US Patent Issued to CenturyLink Intellectual Property on Aug. 4 for "Z-axis information for voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,191, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC (Denver).

"Z-axis information for voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)" was invented by Patrick Giagnocavo (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing z-axis information for voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP"). In various embodiments, a user device or location beacon having geo-location system access or having sensors or devices for obtaining z-axis information is used to provide z-axis information to a nearby VoIP telephone. The user device or location beacon may send a dial-triggering signal tha...