Info about the application dates can be culled from below.
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The Business
Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) allows voice and data transmissions
to be sent across a wide variety of Internet networks called gateways,
allowing people to talk to each other using PC phones over the Internet,
instead of using regular phone lines. VoIP provides an alternative to
expensive long distance telephone charges.
With the addition of Digifonica, Voip-Pal obtained the Patent Application
results of over $15 million of leading edge VoIP research and
development. Due to major interest from VoIP industry companies, future
potential licensing of the patents is now under discussion. If granted, each
Patent Application has the potential to bring in millions of dollars per year
to Voip-Pal. Each Patent Application was developed to solve key important
problems faced by the VoIP industry, and Voip-Pal is now poised to offer
solutions to some of these problems to the World.
Voip-Pal has spent over five years researching VoIP products, software
components and billing platforms. The Company has launched its retail
website, PlatinumPhone.com with a proprietary softswitch platform, to offer
its suite of products including its PlatinumPhone Mobile™ Apps for
smartphones and the Platinum Suite Package which bundles an advanced
antivirus program designed specifically for smartphones. Consumers and
businesses alike will be able to utilize Voip-Pal’s VoIP technology at home
or at the office or while traveling internationally for all their
communications needs and save up to 70% on long distance costs.
About Voip-Pal’s wholly owned subsidiary, Digifonica (International)
Limited
Digifonica (International) Limited (“Digifonica”) was originally incorporated
as Digifonica International Inc. in 2004 and listed on the TSX stock
exchange. The company raised more than $15M of investments into
research and development of the most advanced VoIP technologies. It
employed approximately 20 developers, some of them being well-known in
VoIP industry, who built an integrated white-labelled VoIP system, which
can be deployed for new Internet Telephony providers in matter of minutes.
The goal was two-fold:
1. Provide scalable and the most cost-effective solution for partners,
when prices for Internet calls go down to zero
2. Comply with government regulations of Internet communications
against illegal activities
Soon after the first production-grade system was released for partners, it
became clear that architectural solutions developed and operated by
Digifonica, were highly advanced in the industry and required protection.
Digifonica decided to dedicate sufficient resources, both human and
financial, to work with the top Canadian firm practising in intellectual
property - Smart & Biggar.
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That cooperation produced the results:
Digifonica filed overall 5 patent applications, starting from 2007
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(see
“About Voip-Pal/Digifonica Patent Applications” below). The Patent
Applications were all filed initially as PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty)
applications, came through International phase, then entered National
phases in many countries around the world, first of all in US Canada and
Europe. They all are in different stages of prosecution.
About Voip-Pal/Digifonica Patent Applications
1. Lawful Intercept: (“Intercepting VoIP communications and other data
communications”) US Patent Application, Publication No.
20100150138 , ( Link to Lawful Intercept USPTO filing ): This patent was
issued on April 16, 2013 with the number 8,422,507. Lawful Intercept
Continuation patent application was filed with the USPTO. This
Continuation leverages patented technology for instant and text
messages, and inherits the same Priority date of November 29, 2007.
A Response in Europe has been filed. Lawful Intercept is a
revolutionary technology that addresses the national and international
demands by governments to enable law agencies the ability to perform
scheduled and live intercepts on VoIP telephone conversations.
Network Service providers such as Skype may soon want to be in
compliance with government regulations regarding Lawful Intercept.
The advantage of this patent is that it is truly undetectable by the
intercept target; as opposed to many prior art technologies. Various
governments are considering legislating Lawful Intercept as a
mandatory technology for any VoIP provider.
2. Routing, Billing and Rating engine (RBR) : (“Producing routing
messages for VoIP communications”) US Patent Application,
Publication No. 20100150328, ( Link to RBR USPTO filing ): On July 16,
2013, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) mailed the Notice
of Allowance on this patent application. A Response to Europe has
already been filed as well. The Company believes that this patent
application technology will be the foundation of any modern
commercial VoIP system. It has taken millions of investment dollars
and years to develop and solidify into perhaps the most important
architectural solution for VoIP.
3. Mobile Gateway: US Patent Application, Publication No. 20110122827 ,
( Link to Mobile Gateway USPTO filing ): USPTO office action has been
received and a response to USPTO office action has been filed. The
Company believes that Mobile Gateway technology can be applied to
any modern cell phone allowing Internet calls to be transparent for the
users. All current commercial techniques for making cell phone
Internet calls require the users to make additional actions, which are
not necessary with the Mobile Gateway patent application.
4. Enhanced 911 : (“Emergency Assistance calling for VoIP
communications”) US Patent Application, Publication No.
20100172345, ( Link to Enhanced 911 USPTO filing ): On July 5, 2013,
the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) mailed the Notice of
Allowance on this patent application. This patent application
technology satisfies the major requirement for emergency response
system which is the ability to call back the person on emergency if he
drops the call.
5. Advanced Interoperability Solutions : (“Uninterrupted Transmission of
Internet Protocol Transmissions during Endpoint Changes”) US Patent
Application, Publication No. 20120170574, ( Link to Advanced
Interoperability Solutions USPTO filing ): Currently under USPTO
prosecution. This patent application technology demonstrates the
future of Internet voice communication – calls should not be dropped
when roaming from one transport provider to another.
Voip-Pal is currently beta testing these technologies with several major
VoIP industry providers in order to establish a monetary value for each
pate
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