WILLIAM D GOODMAN
Engineers in Collegeville, PA

6167253, Dec 26, 2000

Dec 24, 1997

8/998020

Robert D. Farris - Sterling VA
Stephen J. Flaherty - Upper Marlboro MD
William D. Goodman - Collegeville PA

Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. - Arlington VA

H04M 1110

455412

In an information distribution system having mobile users, a method of distributing communication channels to mobile users includes transmitting information signals including at least one of Web related information and Internet related information received via one ore more of the Internet, ADSL, another mobile, a land-based user, and the at least one information service provider. The method also includes receiving the information signals from one or more of the Internet, ADSL, another mobile, a land-based user, and the information service provider in the receiver of the mobile terminal, and storing the information signals in its entirety in the mobile terminal prior to broadcasting and/or displaying same to the mobile user. The method also formats, broadcasts and/or displays the information signals after being stored in the mobile terminal.

6137869, Oct 24, 2000

Sep 16, 1997

8/931159

Eric A. Voit - Baltimore MD
Edward E. Balkovich - Potomac MD
William D. Goodman - Collegeville PA
Jayant G. Gadre - Oakton VA
Patrick E. White - Vienna VA
David E. Young - Silver Spring MD

Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. - Arlington VA

H04M 1500, H04L 1266, H04L 100

379114

An internetwork (such as the Internet) telephony system and method incorporating architecture and methodology which facilitates a high degree of scalability. The scalability provides improvement dealing with usage recording, usage pricing, billing account management, and fraud control. The scalability is achieved primarily by bundling of usage recording, pricing, authorization and billing practices in one logical database object which may be physically distributed. A predefined set of network elements are provided access to the database object to obtain authorization for a call along with limitations on the maximum cost or duration of the call for the particular account involved. The database object records usage statistics relating to the completed call, including pricing, and this data is available for virtually immediate billing. The database object provides to customers on a virtual real time basis the customer's usage statistics, including statistics for a call in progress. The operation proceeds in the following manner.

5748493, May 5, 1998

Jul 9, 1996

8/677294

Regina Lightfoot - New Carrollton MD
William Goodman - Collegeville PA

Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. - Arlington VA

H04N 710

364514C

In advanced digital networks for providing selective point-to-point communications between subscribers terminals and broadband server equipment operated by a plurality of independent information service providers, routing through the network is controlled by functionality identified as a Level 1 Gateway. The Level 1 Gateway will perform a variety of functions including communications port management of transmissions of information between subscribers and servers, processing of billing information and session management. The Level 1 Gateway generates menus of providers, either as a function of providers available through a particular portion of the network or in a customized fashion specified by individual subscribes. The Level 1 Gateway may also provide a PIN number functionality, e. g. to permit parents to limit which providers their children can access.

6839340, Jan 4, 2005

Sep 16, 1997

08/931480

Eric A. Voit - Baltimore MD, US
Edward E. Balkovich - Potomac MD, US
William D. Goodman - Collegeville PA, US
Jayant G. Gadre - Oakton VA, US
Patrick E. White - Vienna VA, US
David E. Young - Silver Spring MD, US

Bell Atlantic Network Services - Arlington VA

H04L 1266

370352, 370351, 370353, 370354, 370355

A communication system providing telephony communication across combined circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as a telephone network and the Internet, which are connectable to terminals, such as telephones and computers, for selective communication therebetween. The communication system includes an authorization and account control object in the packet switched network, multiple gateways between the circuit switched and packet switched networks providing controlled connectivity between those networks, and an information retrieval object in the packet switched network, wherein the authorization and account control object maintains a substantially real time record of user accounts and usage, and the information and retrieval object provides substantially real time retrieval of selected information from the authorization and account control object. The retrieval object provides on demand to terminals which provide authentication for access to an identified account information regarding that account. The information regarding the account is substantially real time information including information with respect to communications in progress which are chargeable to the account which has been authenticated.

5666487, Sep 9, 1997

Jun 28, 1995

8/495926

William Goodman - Collegeville PA
Kamran Sistanizadeh - Arlington VA
Michael J. Black - Fairfax Station VA

Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. - Arlington VA

G06F 1300

39520076

A distribution network has an architecture that distributes data of any format over a wide serving area. An access subnetwork receives broadband data from a plurality of information providers, preferably at least some of which are received as compressed, digital signals using asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) transport. The access subnetwork combines the broadband data from different information providers, identifies the format of the data and outputs a consolidated MPEG encoded signal to a network interface module of an end user. The network interface module receives the consolidated MPEG encoded signal and converts the consolidated MPEG encoded signal into data packets in accordance with PID values identifying the format of the data. The network interface module performs MPEG and other processing on received packet data streams, and outputs information to a corresponding digital entertainment on the basis of corresponding PID values, resulting in efficient transport of data of any format.

7702091, Apr 20, 2010

Dec 11, 2002

10/316426

William D. Goodman - Collegeville PA, US
Douglas R. Jones - Medford NJ, US

Verizon Services Corp. - Arlington VA

H04L 12/28, H04J 3/16, H04M 7/00, H04M 1/24

37922109, 379 1503, 370401, 370465

PSTN functionality is enhanced by the addition of an external service bridging device (ESBD) between one or more devices, e. g. , signal switching points (SSPs), and a service control point (SCP). The ESBD serves as a coupling device to one or more control devices, e. g. , other SCPs or IP servers, in addition to the SCP. To support the passing of messages between the SS7 network and the control devices, the ESBD includes message reformatting capabilities. The ESBD monitors for messages directed to SCPs and/or replies to messages directed to an SCP. In response to detecting a message the ESBD checks to determine if the detected message is to be processed or simply forwarded to the SCP. Messages to be processed are intercepted, duplicated, modified, replaced, broadcast, redirected, etc. Replies to broadcast query messages are detected and processed so that a single reply, in the format of an SCP response, is returned.

6157636, Dec 5, 2000

Sep 16, 1997

8/931268

Eric A. Voit - Baltimore MD
Edward E. Balkovich - Potomac MD
Robert D. Farris - Sterling VA
William D. Goodman - Collegeville PA
Jayant G. Gadre - Oakton VA
Patrick E. White - Vienna VA
David E. Young - Silver Spring MD

Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. - Arlington VA

H04L 1266

370353

A number of gateway objects interconnect circuit switched and packet switched networks, such as the telephone network and the Internet, for example to enable telephony communication across the combined networks. A directory object coupled to the packet network provides address translation capability, and the directory object polls or communicates with the gateways to provide an intelligent selection of one of the gateway objects, typically for egress to the telephone network. The system also includes an authorization control object. After gateway selection, a calling terminal attempts communication through the gateway object. The gateway object then queries the authorization control object, which instructs the gateway object to proceed only if the requested communication between the calling terminal and the destination terminal is authorized.

6029064, Feb 22, 2000

Sep 4, 1997

8/923122

Robert D. Farris - Sterling VA
William Goodman - Collegeville PA

Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. - Arlington VA

H04M 1100, H04M 300, H04Q 720, H04B 138

455412

A mobile audio program selection system includes a radio frequency based information distribution system having mobile users. The distribution system includes a mobile switching office selectively connecting the mobile users of the information distribution system, and information service providers. At least one of the information service providers receives user selection signal inputs received by the mobile switching office, and transmits user selected information to the mobile switching office. In addition, the distribution system includes at least one mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a receiver receiving the user selected information from the at least one of the information service providers via the mobile switching office. The mobile terminal also includes a control processor controlling operations of the at least one mobile terminal, and a transceiver for receiving a user selection from the mobile user, for generating user selection signal inputs responsive to the user selection, and for transmitting the user selection signal inputs to the mobile switching office.

2003023, Dec 18, 2003

May 29, 2002

10/157590

William Goodman - Collegeville PA, US

Verizon Services, Corp.

G06F015/16

709/206000, 709/207000, 709/224000

There is provided a method for providing an advisory to a user of a processing system. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a term in an input to the processing system provided by the user, and providing a reminder for the user to perform an action if the term occurred. The method is particularly well suited for reminding a user to include an attachment with an email message.

7983188, Jul 19, 2011

Jan 13, 2010

12/686923

Gregory Wayne Cermak - Needham MA, US
Robert Anthony Virzi - Wayland MA, US
Rebecca S. Burd - Groveland MA, US
Edward M. Eggerl - Catonsville MD, US
Gregory Keith Evans - Clarksville MD, US
Douglas Reynold Jones - Medford NJ, US
William E. Garrett - Framingham MA, US
William David Goodman - Collegeville PA, US
Allison Dana Jaynes - New City NY, US
Margaret Malagon - Gulph Mills PA, US
Robert Edward Opaluch - Riverside RI, US
Timothy Wayne Schmidt - Wilton CT, US
James Francis Sorce - Needham MA, US
Michael Alan Weintraub - Medfield MA, US

Verizon Laboratories Inc. - Waltham MA

H04L 12/26

370252, 370338, 719310, 709218

In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the state information available to a subscriber of the plurality of communication services, in substantially real time.