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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2011
Applicants:

Richard G. Moore, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Guna D. Gunasekar, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Philip E. Lawson-shanks, Aklie, VA (US);

Darryl W. Shaw, Lansdowne, VA (US);

Inventors:

Richard G. Moore, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Guna D. Gunasekar, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Philip E. Lawson-Shanks, Aklie, VA (US);

Darryl W. Shaw, Lansdowne, VA (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01); H04M 3/493 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12801 (2013.01); H04M 3/4931 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/066 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/13336 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01); H04L 29/1216 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 51/36 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04L 51/28 (2013.01); H04L 61/157 (2013.01); H04M 7/128 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach is provided for supporting a plurality of communication modes through universal identification. A core identifier is generated for uniquely identifying a user among a plurality of users within the communication system. One or more specific identifiers are derived based upon the core identifier, wherein the specific identifiers serve as addressing information to the respective communication modes. The specific identifiers and the core identifier are designated as a suite of identifiers allocated to the user.


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