Vonage Holdings Corp Secures Three New Patents From U.S. Patent And Trademark Office

Vonage Holdings Corp announced the grant of three new patents. On November 6, 2012, Vonage was issued U.S. Pat. No. 8,306,202, Method and System for Customized Caller Identification. The patented invention allows a user of a telephony system to set up customized caller ID and call routing instructions for different contacts. These different instructions may be set up for both inbound and outbound calls. On November 6, 2012, Vonage was issued U.S. Pat. No. 8,305,933, Method and Apparatus for Detecting Devices on a Local Area Network. The patented invention allows a host computer to communicate with any VoIP device on the network, facilitating discovery and installation of the device regardless of the device's location, for example, behind a router. Finally, on November 27, 2012, Vonage was issued U.S. Pat. No. 8,320,543, System for Effecting a Telephone Call Over a Computer Network Without Alphanumeric Keypad Operation. The patented invention provides a method for enabling users of a VoIP telephony system to place calls using a web browser or other Internet-capable software instead of an alphanumeric keypad on a conventional phone.