Ken M Wolfe

US Patent:

20090049129, Feb 19, 2009

Filed:

Aug 17, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/840450

Inventors:

Adil Faisal - Redmond WA, US
Aaron Sethi - Bellevue WA, US
Ken Wolfe - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709205

Abstract:

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing real time unified communications. An interface can receive a portion of data associated with at least one of a client application or an environment that hosts a client application. A real time collaboration (RTC) component can employ an RTC file package to seamlessly initiate a real time collaboration session with the client application, wherein the RTC file package can include a portion of data that relates to at least one of the client application, the host environment, or a modality of the client application.

US Patent:

20150078332, Mar 19, 2015

Filed:

Sep 13, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/026933

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Humayun Khan - Issaquah WA, US
Tony Bell - Carnation WA, US
Namendra Kumar - Redmond WA, US
Sankaran Narayanan - Redmond WA, US
Mahendra Sekaran - Sammamish WA, US
Vishal Soni - Redmond WA, US
John Bruner - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey Kay - Bellevue WA, US
Anish Desai - Bellevue WA, US
Rod Fleck - Bellevue WA, US
Abhilash Nair - Bellevue WA, US
Gaurav Pancholi - Redmond WA, US
Mansoor Jafry - Kirkland WA, US
Ken Wolfe - Mercer Island WA, US

International Classification:

H04W 36/00
H04W 40/36

US Classification:

370331

Abstract:

Voice call continuity is provided for calls that are carried over a hybrid network infrastructure in which access connections are distributed over loosely coupled network portions including a backend network such as a core VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service network, one or more cellular mobile networks, and a public switched telephone network (“PSTN”). The calls are routed through the core VoIP network regardless of their points of origination or termination in other network portions so that signaling and call context are anchored in the core VoIP network. The conditions under which user equipment operate are continuously monitored so that when a connection is determined to have been unacceptably degraded or is likely to be interrupted, and/or a more optimal connection is available, a handover of the call to another connection is initiated so that call continuity is maintained using the lowest cost connection that provides acceptable call quality.