draft-ietf-vcon-vcon-container
The core IETF specification of the vCon container: parties, dialog, analysis, attachments. Originally draft-petrie-vcon; now a working group deliverable. Co-author with Dan Petrie.
Attachments.
The supporting record. Eleven patent filings across eight families, eleven IETF drafts and working-group documents, plus the corpus itself. In the file formats engineers actually open: USPTO filings, IETF drafts, JSON, code.
draft-ietf-vcon-overview
Explains the purpose and scope of vCon as a standardized container for conversation-related data, metadata, analysis, and attachments. First submitted 2025-07-07; latest revision 2026-03-02.
draft-howe-vcon-lawful-basis
Extension proposal: how lawful basis (GDPR-style consent and processing grounds) is carried inside a vCon, so the conversation file can be moved without losing what was permitted.
US 9,762,734 — intermediary device for data message network routing
Core patent of the TDC Bridge platform. An intermediary device that receives data messages and uses session-management tuples to route messages through a contact center. Co-inventor Gary George Brandt.
US 11,665,282 — secure transitory data storage
Secure storage and management of transitory conversation data via a profile manager, callback manager, context analysis engine, and vault manager. Assignee Virtual Hold Technology Solutions.
US 2021/0321002 — cloud callback platform
A cloud callback platform integrating a profile manager, callback and interaction managers, media server, and context analysis pipeline. Priority 2009-01-28.
howe-corpus
The structured archive of talks, writing, patents, and code that this site is built from. Every item is itself a vCon. The site is the front end of that corpus.
vcon-dev
The vCon community organization on GitHub: reference implementations, the conserver, tooling, and the surrounding ecosystem.