Patents by Inventor Bradley J. McNiff

Bradley J. McNiff 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).

  • System and method for integrated telephony switching
    Patent number: 7302054
    Abstract: A telephony system includes a switch coupled to a call agent and a legacy application, and further coupled to resources, some controlled by the call agent and others controlled by the legacy application. The switch processes connection requests from the call agent and the legacy application, and, using a resource emulator as an intermediary, establishes connections between call agent controlled resources and legacy application controlled resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. McNiff, Cedric H. Druce
  • System and method for controlling a telephony communication session
    Patent number: 6807150
    Abstract: A telephony system includes a hybrid switch coupled to a packet network and a TDM network. The switch establishes a communication session using one of these networks and then switches the communication session to the other one of these networks in response to stored metrics, user request, or other criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. McNiff, Cedric H. Druce
  • System and method for controlling a telephony communication session
    Patent number: 6785229
    Abstract: A telephony system includes a hybrid switch coupled to a packet network and a TDM network. The switch establishes a communication session using one of these networks and then switches the communication session to the other one of these networks in response to stored metrics, user request, or other criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. McNiff, Cedric H. Druce, Randall S. Rutherford
  • System and method for integrated telephony switching
    Patent number: 6611591
    Abstract: A telephony system includes a switch coupled to a call agent and a legacy application, and further coupled to resources, some controlled by the call agent and others controlled by the legacy application. The switch processes connection requests from the call agent and the legacy application, and, using a resource emulator as an intermediary, establishes connections between call agent controlled resources and legacy application controlled resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley J. McNiff, Cedric H. Druce