Patents by Inventor William Lonergan

William Lonergan 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).

  • Systems and methods for preventing fraud in an internet protocol telephony system
    Patent number: 9565220
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing fraud in an IP based telephony system include noting when an IP based telephony device sent to a new customer is not installed and registered with the system. If a new customer never attempts to register a device which was sent to the new customer, the system will assume that the new customer submitted false or erroneous address information. A new customer is prevented from taking any actions that would result in new charges until the new customer has registered an IP device sent to the new customer. Likewise, the system will act to prevent a phone verification service from reaching a new customer at his newly assigned telephone number until after the new customer has registered an IP based telephony device sent to the new customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: VONAGE BUSINESS INC.
    Inventors: Richard Petillo, Vishal Patel, William Lonergan, Nirav Kadakia, Michael South, Zhiyu Guo
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING FRAUD IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEPHONY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110149955
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing fraud in an IP based telephony system include noting when an IP based telephony device sent to a new customer is not installed and registered with the system. If a new customer never attempts to register a device which was sent to the new customer, the system will assume that the new customer submitted false or erroneous address information. A new customer is prevented from taking any actions that would result in new charges until the new customer has registered an IP device sent to the new customer. Likewise, the system will act to prevent a phone verification service from reaching a new customer at his newly assigned telephone number until after the new customer has registered an IP based telephony device sent to the new customer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Richard Petillo, Vishal Patel, William Lonergan, Nirav Kadakia, Michael South, Zhiyu Guo