Patents by Inventor Timothy Wayne Schmidt
Timothy Wayne Schmidt 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: 8983426Abstract: Groups of consenting users such as families can track where other members of the same group are under agreed upon access arrangements. The locating system can operate in a passive mode. Users do not have to actively sign-in or check-in to the locating system for the locating system to obtain individual location determination estimates. The locating system collects communications device usage information from a plurality of communications networks, e.g., landline, cellular, Wi-Fi, DSL. The locations of communication devices and infrastructure are known. Members of locating groups are associated with various communication devices detected are being used. Approximate locations of an individual member or members of a locating group are inferred from detected device usage information. A location report is generated, e.g., in a map, table, or audio format, indicating the determined location of individuals, and optionally including time tags. The report is provided to authorized members of the locating group.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Robert Anthony Virzi, Rebecca S. Burd, Edward M. Eggerl, Gregory Keith Evans, William E. Garrett, William D. Goodman, Allison Dana Jaynes, Robert Edward Opaluch, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, James Francis Sorce, Michael A. Weintraub
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Patent number: 8005463Abstract: A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2010Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignees: Verizon Laboratories Inc., Verizon Services Corp.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Douglas Reynold Jones, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Sandra Kelly Teare, Eric Andrew Goodheart, Margaret Malagon, Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Aaron Joseph Dagen, David Anthony Fay, Piotr Kajetan Boni, Beth Shelley Davis, Dermot Anthony Murray, Ann Wander Shaub, Joanne Snare LaCourse
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Patent number: 7983188Abstract: 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: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: July 19, 2011Assignee: Verizon Laboratories Inc.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Robert Anthony Virzi, Rebecca S. Burd, Edward M. Eggerl, Gregory Keith Evans, Douglas Reynold Jones, William E. Garrett, William David Goodman, Allison Dana Jaynes, Margaret Malagon, Robert Edward Opaluch, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, James Francis Sorce, Michael Alan Weintraub
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Publication number: 20100297986Abstract: A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: VERIZON SERVICES CORP.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Douglas Reynold Jones, Margaret Malagon, Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Aaron Joseph Dagen, Dermot Anthony Murray, Ann Wander Shaub, Joanne Snare LaCourse, David Anthony Fay, Piotr Kajetan Boni, Beth Shelley Davis, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Sandra Kelly Teare, Eric Andrew Goodheart
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Patent number: 7773974Abstract: A service is provided to cell phone subscribers to improve reachability. A home location register node maintains state information on a subscriber's cell phone status. Cell phone status information includes: off; on, registered and available to receive calls; on, registered but busy participating in an ongoing call; on, registered but temporarily unavailable; and on, registered but unattended. Temporarily unavailable is further qualified: poor reception location, high interference, cell throughput saturation, intentional user disposition. Long term unavailability may also be inferred and indicated depending on the device and/or system status. When a call to a subscriber's cell phone cannot be completed or is not answered, the service annunciates the reason to the calling party. The calling party can then make a more informed decision as to when to reattempt the call and is more likely to reattempt the call. The service is provided in conjunction with call forwarding to landlines phones and/or voicemail.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2005Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.Inventors: Gregory Wayne Cermak, Douglas Reynold Jones, Timothy Wayne Schmidt, Sandra Kelly Teare, Eric Andrew Goodheart, Margaret Malagon, Elizabeth Louise Fuller, Aaron Joseph Dagen, David Anthony Fay, Piotr Kajetan Boni, Beth Shelley Davis, Dermot Anthony Murray, Ann Wander Shaub, Joanne Snare LaCourse