Patents by Inventor Ashish Chotai
Ashish Chotai 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).
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Publication number: 20080189624Abstract: In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) connecting to a conference server via a network; (ii) viewing a list of available past meetings and associated forms of access; (iii) selecting a meeting and form of access from the list; and (iv) re-creating the meeting in a context using the form of access. Example forms of access can include a dialing of all meeting participants, re-creating a previous meeting context, summarizing a meeting, displaying action items, and replaying or viewing a portion of a meeting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda, Shantanu Sarkar, Aseem Asthana
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Publication number: 20080165945Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises storing information associated with a conference call that has previously been terminated. The method also comprises obtaining a request to re-establish the terminated conference call, and re-establishing the conference call in response to the request to re-establish the conference call. Re-establishing the conference call comprises using the stored information to set a first set of states associated with the re-established conference call.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2007Publication date: July 10, 2008Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INCInventors: SRAVAN VADLAKONDA, ASHISH CHOTAI, SHANTANU SARKAR, ASEEM ASTHANA
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Publication number: 20080160985Abstract: In one embodiment, a first endpoint initiates a voice communication with an undetermined second endpoint. A second endpoint is selected that is within a predetermined proximity of a location and voice communication between the first s endpoint and the second endpoint is initiated. The second endpoint may be selected based on preset conditions, such as for example a buddy list definition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Girish S. Variyath, Vikram Jayaraman, Rajneesh Kumar, Aseem B. Asthana, Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda
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Publication number: 20080109517Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes sending an electronic invitation to an endpoint associated with a user. The electronic invitation requests that the user attend a conference session to be held at a specified time over a network. A set of filtering rules is then applied to the electronic invitation to select a delegate to attend the conference session in place of the user. Once a delegate has been selected, the electronic invitation is forwarded to the delegate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2006Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Sravan Vadlakonda, Ashish Chotai, Aseem Asthana
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Publication number: 20080095077Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving through a telephony user interface from a user at the telephony user interface an indication of a first direction of a sound source along a first axis with respect to the user and a second direction of the sound source along a second axis with respect to the user. The first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis. The method further involves communicating the indication of the first direction and the second direction to enable audio communication of sound originating at the sound source to the user as if coming from the first direction and the second direction with respect to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2006Publication date: April 24, 2008Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Sravan Vadlakonda, Ashish Chotai, Shantanu Sarkar, Aseem Asthana
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Publication number: 20080063173Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for conducting a conference session among a group of participants includes a server for establishing communication channels over a network connected with endpoint devices of the participants. The server operates to allocate initial resources on the network to conduct the conference session, the initial resources including the communication channels and at least one conferencing bridge. Code running on the server selects one or more different resources currently available during the conference session. The one or more different resources is selected to optimize a quality of service (QoS) criteria. Execution of the code causes the server to move the conference session to the one or more different resources responsive to a triggering event. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Shantanu Sarkar, Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda, Aseem Asthana
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Publication number: 20070286356Abstract: Techniques for storing voicemails in real-time in a caller's voicemail system when a voicemail is left in a callee's voicemail system are provided. A connection to the callee's voicemail system is detected during a call from the caller to the callee. When a voicemail is being left on the caller's voicemail system, a copy of the voicemail message is automatically forked to the caller's voicemail system. Thus, when a voicemail message is recorded on the callee's voicemail system, a copy of the voicemail message is also stored on the caller's voicemail system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Vineet Goel, Aseem Asthana, Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda
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Publication number: 20070285503Abstract: A conference adapter. In an illustrative embodiment, the conference adapter implements a method for interfacing one or more conference endpoints with one or more conference servers. The method includes registering an endpoint and a conference server to determine endpoint registration information associated with the endpoint and to determine conference-server registration information associated with the conference server. Next, the method includes receiving a connection from the endpoint and a connection from the conference server. Subsequently, the conference adapter establishes communications between the endpoint and the conference server as initiated by the endpoint and based on the endpoint registration information and the conference-server registration information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2006Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Aseem Asthana, Shantanu Sarkar, Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda
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Publication number: 20070280456Abstract: A system and method that provides a user with the ability to transmit confidential information to an IVR system in a secure manner includes invoking an interactive voice response (IVR) routine, the IVR routine determining each of the digits in the sequence by making successive queries and/or digit guesses. A user of the voice communication device need only make an affirmative response or a negative response to each query or digit quess. Once determined, each of the digits in the sequence is sent to the destination system. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sravan Vadlakonda, Shantanu Sarkar, Aseem Asthana, Ashish Chotai
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Publication number: 20070281723Abstract: A processor-implemented method of operation for managing a push-to-talk (PTT) session involving a plurality of participants includes applying a first floor control algorithm at a PTT server. The first floor control algorithm being selected from a plurality of algorithms that arbitrate among talk requests received from the participants. The method further includes changing, during the PTT session, from the first floor control algorithm to a second floor control algorithm at the PPT server. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda, Binh Don Ha, Aseem Asthana, Shmuel Shaffer
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Publication number: 20070242649Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for requesting wireless network resources includes transmitting a network resource request to a wireless network in response to a session initiation message from a session signaling node and, responsive to an indication that the wireless network lacks sufficient resources, conditionally transmitting a camp-on information message to the session signaling node.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2006Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Rajneesh Kumar, Ashish Chotai, Aseem Asthana, Sravan Vadlakonda, Girish Variyath, Vikram Jayaraman, Pradeep Bheda
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Publication number: 20070239885Abstract: A conferencing system includes a plurality of ports for network connection to endpoint devices of participants to a conference session. A mixer receives input audio streams from the endpoint devices and then outputs a mixed audio stream back to the endpoint devices. A processor runs a program that automatically downgrades one or more of the participants to the conference session from a full-duplex communication mode to a half-duplex communication mode in response to an event affecting allocation of conferencing resources, the conferencing resources including the ports. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2006Publication date: October 11, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Sravan Vadlakonda, Ashish Chotai, Binh Ha, Aseem Asthana, Shmuel Shaffer
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Publication number: 20070150583Abstract: Disclosed are conferencing systems, devices, architectures, and methods for implementing a trigger-based conferencing system to facilitate increased productivity meeting participation. An exemplary method, in accordance with embodiments, of managing a workflow application in a conference, where the conference includes a plurality of events, can include: (i) creating a trigger by defining a predicate and action for the trigger; (ii) registering the trigger to at least one of a plurality of detection points; (iii) evaluating the trigger's predicate each time any of the detection points against which it is registered are encountered; and (iv) executing actions associated with the trigger if the predicate evaluation is positive, where execution of the actions can result in a state change in the conference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: June 28, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Aseem Asthana, Ashish Chotai, Sravan Vadlakonda, Shantanu Sarkar, Randall Baird
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Publication number: 20070121530Abstract: Disclosed are conferencing systems, devices, architectures, and methods for managing a conference spanning system to facilitate participation in a plurality of conferences at the same time. An exemplary system having devices and/or structures in accordance with embodiments can include: (i) a plurality of conferences, each conference being configured to support a plurality of media modes; (ii) a presentation mechanism configured to support the plurality of media modes from the plurality of conferences; and (iii) a selector for selecting a conference from the plurality of conferences and designating the selected conference as an active conference and designating non-selected conferences as background conferences, wherein the active conference is assigned at least one enhanced media mode in the presentation mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2005Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc. (a California corporation)Inventors: Sravan Vadlakonda, Shantanu Sarkar, Ashish Chotai, Aseem Asthana, Glenn Inn