Patents by Inventor Stephen Edward Dreyer

Stephen Edward Dreyer 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting and managing suspect subscriber bindings
    Patent number: 10102087
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing suspect subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes binding a subscriber to a first policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server selected from a plurality of PCRF servers for the telecommunications network. The method includes determining that one or more messages destined to the first PCRF server have failed according to one or more user-configurable rules defining failure. The method includes tearing down the binding between the subscriber and the first PCRF server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Dreyer, David Michael Sprague, John Scott Gilmore, Sridhar Karuturi
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DETECTING AND MANAGING SUSPECT SUBSCRIBER BINDINGS
    Publication number: 20170242765
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing suspect subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes binding a subscriber to a first policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server selected from a plurality of PCRF servers for the telecommunications network. The method includes determining that one or more messages destined to the first PCRF server have failed according to one or more user-configurable rules defining failure. The method includes tearing down the binding between the subscriber and the first PCRF server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Edward Dreyer, David Michael Sprague, John Scott Gilmore, Sridhar Karuturi