Patents by Inventor Robert Sartini

Robert Sartini 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).

  • Publication number: 20230421548
    Abstract: A device may receive a certificate, such as an X.509 certificate, that includes authentication information. The authentication information may uniquely identify a customer equipment. The device may authenticate the customer equipment using the authentication information. The device may obtain configuration information, associated with configuring the customer equipment to receive a service, based on authenticating the customer equipment using the authentication information. The device may provide the configuration information to permit the customer equipment to be configured to receive the service. The device may provide the service to the customer equipment based on authenticating the customer equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot G. EICHEN, Tim D. PAIEMENT, Robert A. SARTINI
  • Patent number: 11765154
    Abstract: A device may receive a certificate, such as an X.509 certificate, that includes authentication information. The authentication information may uniquely identify a customer equipment. The device may authenticate the customer equipment using the authentication information. The device may obtain configuration information, associated with configuring the customer equipment to receive a service, based on authenticating the customer equipment using the authentication information. The device may provide the configuration information to permit the customer equipment to be configured to receive the service. The device may provide the service to the customer equipment based on authenticating the customer equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Elliot G. Eichen, Tim D. Paiement, Robert A. Sartini
  • Publication number: 20200065830
    Abstract: Information, called context information, relating to a current state of a user may be aggregated. In one implementation, the context information may include information that is automatically generated by communication devices of the user and information, submitted by the user, that relates to the user's state. The context information may be used to provide personalized advertisements for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Martin W. McKee
  • Patent number: 10504124
    Abstract: Information, called context information, relating to a current state of a user may be aggregated. In one implementation, the context information may include information that is automatically generated by communication devices of the user and information, submitted by the user, that relates to the user's state. The context information may be used to provide personalized advertisements for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Martin W. McKee
  • Patent number: 10477396
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
  • Patent number: 10050954
    Abstract: A method may include performing secure device configuration, via a configuration service manager device, for a SIP user device. The method includes monitoring, via the configuration service manager device, the SIP user device for device authentication problems, configuration file download problems, device registration problems and device third party registration problems. The method may also include detecting the device authentication problems, and logging and reporting the detected device authentication problems. The method may also include automated testing of the device and logging and reporting of detected device test problems. The method further includes resolving the detected device authentication, registration or testing problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Tim D. Paiement, Elliot G. Eichen
  • Publication number: 20180103375
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
  • Patent number: 9888379
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
  • Publication number: 20180034805
    Abstract: A device may receive a certificate, such as an X.509 certificate, that includes authentication information. The authentication information may uniquely identify a customer equipment. The device may authenticate the customer equipment using the authentication information. The device may obtain configuration information, associated with configuring the customer equipment to receive a service, based on authenticating the customer equipment using the authentication information. The device may provide the configuration information to permit the customer equipment to be configured to receive the service. The device may provide the service to the customer equipment based on authenticating the customer equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Elliot G. EICHEN, Tim D. PAIEMENT, Robert A. SARTINI
  • Patent number: 9838204
    Abstract: A device may receive a connection request including a digital certificate from an endpoint for establishing a secure connection for a communication, the digital certificate including a digital certificate chain identifying one or more certificate authorities associated with the digital certificate. The device may determine whether the digital certificate is valid based on the digital certificate chain identifying one or more certificate authorities trusted by the device. The device may determine whether the connection request includes a valid token. The device may generate a token based on the digital certificate being valid and an absence of a valid token included in the connection request. The device may associate the token with the digital certificate. The device may distribute the token to the endpoint. The device may establish the secure connection with the endpoint using the token associated with the digital certificate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
  • Publication number: 20170223011
    Abstract: A method may include performing secure device configuration, via a configuration service manager device, for a SIP user device. The method includes monitoring, via the configuration service manager device, the SIP user device for device authentication problems, configuration file download problems, device registration problems and device third party registration problems. The method may also include detecting the device authentication problems, and logging and reporting the detected device authentication problems. The method may also include automated testing of the device and logging and reporting of detected device test problems. The method further includes resolving the detected device authentication, registration or testing problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Tim D. Paiement, Elliot G. Eichen
  • Patent number: 9690926
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 9578457
    Abstract: A server may receive a query from a query device. The query may include an identifier that identifies a user device, information regarding a geographic radius, and information regarding a geographic position. The server may determine a first proximity area based on the geographic radius and the geographic position indicated by the query. The server may determine a second proximity area that represents an area in which the user device may be included. The server may determine a value that indicates a likelihood that the first proximity area is within the second proximity area. The server may provide information to the query device indicating the value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Sartini, Jeffrey H. Swinton, Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn
  • Patent number: 9571623
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, Lin Song, Tim D. Paiement, William Andrew Fish
  • Patent number: 9560076
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini, James J. Ni
  • Publication number: 20160337127
    Abstract: A device may receive a connection request including a digital certificate from an endpoint for establishing a secure connection for a communication, the digital certificate including a digital certificate chain identifying one or more certificate authorities associated with the digital certificate. The device may determine whether the digital certificate is valid based on the digital certificate chain identifying one or more certificate authorities trusted by the device. The device may determine whether the connection request includes a valid token. The device may generate a token based on the digital certificate being valid and an absence of a valid token included in the connection request. The device may associate the token with the digital certificate. The device may distribute the token to the endpoint. The device may establish the secure connection with the endpoint using the token associated with the digital certificate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Paul T. SCHULTZ, Robert A. SARTINI
  • Patent number: 9443029
    Abstract: An approach for providing context-based view content management is described. A request for content associated with a user is received. A view of a subset of the content is dynamically generated based on the request and context information associated with the user. Access to the view is provided for one or more user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini
  • Patent number: 9400972
    Abstract: A method may include receiving or retrieving session information associated with one or more electronic communications that occurred outside of the social network site and included users of the social network site, comparing the session information with information associated with the users of the social network site, selecting one of the users as a user of the social network site and one or more of the users as one or more connections of the selected user of the social network site, based on the comparing, generating a weighted social graph for the selected user of the social network site, based on the session information, generating social network information based on the weighted social graph, and providing the social network information to at least one of the selected user of the social network site or the selected one or more connections of the user of the social network site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Martin W. McKee, Paul T. Schultz, Robert A. Sartini
  • Patent number: 9398467
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, James Ronald Barfield, Jr., Todd M. Willis, Robert A. Sartini
  • Patent number: 9391986
    Abstract: An approach for multi-sensor multi-factor identity verification. An identity verification platform determines biometric data associated with a user from one or more sources. The one or more sources are associated with one or more respective network sessions. The platform generates one or more respective trust scores for the one or more sources, the one or more respective network sessions, or a combination thereof based on one or more contextual parameters associated with the user, the one or more sources, the one or more respective network sessions, or a combination thereof. Then the platform verifies an identity of the user based on the biometric data and the one or more respective trust scores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Paul T. Schultz, Mark J. Hahn, Robert A. Sartini, Jeffrey H. Swinton