A system and method for hybrid callback management with transparent user authentication, utilizing a callback cloud and an on-premise callback system, allowing users to be verified via his or her biometrics, and also allowing brands to utilize a hybrid system that protects against any premise outages or cloud service faults and failures by introducing redundancies and co-maintenance of data key to callback execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley, Shannon Lekas
  • Publication number: 20230308545
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing callback times to increase the success rate of callbacks while managing overflow of calls to alternate sites when callbacks are unsuccessful. The system and method use a pacing algorithm to determine skill-based match conditions for a subset of contact center agents, if callbacks are likely to be successful from a preferred contact site to an agent of the subset of agents, routing to alternate callback sites when callbacks are unsuccessful, and preferences for re-routing back to the preferred site when a callback is successful and the agent with whom the caller has interacted previously is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley, Daniel Bohannon
  • Publication number: 20230308546
    Abstract: A system and method for hybrid callback management using a callback cloud with call participant authentication, utilizing a callback cloud and an on-premise callback system, allowing users to be verified alternately using biometric information or samples of voice audio, that allows brands to utilize a hybrid system that protects against any premise outages or cloud service faults and failures by introducing redundancies and co-maintenance of data key to callback execution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley
  • Publication number: 20230300249
    Abstract: A system and method for intent-based active callback management using enhanced callback objects and callback actions, utilizing a cloud callback system comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, environment analyzer, and intent analyzer, allowing users to call businesses, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to a cloud callback system, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available. The intent analyzer is configured to receive an audio file or a transcribed audio file and perform various speech processing tasks such as punctuation determination, domain identification, and intent classification in order to produce one or more callback actions to be applied to the callback object for the management and execution of callbacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Publication number: 20230291837
    Abstract: A system and method for mobile device active callback integration utilizing configurable callback triggers, utilizing a callback integration engine operating on a user's mobile device that present a callback token for integration through the operating system and software applications operating on the device, wherein interacting with the callback token produces a callback object used to execute a callback when one or more callback triggering events are detected, incorporating device hardware, context, scheduling, and trust information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Publication number: 20230291836
    Abstract: A system and method for mobile device active callback integration, utilizing a callback integration engine operating on a user's mobile device that present a callback token for integration through the operating system and software applications operating on the device, wherein interacting with the callback token produces a callback object used to execute a callback incorporating device hardware, context, scheduling, and trust information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Patent number: 11736613
    Abstract: A system and method for intent-based active callback management using enhanced callback objects, utilizing a cloud callback system comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, and environment analyzer, allowing users to call businesses, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to a cloud callback system, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Publication number: 20230239404
    Abstract: A system and method for intent-based active callback management using enhanced callback objects, utilizing a cloud callback system comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, and environment analyzer, allowing users to call businesses, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to a cloud callback system, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Patent number: 11706341
    Abstract: A system and method for intent-based active callback management, utilizing a cloud callback system comprising at least a profile manager, callback manager, interaction manager, media server, and environment analyzer, allowing users to call businesses, agents in contact centers, or other users who are connected to a cloud callback system, and, failing to connect to the individual they called, allow for an automatic callback object to be created, whereby the two users may be automatically called and bridged together at a time when both users are available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Donaldson Moller, Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin
  • Patent number: 11706342
    Abstract: A system and method for hybrid callback management, utilizing a callback cloud and an on-premise callback system, allowing brands to utilize a hybrid system that protects against any premise outages or cloud service faults and failures by introducing redundancies and co-maintenance of data key to callback execution while allowing for mixed telephony types to be seamlessly integrated into one communication platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley, Daniel Bohannon, Shannon Lekas
  • Publication number: 20230224408
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing callback times to increase the success rate of callbacks while managing overflow of calls to alternate sites when callbacks are unsuccessful. The system and method use a context-aware pacing algorithm to determine when callbacks are likely to be successful from a preferred contact site, routing to alternate callback sites when callbacks are unsuccessful, and preferences for re-routing back to the preferred site when a callback is successful and the agent with whom the caller has interacted previously is available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Bohannon, Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley
  • Publication number: 20230188647
    Abstract: A system and method for callback management, utilizing a callback cloud, a digital ledger, and smart callback contracts, brokering user to user communications and session establishment using an automated workflow built upon extensible root smart contract templates which can be configured to connect various users and brands. The system may comprise callback cloud, that may further comprise a callback manager, a brand interface server, an interaction manager, a media server, one or more blockchain digital ledgers, and various smart contracts which are used to autonomously respond to received user requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley
  • Patent number: 11665283
    Abstract: A system and method for mobile device active callback integration, utilizing a callback integration engine operating on a user's mobile device that present a callback token for integration through the operating system and software applications operating on the device, wherein interacting with the callback token produces a callback object used to execute a callback incorporating device hardware, context, scheduling, and trust information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Brian R. Galvin, Daniel Bohannon
  • Patent number: 11659090
    Abstract: A system and method for hybrid callback management with biometric authentication, utilizing a callback cloud and an on-premise callback system, allowing users to be verified via his or her biometrics, and also allowing brands to utilize a hybrid system that protects against any premise outages or cloud service faults and failures by introducing redundancies and co-maintenance of data key to callback execution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Donaldson Moller, Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Kevin Shinseki, Robert Harpley
  • Publication number: 20230137650
    Abstract: A system and method for user, device, and transaction authentication and callback management, utilizing a cloud platform, a digital ledger, an authentication manager, and smart callback contracts, brokering user to user communications and session establishment using an automated workflow built upon extensible root smart contract templates which can be configured to connect various users and brands. Historical user identifier and behavior data may be stored in a blockchain and/or smart callback contract and compared against current user data to authenticate and validate a user, prior to the execution of the smart callback contract, all in a way that is transparent and autonomous to the user. The system may comprise clout platform, that may further comprise a callback manager, a brand interface server, an interaction manager, a media server, one or more blockchain digital ledgers, and various smart contracts which are used to autonomously respond to received user requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Robert Harpley
  • Patent number: 11641423
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing callback times to increase the success rate of callbacks while managing overflow of calls to alternate sites when callbacks are unsuccessful. The system and method use a pacing algorithm to determine when callbacks are likely to be successful from a preferred contact site, routing to alternate callback sites when callbacks are unsuccessful, and preferences for re-routing back to the preferred site when a callback is successful and the agent with whom the caller has interacted previously is available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Donaldson Moller, Matthew DiMaria, Shannon Lekas, Kurt Nelson, Nicholas James Kennedy, Kevin Shinseki, Robert Harpley