公开(公告)号：US11190636B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16848333

申请日：2020-04-14

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200050979A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-13

申请号：US16539234

申请日：2019-08-13

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： U Kong WONG ,  Chen CHEN

IPC: G06Q10/04 ,  H04M7/00 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: An example communications routing system includes a prediction engine to, for each user account, generate a predicted cost of communications events using a gamma-gamma cost model, generate a predicted revenue of presented advertisements using a gamma-gamma revenue model, generate a margin based on the predicted cost and the predicted revenue, and, when the margin for a given user account is below a margin threshold, restrict a status associated with the given user account.

公开(公告)号：US20190306311A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16366744

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： Derek TING ,  Michael KOVACEVIC ,  Jonathan Dennis HALK

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  H04L29/12

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220294898A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17637354

申请日：2020-08-18

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： Michael Kovacevic ,  Alexandru Gabriel Roman

IPC: H04M3/22 ,  H04M7/00

Abstract: An example communications system includes: a source device and a destination device; a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, the VoIP service configured to support a voice call between the source device and the destination device over at least one of a wide-area IP network and a public-switched telephone network; wherein, for at least one leg in the voice call: an encoding device is configured to encode an analog audio stream to a digital audio stream according to one or more input parameters, the input parameters including variable input parameters; a receiving device is configured to send a quality indicator to the encoding device, the quality indicator representing the quality of the digital audio stream received at the receiving device; and the encoding device is configured to, at a feedback controller, determine updated variable input parameters for encoding a subsequent analog audio stream.

公开(公告)号：US20200260238A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-13

申请号：US16861852

申请日：2020-04-29

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： Derek Ting

IPC: H04W4/24 ,  H04M15/00

Abstract: An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.

公开(公告)号：US10681510B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US16367576

申请日：2019-03-28

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： Derek Ting

IPC: H04W4/24 ,  H04M15/00 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: An example communications system for providing communication services between communications devices may employ multiple usage rates for metered communication services. A method for adjusting usage amounts to account for multiple usage rates may include determining a usage adjustment factor for a communications event; determining a metered usage amount for the communications event; and determining an adjusted usage amount based on the usage adjustment factor and the metered usage amount for the communications amount. Thus, a billing system in the communications system may determine an invoice amount based on the adjusted usage amount and a predetermined bill rate.

公开(公告)号：US20190306689A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16366787

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： Armando Mauricio MURGA

IPC: H04W4/90 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/08

Abstract: An integrated dialer (a software telephony application) with elastic calling features for mobile cellular devices. The integrated dialer would pass control of originating emergency service calls to the native dialer. It would automatically switch silently between wi-fi, PSTN, and cellular data services as needed depending on the quality of service (QoS) of the services. In addition, it would support the telephony services for multiple devices, each having the same telephone number.

公开(公告)号：US10178243B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15587918

申请日：2017-05-05

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： Derek Ting ,  Tristan Huntington ,  Rich Wong

IPC: H04M15/00 ,  H04M17/00 ,  H04W4/21 ,  H04M17/02 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04M15/02 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04M7/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US20240333834A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18130233

申请日：2023-04-03

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： J. David Hagedorn

IPC: H04M3/42 ,  H04W60/04

CPC classification number: H04M3/42042 ,  H04W60/04

Abstract: An example method includes: receiving, from a server, a call notification, the call notification including a call identifier for a call; providing a call alert to a user of the computing device; sending, to the server, a message including a registration request and the call identifier; receiving, from the server, handling parameters for handling the call; and handling the call according to the handling parameters.

公开(公告)号：US20220012652A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17470415

申请日：2021-09-09

Applicant: TEXTNOW, INC.

Inventor： U Kong Wong ,  Chen Chen

IPC: G06Q10/04 ,  H04M7/00 ,  G06Q30/02

Abstract: An example communications routing system includes a prediction engine to, for each user account, generate a predicted cost of communications events using a gamma-gamma cost model, generate a predicted revenue of presented advertisements using a gamma-gamma revenue model, generate a margin based on the predicted cost and the predicted revenue, and, when the margin for a given user account is below a margin threshold, restrict a status associated with the given user account.