Inventor · Plano, TX, US

Steven R. Donovan

70Patents
21h-index
35Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 17, 1995 → May 2, 2019

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6366577B1 Method for providing IP telephony with QoS using end-to-end RSVP signaling Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 294 Expired
US6075982A Wireless prepaid platform integration with standard signaling Electricity 203 Expired
US5903726A System using portion of a short message payload to identify short message service types and delivering the message if user subscribes to the services Electricity 183 Expired
US6434143B1 Internet protocol telephony voice/video message deposit and retrieval Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 135 Expired
US6453034B1 Method of and system for extending internet telephony over virtual private network direct access lines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 127 Expired
US6615236B2 SIP-based feature control Electricity 103 Expired
US5761500A Multi-site data communications network database partitioned by network elements Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 86 Expired
US5815810A Method and apparatus for improved call connectivity in an intelligent wireless network Electricity 68 Expired
US7106756B1 Customer resources policy control for IP traffic delivery Electricity 66 Expired
US6512818B1 Method and system for releasing a voice response unit from a protocol session Electricity 61 Expired
US5590175A Method and system for enhanced call completion in telecommunications mobility applications Electricity 60 Expired
US6480588B1 Methods for providing prepaid telephony service via an internet protocol network system Electricity 59 Expired
US6636596B1 Method of and system for providing intelligent network control services in IP telephony Electricity 44 Expired
US6311063A Method of and system for emulation of multiple subscriber profiles on a single mobile phone in a wireless telecommunications network Electricity 31 Expired
US5940589A Method and apparatus for validating a subscriber terminal on a telecommunication network Electricity 29 Expired
US8046626B2 System and method for maintaining resiliency of subscriptions to an event server Physics 26 Active
US6453158B2 Wireless prepaid platform integration with standard signaling Electricity 24 Expired
US6879680B2 Method of and system for extending internet telephony over virtual private network direct access lines Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 23 Expired
US6519468B1 PCS with enhanced short-message service option Electricity 21 Expired
US7130393B2 Intelligent network and method for providing voice telephony over ATM and closed user groups Electricity 21 Expired
US7593722B2 Processing location information among multiple networks Electricity 21 Active
US7167468B2 Internet protocol telephony voice/video message deposit and retrieval Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 20 Expired
US6735209B1 Address definition for IP telephony services Electricity 19 Expired
US6970930B1 Method and system of providing differentiated services Electricity 18 Expired
US6535991B1 Method and apparatus for providing reliable communications in an intelligent network Electricity 16 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.