Vonage Network, LLC

Other

Vonage Business Limited

Vonage America Inc.

Vonage Holdings Corp.

Jeffrey Citron

Nilesh Shah

Andrew Wason

Louis Mamakos

Louis Holder

Joseph Pagnotta

Nicholas P Lazzaro

Daniel Grisinger

The present invention is a solar concentrator composed of a generally V-shaped trough of reflective Fresnel steps. The Fresnel reflective steps concentrate the sunlight entering the mouth of the V-shaped trough and parallel to its central axis into a central focal area. By disposing a solar energy receiving element at the central focal area of sunlight concentration a preferred embodiment as a concentrating solar energy collector is realized. Various types of solar energy receiving structures are shown that serve to convert the concentrated sunlight into other forms of useful energy to realize the preferred embodiment as a concentrating solar energy collector.

Trough shaped Fresnel reflector solar concentrator

The present invention is a trough shaped solar concentrator and collector having its focal area and receiver located inside the trough structure below the trough aperture and having a unique dual section trough reflector with a combination of different underlying reflector geometries.

Dual geometry trough solar concentrator

Systems and methods for avoiding roaming or communications charges when a mobile communications device such as a cellular telephone receives an incoming telephone call use a non-native communications provider, such as a VOIP service provider to redirect the call. A subscriber's mobile communications device establishes a data connection to the VOIP service provider through a data network, and call forwarding instructions are issued to the subscriber's telephony service provider to cause calls directed to the subscriber's mobile communications device to be redirected to a forwarding telephone number associated with the VOIP service provider. When a call is placed to the subscriber's normal telephone number, the call is forwarded to the VOIP service provider. The VOIP service provider establishes a VOIP communications channel with the subscriber's mobile communications device via a data network, and the incoming call is connected to the subscriber's mobile communications device via the VOIP communications channel.

Method and apparatus for cellular roaming charge bypass call completion

A method to manufacture and produce trough shaped solar concentrators and concentrating solar collectors that have reduced wind loading compared to comparable prior art trough concentrators is disclosed. Shown are several different types of trough shaped concentrating solar collectors incorporating Open Architecture lattice geometric support structures with aerodynamic treatment of the lattice structural members.

Open architecture structure for trough shaped solar concentrators

A third party call control (3PCC) application program interface (API) permits for users to use a web browser or other Internet capable software to place a call. The third party call control application program interface includes a first uniform resource locator operable over the Internet to effect a call between first and telephonic devices to be completed. The first uniform resource locator includes identification of the first telephonic device and identification of the second telephonic device.

Third party call control application program interface

A system and method for customized caller identification and call routing are disclosed. A disclosed method of providing customized caller identification information for a phone call includes associating a first phone number in a database with a plurality of user specified identifications, selecting one of the plurality of user specified identifications in response to the phone call placed from the first phone number to a second phone number as a function of the second phone number, and providing the selected one of the plurality of identifications to a device associated with the second telephone number.

Method and system for customized caller identification

A system for effecting a telephone call between telephonic devices is operative to use a computer network, without manual use of the alphanumeric keypads. A third party call control (3PCC) application program interface (API) provides the capability for users to use a web browser or other Internet capable software to place a call, rather than using the telephone keypad. A third party call control application program interface includes a uniform resource locator operable over the Internet to cause a call between a first telephonic device and a second telephonic device to be completed. The uniform resource locator includes identification of the first telephonic device and identification of the second telephonic device.

System for effecting a telephone call over a computer network without alphanumeric keypad operation

A method and apparatus for enhanced Internet telephony ensures that communication between a source and destination is not interrupted by common network address translation. According to one aspect of the invention, communication may continue through a router that employs network address translation.

Method and apparatus for enhanced internet telephony

Method and apparatus for enhanced Internet Telephony

The present invention comprises a concentrating solar energy collector of multiple V-shaped troughs formed from complementary ridges of inverted V-shape. If the angles and spacing of the ridges are properly chosen, V-troughs of any desired concentration ratio can be constructed. Additionally, if the reflective material of the ridges is provided to be of a flexible nature at specific places, and the support for the ridges is constructed to provide tension on the ridge structure, slippage at its flexible areas, and laterally shifting capability, the axes of the ridges can be pivoted through a unique flexible shape method of pivoting the ridge structures themselves. When controlled by a solar-sensitive aiming device, this pivoting of the ridges provides the solar tracking of the V-trough axes which is necessary if the V-troughs are to accept all the solar radiation incident on them year-round and concentrate it on the absorbers at their bases. Finally, because of energy losses inherent in the V-shaped design, an embodiment of this collector is described incorporating fluid-conducting means within the ridge structures and in thermal contact with the ridge's side walls. If a cool fluid is circulated through these conducting means, energy lost to the ridge side walls by multiple light reflections and from the warm solar absorber can be recirculated to the absorber, thus substantially increasing the efficiency of this collector.

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Brielle, NJ, United States of America

Jeffrey Citron