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公开(公告)号:US10887471B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-05
申请号:US16222085
申请日:2018-12-17
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Derek Ting , Tristan Huntington , Rich Wong
Abstract: A mobile communications device receives an indication of a balance from a server when establishment of a voice call or sending of a message is requested. The mobile communications device determines whether the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over a mobile network. If the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, the voice call is established or the message is sent under normal operating conditions. If the balance is insufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, a grace period is activated and the voice call is established or the message is sent during the grace period over an available wireless local-area network.
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公开(公告)号:US10855847B2
公开(公告)日:2020-12-01
申请号:US15445601
申请日:2017-02-28
Applicant: TextNow, Inc.
Inventor: Derek Ting , Jonathan Lerner
Abstract: A database stores unique associations between account identifiers and mobile-network telephone numbers assigned by a mobile network to mobile communications devices. The account identifiers are also associated with voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone numbers. Voice calls between the mobile communications devices are made as voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers. Tracking of the VoIP calls is performed through the mobile network using respective mobile-network telephone numbers, so that a prepaid balance can be enforced.
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公开(公告)号:US20200288020A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16808947
申请日:2020-03-04
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Jonathan Dennis Halk , Derek Ting
Abstract: An example method of suggesting contacts in a communications routing system includes: routing, via a routing engine, communications events between a communications device and a plurality of further communications devices coupled to the communications routing system as VoIP calls using respective VoIP telephone numbers; storing, for a user account associated with the communications device, a contact database representing VoIP telephone numbers stored in a contact tracking application of the communications device; storing, in the contact database for the user account, a log of communications events including a record for each new telephone number; and when the record for a new telephone number satisfies a threshold condition, providing a prompt, at the communications device, to add the new telephone number to the contact tracking application.
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公开(公告)号:US10750028B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US16020793
申请日:2018-06-27
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Alexandru Gabriel Roman , Armando Mauricio Murga
Abstract: A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
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公开(公告)号:US20200259959A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-13
申请号:US16859386
申请日:2020-04-27
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Alexandru Gabriel Roman , Armando Mauricio Murga
Abstract: A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
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公开(公告)号:US10666795B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-26
申请号:US16549288
申请日:2019-08-23
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Derek Ting , Michael Kovacevic , Jonathan Dennis Halk
IPC: H04M3/42 , H04L29/12 , G06F16/903
Abstract: An example method of assigning a telephone number to a user account in a communications system is provided. The method includes obtaining a mnemonic seed and obtaining a subset of telephone numbers filtered from a global telephone number pool based on the mnemonic seed. The alphanumeric representation of each telephone number in the subset is within a threshold Hamming distance of the mnemonic seed. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selected telephone number from the subset and assigning the selected telephone number to the user account.
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公开(公告)号:US20190007557A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-03
申请号:US16020793
申请日:2018-06-27
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Alexandru Gabriel ROMAN , Armando Mauricio MURGA
CPC classification number: H04M7/0057 , H04M3/2227 , H04M7/0075 , H04M15/00 , H04M15/56 , H04M15/8044 , H04M15/8055 , H04M15/8061 , H04M2215/7464 , H04W36/0022 , H04W36/14 , H04W36/30 , H04W48/18
Abstract: A mobile communications system includes switching between communication paths based on the quality of service. A VoIP service is coupled to a mobile network and a wireless local-area network (WLAN) via a wide-area IP network. A plurality of mobile communications devices are associated with VoIP telephone numbers. A public switched telephone network (PSTN) is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices and coupled to the VoIP service. A quality of service server is coupled to the plurality of mobile communications devices via the wide-area IP network for determining the quality of data channels to a mobile communications device via the mobile network and to the mobile communications device via the WLAN. A voice call is carried over one of the mobile network, the WLAN, and the PSTN depending on the quality of the data channels.
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公开(公告)号:US20170244843A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-24
申请号:US15587918
申请日:2017-05-05
Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.
Inventor: Derek TING , Tristan HUNTINGTON , Rich WONG
CPC classification number: H04M15/882 , G06Q30/0267 , H04M7/006 , H04M15/56 , H04M15/8044 , H04M15/852 , H04M15/853 , H04M15/854 , H04M15/881 , H04M15/888 , H04M17/02 , H04M17/10 , H04M17/201 , H04W4/21 , H04W84/12
Abstract: A mobile communications device receives an indication of a balance from a server when establishment of a voice call or sending of a message is requested. The mobile communications device determines whether the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over a mobile network. If the balance is sufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, the voice call is established or the message is sent under normal operating conditions. If the balance is insufficient to place the voice call or send the message over the mobile network, a grace period is activated and the voice call is established or the message is sent during the grace period over an available wireless local-area network.
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