Eric William Burger

US Patent:

6353660, Mar 5, 2002

Filed:

Mar 2, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/517304

Inventors:

Eric William Burger - McLean VA
John Kimball - Gaithersburg MD

Assignee:

SS8 Networks, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04M 3436

US Classification:

379 8817, 379 9001, 37920111, 370352

Abstract:

A call screening method allows a subscriber to screen calls made to the subscriber from callers using the PSTN while the subscriber uses another communications medium. An enhanced services platform (ESP) receives a first call from a caller using a particular public telephone number for the particular subscriber. The ESP identifies the particular public telephone number for the particular subscriber. The ESP accesses a database storing a public telephone number and a private packet-based address for subscribers to retrieve a private packet-based address of the particular subscriber on the basis of the particular public telephone number. An introductory message is provided to the caller and prompts the caller to leave a message. The ESP accesses the particular subscriber based on the particular subscriber private packet-based address to establish an audio connection via the communication medium. The subscriber is notified of the first call.

US Patent:

6353852, Mar 5, 2002

Filed:

Jan 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/238108

Inventors:

John Nestoriak, III - Bethesda MD
Eric William Burger - McLean VA

Assignee:

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. - Eden Prairie MN

International Classification:

G06F 1516

US Classification:

709206, 709245, 379 9324, 379 8817

Abstract:

In a system for registering E-mail addresses for subscribers of the system, a telephone call manager, upon request, provides a subscriber with a unique identifier and stores a copy of the unique identifier. An E-mail manager receives and processes an E-mail message sent to a first E-mail address, the received E-mail message including a request to register a second E-mail address, the received E-mail message including the unique identifier. The E-mail manager, upon receipt of the E-mail message, compares the unique identifier with the copy of the unique identifier stored by the telephone call manager, and registers the second E-mail address only if the unique identifier and the copy of the unique identifier correspond. In a second embodiment, an E-mail message requesting registration of the second E-mail address is first sent to the E-mail manager. When the subscriber places a telephone call to the system, and enters a password that is verified by the telephone call manager, the telephone call manager notifies the subscriber of the pending E-mail address registration request and registers the specified second E-mail address only if the subscriber so authorizes.

US Patent:

6408177, Jun 18, 2002

Filed:

Feb 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/501058

Inventors:

Sanjiv Parikh - Fremont CA
Eric William Burger - McLean VA
Thomas Richard Beres - Reston VA

Assignee:

SS8 Networks, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

455414, 455417, 455415, 455466

Abstract:

A system and method for providing a call management service subscriber with options for handling incoming calls, without using voice channel resources, is disclosed. When an incoming call is received by the call management system, caller information and menu options are provided to the subscriber in text form on a display, using a data channel, rather than in spoken form over a voice channel. This conserves air time and network resources while providing the subscriber with call handling options in a convenient and user-friendly form.

US Patent:

6477172, Nov 5, 2002

Filed:

May 25, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/318178

Inventors:

Eric William Burger - McLean VA
Andy Spitzer - Herndon VA

Assignee:

Ulysses ESD - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04L 1228

US Classification:

370406, 370230

Abstract:

To form communication connections in a set of nodes, the set of nodes is arranged so that at least a subset of the nodes form a ring. Each node in the subset of nodes is coupled to first and second neighboring nodes in the subset by a set of inter-node communication connections. An external communication is received at one of the nodes. The external communication requests access to a communication resource of a specified type. The receiving node determines whether it has an available communication resource of the specified type. If not, the following additional steps are performed. A resource request message is sent to the first and second neighboring nodes of the receiving node to request allocation of a communication resource of the specified type. Each of the first and second neighboring nodes determines whether that node has an available communication resource of the specified type. If not, the neighboring node transmits another resource request message to one of its neighboring nodes other than the node from which the resource request message was received.

US Patent:

6678366, Jan 13, 2004

Filed:

Feb 9, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/501105

Inventors:

Eric William Burger - McLean VA
John Kimball - Gaithersburg MD
Walter Joseph OConnor - Springfield VA
Nancy Margaret Taylor - Bethesda MD
Sanjiv Parikh - Fremont CA
Christina Pax - Emmittsburg MD

Assignee:

Ulysses ESD, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H04M 342

US Classification:

37921103, 37920106, 37920107, 3792011, 37920712

Abstract:

A system and method for locating the subscriber of a telephony product in which a best guess location is assigned to each subscriber of the telephony product. Under certain predetermined conditions, the telephony product directs incoming phone calls to a subscriber by first attempting to locate the subscriber at the best guess location. If the best guess location does not successfully answer or is not attempted first, an alternate search method is used.

US Patent:

6988169, Jan 17, 2006

Filed:

Apr 18, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/125050

Inventors:

Eric W. Burger - Amherst NH, US
Matthew D. Womer - West Somerville MA, US
Bradley James McNiff - Auburn NH, US

Assignee:

Snowshore Networks, Inc. - Chelmsford MA

International Classification:

G06F 12/00

US Classification:

711137, 711167

Abstract:

A system and method for reducing data transfer latency and network-induced jitter in computer networks that can handle the transfer of large object data types such as multimedia objects without requiring a large local object store. The system includes a cache memory system coupled between a data consumer and a data provider. The cache memory system includes a jitter buffer and a local object store, each of which is configured to store at least a portion of a requested data object. The cache memory system satisfies the low-latency and low-jitter data feed requirements of the data consumer by delivering initial bytes of the requested data object from the local object store to the data consumer while pre-fetching remaining object data bytes from the data provider using the jitter buffer. The cache memory system then, at least at some times, fetches additional remaining object data bytes from the data provider using the jitter buffer and delivers the additional remaining object data bytes to the data consumer. The system can be used to retrieve, store, and deliver both real-time and non-real-time multimedia objects.

US Patent:

7139380, Nov 21, 2006

Filed:

Mar 22, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/103918

Inventors:

Eric W. Burger - Amherst NH, US

Assignee:

Snowshore Networks, Inc. - Chelmsford MA

International Classification:

H04M 3/42
H04M 11/00
H04M 1/00
H04M 3/00
H04J 1/02

US Classification:

37920702, 37910014, 379359, 379386, 370493

Abstract:

Call progress analysis is performed in a telephone system employing different in-band signaling plans are used. From address information for a call destination in a call initiation message, it is determined which type of in-band signaling plans is utilized by equipment associated with the call destination, for example by examining country codes in a dialed telephone number. Based upon the determined signaling plan type, a corresponding type of call progress analysis resource is selected and allocated for use with the call. The analysis resource may include a digital signal processor (DSP) programmed with an analysis routine tailored to the determined signaling plan. The DSP may be pre-programmed with such a routine or may be loaded at call time with analysis parameters appropriate to the signaling plan. The telephone system may employ a packet network and packet-based telephony transmission, a media gateway controller or a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy server, an a media server. A telephone network employing more traditional time-division-multiplexed (TDM) based media transmission may also be utilized.

US Patent:

7149287, Dec 12, 2006

Filed:

Jan 17, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/346549

Inventors:

Eric W. Burger - Amherst NH, US
John J. Van Dyke - Concord MA, US

Assignee:

Snowshore Networks, Inc. - Chelmsford MA

International Classification:

H04M 1/64

US Classification:

379 8817, 370401, 37920201, 704270

Abstract:

A system and method for providing voice communications over a network, including a media server having a voice rendering platform for supporting voice-based user interactions. The voice rendering platform provides prompting, information collection and validation, and audio recording and transcoding. A separate application server is responsible for performing call control actions. During a user dialog, control is passed to the media server for rendering and receiving data, and passed back to the application server for call control actions. The media server includes a script execution environment for rendering the voice components of the user dialogs. The application server is an execution platform for applications written in a procedural programming language. Voice communications over a network are provided without combining call control and voice rendering functionality into a single, script execution platform.

Address:

7661 Provincial Dr APT 203, Mc Lean, VA 22102

VIN:

WBAVA33597KX72889

Make:

BMW

Model:

3 SERIES

Year:

2007