Patents by Inventor Robert D. Garskof

Robert D. Garskof 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).

  • EVENT NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20210342834
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Precia Carraway, Robert D. Garskof, Jay O. Glasgow
  • Event notifications for multiple services
    Patent number: 11062310
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Precia Carraway, Robert D. Garskof, Jay O. Glasgow
  • EVENT NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20200058026
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Precia Carraway, Robert D. Garskof, Jay O. Glasgow
  • Event notifications for multiple services
    Patent number: 10460318
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Precia Carraway, Robert D. Garskof, Jay O. Glasgow
  • EVENT NOTIFICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE SERVICES
    Publication number: 20170140376
    Abstract: Methods, computer-readable storage media and apparatuses for processing event notifications are disclosed. For example, a processor receives an event notification of an event from a device of a service provider that is providing a service to a user, wherein the network service provider is distinct from the service provider, determines that the service provider and the event are of a type of service provider and a type of event, respectively, that the user has consented to receive the event notification, sends a message in a unified message format to a device of the user, the message comprising the event, receives a response from the device of the user containing an indication of whether the event is an authorized event, and sends the indication of whether the event is an authorized event to the device of the service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: PRECIA CARRAWAY, Robert D. Garskof, Jay O. Glasgow