Patents by Inventor Robert Paul Morris

Robert Paul Morris 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: 11005794
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided that are configured to: display, at a first node, at least one first interface with a first user interface element and a second user interface element; display, at the first node, at least one second interface; generate a first message; display, at the second node, at least one third interface; generate a second message that does not include a file attachment with the second message; display, at the first node, at least one fourth interface with a reference to at least one file; and allow access, at the first node, to the at least one file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Motion Offense, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10990655
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a system and method are provided to: display, utilizing a touch screen, a first user interface of the first application; detect, utilizing the touch screen, user input via the first user interface of the first application; in response to the detection of the user input via the first user interface of the first application: cause the first application to perform an operation based on the user input, and cause a universal resource identifier (URI) to be sent to the second application; after causing the first application to perform the operation, identify one or more results of the operation; after causing the URI to be sent to the second application, receive, from the second application, data that is retrieved by the second application from at least one server via at least one network; and based on the received data and received other data that is retrieved via the at least one network, display, utilizing the touch screen, a first user interface element with the one or more results of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: VULPECULA, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10986217
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to: receive first information on which at least a first duration for detecting a first type of time period is based; generate a first packet including a first parameter field identifying first metadata for use in determining a second duration for detecting the first type of time period; set up a first connection, by sending, from the first node to a second node, the first packet to provide the first metadata to the second node, for use by the second node in determining the second duration for detecting the first type of time period; in response to detecting, based on the first duration and by the first node during at least a portion of the first connection including at least a portion of the first connection set up, a first time period of the first type of time period, at least partially close the first connection; and in response to detecting, based on the second duration and by the first node after the first duration is c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: JENAM TECH, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20210105210
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for associating a name with a network path. In an aspect, a first message is received, from a first node by a second node via a first network path in a network. A first symbolic identifier of the first node is identified, wherein the first network path includes a first hop included in communicatively coupling the first node and the second node. Second path information is identified that identifies a second hop in a second network path included in communicatively coupling the second node and a third node. A second message is sent, identifying the first symbolic identifier and the first hop, to the third node via the second hop to associate the first symbolic identifier with a third network path that includes a node included in at least one of the first hop and the second hop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10949507
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: developing at least a portion of a particular application that is configured to be installed on at least one device including an operating system, a web browser, and another application; developing a web page that includes a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) link; causing the web page that includes the HTTP link to be hosted by at least one server in connection with a web site; causing to be stored, in connection with the particular application, first information identifying at least one aspect of the web site; causing to be stored, at the at least one server, second information identifying the particular application; via at least one network, receiving, at the at least one server and from the at least one device, a first request initiated via the web browser of the at least one device; and in response to the first request, serving, to the at least one device via the at least one network, the web page that includes the HTTP link such t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: VULPECULA, LLC.
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10951742
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to: identify, at a first node, first information on which at least a first duration for detecting a first type of time period is based; allocate a first resource for a first connection (e.g. a non-TCP connection, a TCP-variant connection, not a Transmission Control Protocol connection, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: JENAM TECH, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10904144
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for associating a name with a network path. In an aspect, a first message is received, from a first node by a second node via a first network path in a network. A first symbolic identifier of the first node is identified, wherein the first network path includes a first hop included in communicatively coupling the first node and the second node. Second path information is identified that identifies a second hop in a second network path included in communicatively coupling the second node and a third node. A second message is sent, identifying the first symbolic identifier and the first hop, to the third node via the second hop to associate the first symbolic identifier with a third network path that includes a node included in at least one of the first hop and the second hop. In another aspect, a second node in a network detects a first node in first hop included in communicatively coupling the second node and the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10904178
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method (and non-transitory media) are provided, comprising at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including: a text entry user interface element for receiving entered text, a plurality of user interface elements for generating attachment requests that are valid according to a criterion schema defining at least one of a format or a vocabulary, the plurality of user interface elements including: a first menu item with corresponding first text, and a second menu item with corresponding second text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: GUMMARUS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10862791
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique for: at a service node: receiving an indication of a receipt of a request that is transmitted by a first node via a domain name system (DNS) protocol, the request including an identifier for use in data traffic routing from the first node to a second node in a network; detecting the identifier included with the request; using the detected identifier, determining first path information that is configured for use in identifying one or more path segments that communicatively couple the first node to the second node; generating a response to the request, the response including the first path information; and transmitting the response so that the first path information is capable of being used in identifying at least one path segment in the one or more path segments for traffic data routing from the first node to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10841258
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: creating at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including a communicant message user interface element and a send user interface element, and receive, from the apparatus and utilizing a communications agent on the device configured to receive incoming messages addressed to a communicant identifier associated with a user of the instant messaging application, one or more user interface elements including a first button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUMMARUS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10838588
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided, comprising: creating at least a portion of an instant messaging application that is configured to cooperate with an apparatus, the instant messaging application, when executed, configured to cause a device to: display an instant messaging interface including a communicant message user interface element for receiving a text portion of a message and a send user interface element for sending the text portion of the message in response to a user selection thereof, and receive, from the apparatus and utilizing a communications agent on the device configured to receive incoming messages addressed to a communicant identifier associated with a user of the instant messaging application, a notification including a constraint that identifies a plurality of user interface elements includable in a form presentable via the instant messaging interface for constraining a generation of one or more data object requests in response to a selection on one or more of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUMMARUS, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10841198
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a current node, system, method, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided to: allow receipt of a first packet with first data, and a first header including a first segment identifier that is associated with a first algorithm and that identifies at least one of a particular node, a particular network interface, or a particular region; process the first segment identifier to identify a first path based on the first algorithm; cause transmission, via the first path, of the first data toward the at least one of the particular node, the particular network interface, or the particular region; allow receipt of a second packet with second data, and a second header including a second segment identifier that is different from the first segment identifier, that is associated with a second algorithm, and that identifies the at least one of the particular node, the particular network interface, or the particular region; process the second segment identifier to identify a second path b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10803140
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a system and method are provided for: at a device including a display, memory, one or more processors communicatively coupled to the display and the memory: displaying, utilizing a network browser, a network browser user interface including a first window associated with a first tab; detecting an indication to access first content utilizing a first uniform resource locator (URL) including a host portion that identifies a first name in a first domain in a network domain name system; in response to the detection of the indication to access the first content utilizing the first URL including the host portion that identifies the first name in the first domain in the network domain name system, accessing the first content; based on the first URL, presenting, by a first computing process, the first content in the first window associated with the first tab; and in response to, while the first content is presented in the first window associated with the first tab, an indication being detected
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: VULPECULA, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10805204
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured to receive, at a node in a first access network, a data packet, wherein the first access network is connected, via a first area edge node, to a first area of a subdivided network; receive, from a centralized controller for the subdivided network, a segment identifier data structure, wherein the segment identifier data structure encodes a path extending from the first area edge node to a second access network; encapsulate the data packet; and forward the encapsulated data packet toward the first area edge node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10785143
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured to detect a topology change in a network, wherein the topology change disrupts an existing path between a first network node and a destination network node; calculate path information in response to the topology change, wherein the path information comprises path information for at least one updated path from the first network node to the destination network node; identify a maximum time for at least a portion of the network to reach a post-convergence state with respect to the topology change; and until the maximum time has elapsed at the first network node, specify at least a portion of the at least one updated path in a packet header of a packet being sent from the first network node to the destination network node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Publication number: 20200280482
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described for enabling an operative coupling to a network. In use, first data is received at a first node in a first network. The first data is forwarded between the first node to a second node in a second network, using a network relay. Additionally it is determined that a specified decoupling condition is met, and subsequent to forwarding the first data and in response to determining that the decoupling condition is met, the second operative coupling is disabled while the first operative coupling remains enabled for receiving second data for forwarding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10764171
    Abstract: In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: receive an indication of a receipt, via a first path segment, of a first packet that includes a header that is configured for use in identifying a path segment identifier data structure that includes a sequence of path segment identifiers including at least one first path segment identifier configured for use in identifying the first path segment, a second path segment identifier that identifies a region of a network that does not include the current node and that is configured for use in identifying a second path segment, and a third path segment identifier configured for use in identifying a third path segment; detect, using the header of the first packet, the path segment identifier data structure and an active identifier indicator for designating one of the path segment identifiers in the sequence for use by the current node; determine that the active identifier indicator de
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10757010
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured for identifying a plurality of segment identifiers by accessing a data structure that relates each of the segment identifiers to one or more nodes in a network, where advertisements are used to communicate the segment identifiers; assembling the plurality of segment identifiers into a segment identifier stack for routing of a message; inserting the segment identifier stack into a header associated with the message; and forwarding the message according to an entry in a table corresponding to a segment identifier of the segment identifier stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10754505
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are comprising: a screen; an input device; at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the screen, the input device, and the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to: display, utilizing the screen, a contactor window including: at least one contactor user interface element configured to have presented, in connection therewith, a plurality of contactor identifiers of a contactor communicant represented by a contactor email communications agent, at least one contactee user interface element configured to have presented, in connection therewith, a plurality of contactee identifiers of a plurality of contactee communicants each represented by a corresponding contactee email communications agent, a message user interface element configured to present a message addressed from one of the plurality of contactor identifiers of the contactor selected in connection with the at l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: GRUS TECH, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris
  • Patent number: 10757020
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable media is provided storing computer instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first node in a network, cause the first node to: receive an Internet Protocol (IP) packet that includes a first identifier and further includes an outside-scope second identifier that, for the first node, identifies a first region that does not include the first node and that is communicatively coupled to the first node via a second node; select, based on the outside-scope second identifier and based on at least one of a policy, a metric, or a routing table, an outgoing network interface included in at least one path segment of a plurality of path segments that communicatively couple the first node and at least one other node communicatively coupled to the first region, the plurality of path segments including at least one multi-hop path segment; and forward, via the outgoing network interface and to the second node, data received in the IP packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SITTING MAN, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Paul Morris