HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage (NYSE:
VG), a leading provider of Cloud Communications services for
Business, was recently granted 19 new patents by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office. The Company now owns 132 U.S. patents,
with more than 200 U.S. patent applications pending, along with
many foreign patents and pending applications in jurisdictions
worldwide.
"We've continued the strong growth of our patent portfolio in
2016 with new patents covering improvements across many key areas
of our business services, including workflow integration, security,
mobile and messaging enhancements, advanced call processing and
voice quality," said Chief Legal Officer Kurt Rogers. "Vonage's
legacy of and ongoing commitment to innovation and excellence in
communications is reflected by our growing patent portfolio, and
provides competitive advantages as we enter new markets with
advanced services, including programmable communications through
Vonage's Nexmo API platform."
Vonage's newly-issued patents include:
- One patent relating to the integration between communications
services and third-party applications (U.S. Pat. No.
9,401,997).
- Five patents that cover enhancements to security for users and
service providers, including detection and resolution of fraudulent
messaging and call activity (U.S. Pat. Nos. 9,419,988 and
9,426,302), and identification of "spoofed" messages (U.S. Pat. No.
9,356,953).
- Six patents covering various mobile and messaging features,
including seamless wireless handover (U.S. Pat. No. 9,451,507), and
enabling users to choose which sender ID to display with outgoing
messages (U.S. Pat. No. 9,462,136).
- Five patents related to advanced call processing features,
including an algorithm for intelligently reconnecting two parties
to a recently terminated phone call that are trying to call each
other back at the same time (U.S. Pat. No. 9,444,944).
- Two patents for improvements to quality-of-service, including a
device that automatically allocates bandwidth between voice and
non-voice applications to ensure that voice quality is maintained
on calls (U.S. Pat. No. 9,461,844).
About Vonage
Vonage (NYSE: VG) is a leading provider of Cloud Communications
for Business. Vonage transforms the way people work and businesses
operate through a portfolio of cloud-based communications solutions
that enable internal collaboration among employees, while also
keeping companies closely connected with their customers, across
any mode of communication, on any device.
Vonage's Nexmo API Platform provides tools for voice, messaging
and phone verification services, allowing developers to embed
contextual, programmable communications into mobile apps, websites
and business systems, enabling enterprises to easily communicate
relevant information to their customers in real time, anywhere in
the world, through text messaging, chat, social media and
voice.
The Company also provides a robust suite of feature-rich
residential communication solutions. In 2015 and 2016, Vonage
was named a Visionary in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified
Communications as-a-Service, Worldwide. Vonage has also earned the
Frost & Sullivan Growth Excellence Leadership Award for Hosted
IP and Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) Services. For
more information, visit www.vonage.com.
Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey. Vonage® is a
registered trademark of Vonage America Inc. To follow Vonage on
Twitter, please visit www.twitter.com/vonage. To become a fan on
Facebook, go to www.facebook.com/vonage. To subscribe on YouTube,
visit www.youtube.com/vonage.
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