Patents by Inventor Alexander R. McKinney

Alexander R. McKinney has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method, system and architecture for validating media sessions in networks that use communication protocols with distinct signaling and media channels
    Patent number: 8249076
    Abstract: Methods for use in operation with a signaling path between given entities are disclosed. One such method includes: deriving, from signaling messages between the given entities, a negotiated set of attributes of an expected media session between the given entities; inferring, from the signaling messages and from semantics of another protocol underlying a session initial protocol, an inferred set of one or more non-negotiated attributes of the expected media session; during an actual media session negotiated by the given entities, determining whether the negotiated set and the inferred set of one or more non-negotiated attributes correspond to given attributes of the actual media session; and taking an administratively-defined action if the negotiated set and the inferred set of one or more non-negotiated attributes do not correspond to given attributes of the actual media session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Acme Packet, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt R. Bertone, Kenneth A. Kuenzel, Alexander R. McKinney