Patents by Inventor Robert E. Opaluch
Robert E. Opaluch 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: 9037469Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of applications and an integrator having a voice recognition module configured to identify at least one voice command from a user. The integrator is configured to integrate information from a remote source into at least one of the plurality of applications based on the identified voice command. A method includes analyzing speech from a first user of a first mobile device having a plurality of applications, identifying a voice command based on the analyzed speech using a voice recognition module, and incorporating information from the remote source into at least one of a plurality of applications based on the identified voice command.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Patent number: 9008646Abstract: A method, including receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device, connecting a control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device wherein the control connection is connected without requiring user input at the second telecommunications enabled device to answer the control connection request, and providing access to one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device to the first telecommunications enabled device through the control connection.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Patent number: 8867725Abstract: A system and method for providing custom alerts including a processor configured to retrieve a custom alert from a custom alert provider, a receiver configured to receive, from a user, a request to initiate communication with a communications agent, and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals over a network to communicate with the communications agent, wherein transmitting the one or more signals includes transmitting the custom alert for output at the communication agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Opaluch, David C. Robbins
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Publication number: 20140207472Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of applications and an integrator having a voice recognition module configured to identify at least one voice command from a user. The integrator is configured to integrate information from a remote source into at least one of the plurality of applications based on the identified voice command. A method includes analyzing speech from a first user of a first mobile device having a plurality of applications, identifying a voice command based on the analyzed speech using a voice recognition module, and incorporating information from the remote source into at least one of a plurality of applications based on the identified voice command.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Publication number: 20140031089Abstract: A system and method for providing custom alerts including a processor configured to retrieve a custom alert from a custom alert provider, a receiver configured to receive, from a user, a request to initiate communication with a communications agent, and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals over a network to communicate with the communications agent, wherein transmitting the one or more signals includes transmitting the custom alert for output at the communication agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Robert E. OPALUCH, David C. ROBBINS
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Publication number: 20130291363Abstract: Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: James P. Dacey, Robert E. Opaluch
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Patent number: 8500099Abstract: Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Verizon New England Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Opaluch, James P. Dacey
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Patent number: 8406407Abstract: A system and method for providing custom alerts including a processor configured to retrieve a custom alert from a custom alert provider, a receiver configured to receive, from a user, a request to initiate communication with a communications agent, and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals over a network to communicate with the communications agent, wherein transmitting the one or more signals includes transmitting the custom alert for output at the communication agent.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Opaluch, David C. Robbins
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Publication number: 20120155619Abstract: A method, including receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device, connecting a control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device wherein the control connection is connected without requiring user input at the second telecommunications enabled device to answer the control connection request, and providing access to one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device to the first telecommunications enabled device through the control connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Patent number: 8160567Abstract: A method, including receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device, connecting a control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device wherein the control connection is connected without requiring user input at the second telecommunications enabled device to answer the control connection request, and providing access to one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device to the first telecommunications enabled device through the control connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2007Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Patent number: 7913184Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for selectively auto-tabbing between input fields of an interface based on received input. More specifically, the intelligent auto-tabbing systems and methods accommodate different user preferences related to providing input by selectively auto-tabbing between fields based on user preferences. One example of a method according to one embodiment involves receiving an input character and entering the input character into a first field. The entry of that input character into the first field causes a number of characters in the first field to reach a predetermined threshold. A subsequent input character is received subsequent to that input character being entered into the first field. An input focus is positioned in a second field based on the subsequent input character.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2005Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Xi Zhang, Robert E. Opaluch, Joel S. Angiolillo, Elizabeth L. Fuller
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Publication number: 20110035220Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of applications and an integrator having a voice recognition module configured to identify at least one voice command from a user. The integrator is configured to integrate information from a remote source into at least one of the plurality of applications based on the identified voice command. A method includes analyzing speech from a first user of a first mobile device having a plurality of applications, identifying a voice command based on the analyzed speech using a voice recognition module, and incorporating information from the remote source into at least one of a plurality of applications based on the identified voice command.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2009Publication date: February 10, 2011Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Publication number: 20100110927Abstract: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the state information available to a subscriber of the plurality of communication services, in substantially real time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Gregory W. Cermak, Robert A. Virzi, Rebecca S. Burd, Edward M. Eggerl, Gregory K. Evans, Douglas R. Jones, William E. Garrett, William D. Goodman, Allison D. Jaynes, Margaret Malagon, Robert E. Opaluch, Timothy W. Schmidt, James F. Sorce, Michael A. Weintraub
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Patent number: 7664083Abstract: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the state information available to a subscriber of the plurality of communication services, in substantially real time.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Gregory W. Cermak, Robert A. Virzi, Rebecca S. Burd, Edward M. Eggerl, Gregory K. Evans, Douglas R. Jones, William E. Garrett, William D. Goodman, Allison D. Jaynes, Margaret Malagon, Robert E. Opaluch, Timothy W. Schmidt, James F. Sorce, Michael A. Weintraub
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Publication number: 20090323918Abstract: A system and method for providing custom alerts including a processor configured to retrieve a custom alert from a custom alert provider, a receiver configured to receive, from a user, a request to initiate communication with a communications agent, and a transmitter configured to transmit one or more signals over a network to communicate with the communications agent, wherein transmitting the one or more signals includes transmitting the custom alert for output at the communication agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Applicant: VERIZON SERVICES ORGANIZATION INC.Inventors: ROBERT E. OPALUCH, DAVID C. ROBBINS
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Publication number: 20090110358Abstract: Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: April 30, 2009Applicants: Verizon Laboratories Inc., Verizon New England Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Opaluch, James P. Dacey
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Publication number: 20080281665Abstract: A method and system of an embodiment of the present disclosure may include receiving data from a calendar client at a network element communicatively coupled to a network wherein the data comprises information relating at least in part to unscheduled time for a user associated with the calendar client, searching a database for at least one event offering corresponding to the unscheduled time, and sending the at least one event offering to the calendar client. The method and system may include ranking or filtering event offerings based at least in part on preferences of a calendar client user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: VERIZON LABORATORIES, INC.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Publication number: 20080280591Abstract: A method, including receiving at a network element, from a first telecommunications enabled device, a control connection request directed to a second telecommunications enabled device, connecting a control connection to the second telecommunications enabled device wherein the control connection is connected without requiring user input at the second telecommunications enabled device to answer the control connection request, and providing access to one or more functionalities of the second telecommunications enabled device to the first telecommunications enabled device through the control connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: November 13, 2008Applicant: VERIZON LABORATORIES, INC.Inventor: Robert E. Opaluch
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Patent number: 7406241Abstract: Methods and devices for the installation of a fiber optic cable to a house or other building structure are provided. The method may include identifying a preferred location of a customer through an indication left by the customer either on the interior side or exterior side of a wall, forming a through opening in the wall near or at the preferred location, and installing the in-wall termination device in the opening. The in-wall termination device may include a wall plate for attaching to an interior surface of the wall. The wall plate includes one or more connectors for receiving ends of cables extending from the exterior and connecting those cables to other cables extending through the interior of the building structure. The method may allow for the installation of the cable without requiring the presence of the customer or requiring access to the interior of the building structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2007Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignees: Verizon Laboratories Inc., Verizon New England Inc.Inventors: Robert E. Opaluch, James P. Dacey