Patents by Inventor Pierce Andrew Gorman

Pierce Andrew Gorman 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: 11496306
    Abstract: Communication circuitry associates a data source with a source Identifier (ID) and a cryptographic key and associates a data target with a target ID, contact token, contact condition, and contact information. The communication circuitry receives and decrypts the encrypted source ID, the encrypted target ID, and the encrypted contact token with the cryptographic key, and in response, authenticates the source ID, authenticates the target ID, and validates the contact token. When the authentication and validation are successful, the communication circuitry selects a portion of the contact information based on the contact condition, encrypts the selected contact information, and transfers the encrypted selected contact information to the data source. The data source uses the selected contact information and the contact token to transfer data to the data target. The data target uses the contact token to validate the data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Pierce Andrew Gorman
  • Publication number: 20210083875
    Abstract: Communication circuitry associates a data source with a source Identifier (ID) and a cryptographic key and associates a data target with a target ID, contact token, contact condition, and contact information. The communication circuitry receives and decrypts the encrypted source ID, the encrypted target ID, and the encrypted contact token with the cryptographic key, and in response, authenticates the source ID, authenticates the target ID, and validates the contact token. When the authentication and validation are successful, the communication circuitry selects a portion of the contact information based on the contact condition, encrypts the selected contact information, and transfers the encrypted selected contact information to the data source. The data source uses the selected contact information and the contact token to transfer data to the data target. The data target uses the contact token to validate the data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Pierce Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 10880088
    Abstract: A target transceiver transfers target instructions to a control server that associates a data source with contact information, conditions, and tokens. The target transceiver transfers the contact tokens to a source transceiver for the data source. The source transceiver encrypts and transfers a data target ID and the token to the control server. The control server receives and decrypts the data target ID and the token and identifies the data source, the data target, and the conditions. The control server processes the conditions to select a portion of the contact information and transfers the selected portion of the contact information to the source transceiver. The source transceiver transfers the user data to the target transceiver based on the selected contact information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Pierce Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 9992679
    Abstract: User Equipment (UE) transfers a session request having a calling party identifier and a digital signature for the calling party identifier. An originating network receives the session request and digitally verifies the calling party digital signature for the calling party identifier. The originating network transfers the session request having the calling party identifier, a user code indicating that the calling party identifier was digitally verified by the originating network, and an originating network digital signature for the originating network. A tandem network receives the session request having the originating network digital signature and digitally verifies the originating network digital signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventor: Pierce Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 9813562
    Abstract: In a packet communication system, session border controllers receive and process communication packets to detect DTMF signaling. If DTMF signaling is detected, the session border controllers determine if DTMF transcoding is required. If DTMF transcoding is required, the session border controllers transfer DTMF transcoding instructions to a DTMF transcoding server. In response to the transcoding instructions, the DTMF transcoding server transfers transcoded DTMF signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Pierce Andrew Gorman, Eric Michael Bloomcamp, Wen Xue, Russell E. Huntsman
  • Patent number: 9608853
    Abstract: An IP origination point and method to determine transcoding in packet communications are provided. The IP origination point in one example embodiment includes a communication interface configured to exchange packet communications with a media transport path, a storage system configured to store an origination communication, payload data for the origination communication, integrity information for the origination communication that is configured to be modified by one or more transcoding operations, and returned integrity information that may have been modified by the one or more transcoding operations. A processing system generates and transmits the origination communication into the media transport path, compares the returned integrity information to the integrity information, and determines a transcoding level of transcoding that occurred in the media transport path if the returned integrity information is not equal to the sent integrity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Pierce Andrew Gorman, Siddharth Oroskar, Robert E. Geis, Hal S. Beech
  • Patent number: 9578069
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media to provide roaming IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) access. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in a communication interface, attaching a communication device to provide the communication device with access to a broadband access network associated with a visited domain of the communication device. The method further provides, in a proxy call session control element of a broadband services gateway (BSG), registering the communication device to access IMS services on behalf of an IMS core in the visited domain over the broadband access network, conveying Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling between the communication device and the IMS core as a SIP proxy, and establishing a communication session between the communication device and the IMS core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Hal S. Beech, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Sangeetha Balaganesh, Whitney R. Cox
  • Patent number: 9531554
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for implementing default data quotas for wireless devices. In one example, a packet data network gateway is configured to identify a communication for a wireless device and transfer a quota query for the wireless device to an online charging server. The packet data network gateway is further configured to receive actual and default quota information from the online charging server and implement the default quota information when the communication link between the gateway and the online charging server is interrupted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Saravana Velusamy, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Nicolas A. Nehme Antoun
  • Patent number: 9414415
    Abstract: A call setup system and method configured to setup a wireless media session extending from a first network to a second network are provided. The system in one example embodiment includes media gateways (MG-Bs) of a first network interface of an interconnect network and a soft switch B (SSW-B) within the first network. The SSW-B receives a media session initiation from a wireless communication device B (WCD-B) of the first network, wherein the WCD-B is attempting to initiate a media session to a wireless communication device A (WCD-A) of the second network, obtains a MG-Bx network address of a selected MG-Bx of the one or more MG-Bs, forwards a call initiation information to a SSW-A of the second network, and receives a media gateway MG-Ax network address from the SSW-A, wherein the WCD-B of first network is placed in communication with the WCD-A of the second network via the selected MG-Bx and the selected MG-Ax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Hal S. Beech, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Nicolas A. Nehme Antoun, Philip Martin Kunkel
  • Patent number: 9094497
    Abstract: A Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) circuit for relaying DTMF digits includes a communication interface, a storage system configured to store a sampling window size, a DTMF test sequence, a returned DTMF sequence, and one or more DTMF digits, with the one or more DTMF digits to be transferred to a second DTMF circuit by the DTMF circuit, and a processing system. The processing system receives the one or more DTMF digits via the communication interface and an input sampling window, generates the DTMF test sequence and transmits the DTMF test sequence to the second DTMF circuit, compares the DTMF test sequence to a returned DTMF sequence received back from the second DTMF circuit, and if the returned DTMF sequence is not the same as the DTMF test sequence, adjusts the sampling window size of the input sampling window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Robert E. Geis, Siddharth Oroskar, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Gerald Baylis Prince Young
  • Patent number: 8964736
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are described herein for operating a RTP server including receiving a session request from a user communication device indicating the user communication device has packet format switching capability, transferring an acknowledgement to the user communication device wherein the acknowledgement comprises at least a header-free packet string length, transferring a RTP stream using bundled packet format, transferring a packet format switch triggering event, and transferring the RTP stream using header-free packet format for at least as long as the header-free packet string length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Siddharth Oroskar, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Gerald Baylis Prince Young, David M. Lee-Chin
  • Patent number: 8411671
    Abstract: An originating device coupled to an originating network requests a media call to a terminating device coupled to a terminating network. In between the originating and terminating networks, a tandem network receives a signaling message for the media call transferred by the originating network. The tandem network retrieves and processes numbers for the originating device and the terminating device from the signaling message to determine a loss adjustment for the media call and to select the originating device or the terminating device to make the loss adjustment. The tandem network transfers a loss instruction indicating the loss adjustment to the originating network or the terminating network for delivery to the selected device. The selected device receives the loss instruction and responsively makes the loss adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Eric Michael Bloomcamp, Russell E. Huntsman, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Robert E. Geis, Eric C. English
  • Patent number: 8345670
    Abstract: A call control system to route a voice over internet protocol call between a wireless communication device and a destination device comprises a communication interface and a processing system, wherein the destination device is located in a geographic area served by a communication network. The communication interface is configured to receive an authorization response from an authorization system located in a home wireless network of the wireless communication device, wherein the authorization response comprises a destination identifier of the destination device and a location identifier of the wireless communication device. The processing system is configured to process the destination identifier and the location identifier to determine if the wireless communication device is located in the geographic area, and if so, the processing system is configured to direct the communication interface to transfer the call over a source port associated with the geographic area served by the communication network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Wen Xue, Talat Jamshidi, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Simon Peter Vandervelde, Trey A. Hilyard
  • Patent number: 8213590
    Abstract: A call control system comprises a communication interface and a processing system. The communication interface is configured to receive a first access request from a communication system requesting access to a voice service. The communication interface is configured to, in response to receiving the first access request, transfer a rejection to the communication system that indicates that the voice service is not available. The communication interface is configured to, in response to transferring the rejection, receive a first call request for a priority service from the communication system. The processing system is configured to process the first call request to determine if the first call request indicates the priority service. If the first call request indicates the priority service, then the communication interface is configured to transfer a second access request to a communication network in response to the first call request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Russell E. Huntsman, Eric Michael Bloomcamp, Jeffery O. Green, Pierce Andrew Gorman
  • Patent number: 7961611
    Abstract: A method for operating a control module to allocate traffic exchanges between an intermediate network and a plurality of carrier networks in a communication system is provided. The method includes monitoring first traffic transferring from the intermediate network to a first carrier network to determine an amount of outbound traffic, and monitoring second traffic transferring from the first carrier network to the intermediate network to determine an amount of inbound traffic. The method also includes determining a supplemental amount based on the amount of outbound traffic and the amount of inbound traffic, and transmitting a control message that identifies the supplemental amount to a second carrier network instructing the second carrier network to transfer supplemental traffic in an amount less than or equal to the supplemental amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Khalid Mohamed Medhat, Krishnakumar Ponnath, Pierce Andrew Gorman, Robert E. Geis