Patents by Inventor Wesley Brush

Wesley Brush 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).

  • Method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function
    Patent number: 9584561
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query for feature processing for a call from a switch deployed in a switched network, and determines if the feature processing for the call requires one or more switching services. The method determines if the switch is able to provide the one or more switching services, if the one or more switching services are determined to be required, and initiates a temporary connection to a network assisting switch function in a packet network, if the switch is unable to provide the one or more switching services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dominic Ricciardi, Wesley Brush
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A NETWORK ASSISTING SWITCH FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20150365445
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query for feature processing for a call from a switch deployed in a switched network, and determines if the feature processing for the call requires one or more switching services. The method determines if the switch is able to provide the one or more switching services, if the one or more switching services are determined to be required, and initiates a temporary connection to a network assisting switch function in a packet network, if the switch is unable to provide the one or more switching services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Dominic Ricciardi, Wesley Brush
  • Method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function
    Patent number: 9118688
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query for feature processing for a call from a switch deployed in a switched network, and determines if the feature processing for the call requires one or more switching services. The method determines if the switch is able to provide the one or more switching services, if the one or more switching services are determined to be required, and initiates a temporary connection to a network assisting switch function in a packet network, if the switch is unable to provide the one or more switching services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Dominic Ricciardi, Wesley Brush
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A NETWORK ASSISTING SWITCH FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20100034193
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query for feature processing for a call from a switch deployed in a switched network, and determines if the feature processing for the call requires one or more switching services. The method determines if the switch is able to provide the one or more switching services, if the one or more switching services are determined to be required, and initiates a temporary connection to a network assisting switch function in a packet network, if the switch is unable to provide the one or more switching services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: DOMINIC RICCIARDI, Wesley Brush