Vonage Granted Seven New Patents in First Quarter 2015

Company now owns 75 U.S. Patents

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Mar 31, 2015, 08:45 ET

HOLMDEL, N.J., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE: VG), a leading provider of cloud communications services for consumers and businesses, today announced it was granted seven new patents in the first quarter of 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The Company now owns 75 U.S. patents, with more than 250 U.S. patent applications pending, along with numerous foreign patents and pending applications in jurisdictions worldwide.

"We are pleased to start the year off strong with these valuable additions to our growing patent portfolio," said Chief Legal Officer Kurt Rogers. "These newly-issued patents reflect our focus on the increasing importance of mobility as it relates to key aspects of our business, including mobility solutions for business customers and enhancements for mobile VoIP and applications."

Mobility Solutions for Business Patents

U.S. Pat. No. 8,989,759, "Method and Apparatus for Proximity Based Call Termination," covers a system that determines when a mobile device has entered a specified location such as an office and, as a result, redirects incoming calls to another device at the specified location, such as a desk phone.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,989,359, "Methods and Systems for Dynamically Changing Contact Information," provides a method for updating contact lists of users in a communications network. When a change is made to a contact's information (such as an updated phone number) by one user, mutual contacts are also notified of the change. By proactively identifying and notifying other users of the contact change, the patented system significantly reduces frustration caused by stale contact information.

Mobile VoIP Application Notification and Provisioning Patents

U.S. Pat. No. 8,996,069, "Systems and Methods for Communication Notification and Handling," enables a mobile telephony app to receive and process push notifications indicating missed calls, unread messages or new contacts.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,965,342, "Method and Apparatus for Verifying the Authenticity of Mobile Device Information," allows an app provider to seamlessly verify that a telephone number provided by the mobile app user is actually associated with the mobile device. This allows users of the app to use their native telephone number with the app while ensuring that they are authorized to do so.

International Roaming Patents

U.S. Pat. Nos. 8,989,721, 8,958,785, and 8,934,882, each entitled "Systems and Methods for Terminating Telephony Communications to Mobile Telephony Devices," relate to various aspects of technology that prompts a customer's mobile carrier to activate a call forwarding feature enabling low-cost incoming calls on mobile phones when traveling internationally.

About Vonage

Vonage (NYSE: VG) is a leading provider of cloud communications services for consumers and businesses. Vonage provides a robust suite of feature-rich residential and business communication solutions that offer flexibility, portability and ease-of-use, designed to meet the needs of a wide range of customers from individuals to large businesses.

Vonage residential service (www.vonage.com) for individuals and families, and Vonage Business Solutions service (www.vonagebusiness.com) for small and medium businesses, run over the top of a customer's existing broadband connection. Through Telesphere (www.telesphere.com), Vonage offers service with carrier-grade performance over a private national MPLS broadband network, which is especially well suited to address the needs of larger businesses with multiple offices that require higher service level agreements (SLAs).

Vonage Holdings Corp. is headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey. Vonage® is a registered trademark of Vonage Marketing LLC, owned by Vonage America Inc.

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