Patents by Inventor Paul T. Schultz
Paul T. Schultz 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).
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Patent number: 9323912Abstract: An approach for enabling multi-factor biometric authentication of a user of a mobile device is described. A biometric authenticator captures, via a mobile device, first and second biometric data for a user. The biometric authentication further associates the first biometric data and the second biometric data. The biometric authenticator then initiates a multi-factor authentication procedure that utilizes the first biometric data and the second biometric data to authenticate the user based on the association.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
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Patent number: 9325939Abstract: An approach for ensuring the gaze of a user is directed towards a camera during a video conferencing session is described. A gaze detection platform determines a visual focal point of a user with respect to a display based on gaze tracking information, eye-tracking information, or a combination thereof, wherein the user is engaged in a video-based communication session presented on the display. The gaze detection platform further calculates an adjustment to the visual focal point to create a perceived visual focal point of the user with respect to a camera used by the user for the video-based communication session. The adjustment includes adjusting a use of an optical device, a change in a placement of content on the display, a physical movement of the camera, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
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Publication number: 20160073271Abstract: An approach is provided for causing an extension of secure emergency network resources via one or more trusted point of presence. The approach involves determining a networking context, wherein the networking context initiates a request to join an extension mesh network to a currently trusted network. The approach also involves determining a target network trust level associated with the networking context, the currently trusted network, or a combination thereof. The approach further involves selecting the extension mesh network based on the target network trust level. The approach also involves initiating a joining of the extension mesh network to the currently trusted network.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Paul T. SCHULTZ, James Ronald BARFIELD, JR., Todd M. WILLIS, Robert A. SARTINI
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Publication number: 20160050391Abstract: An approach for ensuring the gaze of a user is directed towards a camera during a video conferencing session is described. A gaze detection platform determines a visual focal point of a user with respect to a display based on gaze tracking information, eye-tracking information, or a combination thereof, wherein the user is engaged in a video-based communication session presented on the display. The gaze detection platform further calculates an adjustment to the visual focal point to create a perceived visual focal point of the user with respect to a camera used by the user for the video-based communication session. The adjustment includes adjusting a use of an optical device, a change in a placement of content on the display, a physical movement of the camera, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Paul T. SCHULTZ, Robert A. SARTINI
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Patent number: 9246613Abstract: An approach is provided for extending social networking to television viewing. A community of a plurality of users is created, wherein each user is logged in a device configured to present audio-video content. Presence information of one of the users in the community is determined and transmitted to a corresponding device of another one of the users.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2008Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Martin W. McKee, Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Hubert Sieh
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Patent number: 9203539Abstract: A system is configured to: receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device of the user; identify a first recording device based on the geographic location and preferences of the user; instruct the first recording device to record content associated with the user; receive the content from the first recording device in response to instructing the first recording device to record the content; identify a first list of followers of the user based on the preferences of the user; and broadcast the content to follower devices corresponding to the first list of followers.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Umashankar Velusamy, Paul T. Schultz
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Patent number: 9178988Abstract: A user device may identify a received a signal indicating an incoming call; determine that another user device has answered the call; generate call log information that indicates that the other user device has answered the call; and store or output the generated call log information. Additionally, or alternatively, a set of user devices may receive a ring signal indicating an incoming call; a particular user device, in the set of user devices, may answer the call; and another user device, in the set of user devices, may store a unified call log. The unified call log may indicate that the particular user device answered the call, and may further indicate that the other user device did not miss the call.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Rezwanul Azim, Rafael A. Gaviria, Gowtham Javaregowda, James J. Ni, Robert A. Sartini, Paul T. Schultz, Wenbo Su, Elliot G. Eichen
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Publication number: 20150304842Abstract: Techniques described herein may provide for affiliation and disaffiliation of devices, such as office communication devices, associated with a user. The affiliation/disaffiliation may be performed using a mobile device (e.g., a smart phone). In one implementation, a method may include receiving a request to affiliate a user with one or more office devices; and receiving context data, from a mobile device, relating to a current context of the mobile device. The method may further include determining, based on the context data, to authorize the affiliation of the user with the one or more office devices; and provisioning, based on the determination to authorize the affiliation, the one or more office devices to customize the one or more office devices for the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
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Patent number: 9166965Abstract: An approach is provided for automated user authentication for a priority communication session. An authentication platform receives a session request for establishing a priority communication session over a data network between a user device and a service platform. The authentication platform determines network information and device information associated with the session request and the user device, respectively. The authentication platform further determines user history information regarding one or more prior communication sessions of a user of the user device. The authentication platform authenticates the user based on the network information, the device information, and the user history information for establishing the priority communication session.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini
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Publication number: 20150295788Abstract: A method and system are disclosed that enables a customer to specify when services should be provisioned on a “just-in-time” or elastic basis. By dynamically specifying when services should be received, a customer is better able to suit such services to customer needs, thereby allowing the customer to only pay for what is actually used. Using an on-demand portal, a customer may prescribe when (or the degree to which) services should be enabled, and/or when the devices that utilize those services, or the services themselves, need to be monitored. Accordingly, the customer is given flexibility to dictate when services are required or when their services or devices require monitoring by a service provider, and the service provider is given the flexibility to tailor the amount of resources required to support and manage the customer's demands, thereby enabling more efficient use of both the customer's and service provider's resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INCInventors: Kevin R. Witzman, Paul T. Schultz
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Patent number: 9154482Abstract: One or more first servers may receive a token, generated by a second server based on the second server validating an authorization parameter received by a third server; receive, from the second server, a token parameter, associated with the token and being associated with the authorization parameter and identifying a credential associated with the third server; receive, from the third server, a request to update the credential, the request including the token; validate the token; form an updated credential based on the token parameter and based on validating the token; and provide the updated credential to the third server. The credential may be replaced, by the third server, with the updated credential without interaction with a user of the third server.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Thaddeus J. Dudziak, Robert A. Sartini, Paul T. Schultz
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Publication number: 20150278504Abstract: A device may determine that a user device should be authenticated; and determine a confidence measurement based on an established activity pattern of the user device. The confidence measurement may relate to a likelihood that an authorized user of the user device is in possession of the user device. The device may authenticate the user device based on the confidence measurement.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Rezwanul Azim, Rafael A. Gaviria, Gowtham Javaregowda, James J. Ni, Robert A. Sartini, Paul T. Schultz, Wenbo Su, Elliot G. Eichen
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Patent number: 9148280Abstract: An approach is provided for the secure exchange of multimedia content through a mobile telephony device. A docking station receives a control signal from a media headset, and in response thereto determines to establish a communication link. The docking station selects one of a plurality of communication options corresponding to different networks based on the type of the communication link. The docking station initiates an authentication procedure for the communication link according to the selected communication option. Subsequent to successful authorization, the docking station receives multimedia content over the authenticated communication link, and transmits the received media signal to the media headset.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Paul T. Schultz
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Patent number: 9147336Abstract: An approach for enabling event notifications to be directed to one or more contacts based on the acquiring of common event data by one or more wireless devices is described. A multimedia event processor receives event data corresponding to an event from a mobile device. The event data is associated with a tag for describing the event data and classified as corresponding to a level of severity based on the tag. A target destination is then determined for transmission of a notification message, the event data, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Harrison Doung
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Publication number: 20150271206Abstract: A device may receive a request for a collaboration session. The device may authenticate a user for the collaboration session. The device may generate a trust-score associated with the collaboration session based on authenticating the user. The trust-score may be associated with a security level for the collaboration session. The security level may be associated with one or more capabilities of the collaboration session. The device may assign the user to a session role associated with the collaboration session. The session role may be associated with the one or more capabilities of the collaboration session. The device may provide information associated with the collaboration session based on the security level for the collaboration session and/or the session role assigned to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. SCHULTZ, Robert A. SARTINI, James J. NI
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Patent number: 9137327Abstract: A system may be configured to request, from a user device, consent for an application server to output one or more messages to the user device. When requesting the consent, the system may output a consent message associated with the application server. The system may receive, from the user device, an indication of consent, the indication being sent by the user device based on the consent message; and enforce, by the consent gateway device, the consent indicated by the user device. When enforcing the consent, the system may allow or disallow application traffic, from the application server, based on the indication of consent. The application traffic may be associated with the user device.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2013Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Thaddeus J. Dudziak, Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Peter D. Grubb
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Publication number: 20150237189Abstract: A system may be configured to receive an indication that a call has been placed (e.g., to a call center), and may provide a customized visual interface. The customized visual interface may include information that is potentially relevant to a user who has placed the call, and may be based on, for example, a user profile or history information, a purchase history of goods or services offered by an entity associated with the called party. The customized visual interface may allow the user to more quickly satisfy the purposes of his or her call than through traditional audio or touchtone menus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Lin Song, Tim D. Paiement, William Andrew Fish
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Patent number: 9112918Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media for user devices to operate in multiple modes and provide mode indicators that indicate the mode in which the user device operates, and a network that provides multimode services that include monitoring service events associated with the multiple modes, control modes of operation, and allow users to view, manage, and classify service usage information that includes service event information and correlated mode information.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Todd M. Willis
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Patent number: 9110608Abstract: An approach is provided for secured mobile printing. A printing platform receives a printing request, generates authenticating information associated with the print request, and sends the authenticating information to a mobile device for retrieval of printed materials generated in response to the printing request.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Cellco PartnershipInventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Todd M. Willis
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Patent number: 9106749Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a virtual call center by receiving a request for service from a user (e.g., subscriber) and staffing the virtual call center with virtual agents selected based on the service requirements of the user and the rich presence information of the virtual agents. The rich presence information includes a skill set of the virtual agent, presence status of the virtual agent, location of the virtual agent, calendar information of the virtual agent, communication capability of the virtual agent, mobility of the virtual agent, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2009Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Martin W. McKee