Byron T Williams

8249934, Aug 21, 2012

Jun 27, 2007

11/769393

Anjana Agarwal - Wheaton IL, US
David S. Benco - Winfield IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

Alcatel Lucent - Paris

G06Q 20/00

705 16, 4554565, 455 33

IMS networks and methods are disclosed for providing purchasing sessions to mobile devices that are located proximate to a business. IMS network includes an application server that provides advertisements for the business to mobile devices that are located proximate to the business (i. e. , the advertisements are pushed to the mobile devices). Responsive to an advertisement, the user of a mobile device may contact the application server through the mobile device to purchase one or more items from the business. The application server responds to the mobile device with receipt information for the purchase. The user may then request delivery of the purchased item through the mobile device by transmitting some or all of the receipt information to the application server. The application server may then schedule delivery of the item to the user of the mobile device.

8412171, Apr 2, 2013

Jan 21, 2008

12/017203

Anjana Agarwal - Wheaton IL, US
David S. Benco - Winfield IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

Alcatel Lucent - Paris

H04M 3/42

455416, 4554121, 455518

Telecommunication networks and methods are disclosed for providing a group session service for a plurality of participants. An application server in the telecommunication network receives a plurality of real-time media streams from the participants of the group session, and identifies voice media in the individual media streams. The voice media represents the spoken voice of the participants, and includes talking intervals separated by idle intervals (i. e. , pauses in the spoken voice). The application server inputs the talking intervals as audio media elements into an audio media queue in the order received, and also outputs the audio media elements from the audio media queue in the order in which the audio media elements were inputted (i. e. , in a first-in-first-out (FIFO) fashion) to generate a collective media stream for the group session. The collected audio stream is then provided to the participants of the group session.

20060104431, May 18, 2006

Mar 24, 2005

11/089394

Richard Emery - Ocala FL, US
Kristin Kocan - Warrenville IL, US
William Roome - Murray Hill NJ, US
Ralph Straubs - Naperville IL, US
Byron Williams - Chicago IL, US

H04M 3/42

379211040

The present invention provides a method for providing a simultaneous ring and check presence prior to terminating service for a plurality of called phones in a simultaneous ring set. The simultaneous ring set includes a plurality wireline or wireless units. A service broker intercepts a call invitation message generated by a calling phone and intended for the simultaneous ring set. Upon determining that the simultaneous ring set has simultaneous ring service, the service broker determines the status of each of the plurality of called phones that are members of the simultaneous ring set. The service broker sends an invitation accept message for the responding unit of the simultaneous ring set to the calling phone, thereby completing the call between the calling phone and the responding unit of the simultaneous ring set.

20080092164, Apr 17, 2008

Sep 27, 2006

11/535933

Anjana Agarwal - Wheaton IL, US
Maria R. Azada - Naperville IL, US
David S. Benco - Winfield IL, US
Anne Y. Lee - Naperville IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

G06F 13/00
H04N 7/16
H04N 5/445
G06F 3/00

725 40, 725135

Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A content provider offering a primary content stream (e.g., a television program) broadcasts the primary content stream to a content receiving device (e.g., a television) of the user. The content provider also generates supplemental content that is an enhancement to the primary content stream. If the user subscribes to the supplemental content service, then the communication network provides the supplemental content to the user through a communication device (e.g., a mobile phone) that is synchronized with the primary content stream. The user can then experience the supplemental content over the communication device at the same time as experiencing the primary content stream over the content receiving device.

20080092201, Apr 17, 2008

Sep 27, 2006

11/535981

Anjana Agarwal - Wheaton IL, US
Maria R. Azada - Naperville IL, US
David S. Benco - Winfield IL, US
Anne Y. Lee - Naperville IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

G06F 13/00
H04N 7/16
H04N 7/173
H04N 5/445

725135, 725132, 725 40

Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A content provider offering a primary content stream (e.g., a television program) broadcasts the primary content stream to a content receiving device (e.g., a television) of the user. The content provider also generates supplemental content that is an enhancement to the primary content stream. If the user subscribes to the supplemental content service, then the communication network provides the supplemental content to the user through a communication device (e.g., a mobile phone) that is synchronized with the primary content stream. The user can then experience the supplemental content over the communication device at the same time as experiencing the primary content stream over the content receiving device.

20080108373, May 8, 2008

Nov 2, 2006

11/591741

Anjana Agarwal - Wheaton IL, US
David S. Benco - Winfield IL, US
Anne Yin-Fee Lee - Naperville IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

H04Q 7/20

4554566

Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide an information service that is tailored (or “auto-focused”) to individual customers or subsets of customers based on the location of those customers. The information service is implemented in one embodiment within a communication network (e.g., IMS network or traditional wireless network) having a presence/location server that maintains presence/location information associated with various customers served by the communication network.

20080209564, Aug 28, 2008

Feb 28, 2007

11/712092

Ruth Schaefer Gayde - Naperville IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

G06F 11/00

726 25

A method of preventing a customer programmable device from causing security threats to itself or to a communication system is provided. The method includes establishing one or more thresholds by programming or configuring of the device, detecting whether one or more of the thresholds have been exceeded using one or more detection mechanisms, and taking action in response to each threshold that has been exceeded.

20090006556, Jan 1, 2009

Jun 26, 2007

11/768840

Anjana Agarwal - Wheaton IL, US
David S. Benco - Winfield IL, US
Byron J. Williams - Chicago IL, US

G06F 15/16

709206

Systems and methods are provided for assigning a tag, such as a short name, to a network address of a web page for ease in subsequent retrieval of the web page. A user of a browser application may enter a tag responsive to which the browser application associates the tag with a network address of a web page. The browser application then transmits the tag and the network address to a tag server that stores the tag as assigned to the network address. At a subsequent time, a user may enter the tag into a browser application to retrieve the network address that is associated with the tag. The browser application transmits the tag to the tag server to retrieve the network address associated with the tag. The browser application may then display the web page that is associated with the retrieved network address.