Patents by Inventor Clint D. Entrop

Clint D. Entrop 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).

  • Patent number: 8442037
    Abstract: A system for device registration replication in a packet-based network includes a first call manager and a second call manager that are coupled to the packet-based network. The first and second call managers each control one or more devices and store composite registration information associated with the devices. The first call manager communicates status information to the second call manager in response to a change in the control status of a device controlled by the first call manager. The second call manager updates the composite registration information stored by the second call manager in response to receiving status information from the first call manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Pearce, Clint D. Entrop
  • Patent number: 8254552
    Abstract: A method to be executed in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment is provided that includes detecting, by a first agent, a potential lost connection associated with a signaling path. The signaling path couples a first endpoint and a second endpoint and is operable to exchange signaling data. The potential lost connection is associated with a call between the first and the second endpoint, the first agent being associated with the first endpoint. The method also includes communicating a reinvite to a second agent that is associated with the second endpoint in order to determine whether the call between the first endpoint and the second endpoint is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Harton, Richard A. Frisk, Ho Bao, Clint D. Entrop
  • Patent number: 8199898
    Abstract: A call manager includes a first device process that controls a first telephony device and that receives a call request from the first telephony device. The call request includes a telephone number associated with a second telephony device. The call manager also includes a call control module that receives the call request from the first device process, and the call manager further includes a route list control process that is associated with the telephone number and that receives the call request from the call control module. The route list process accesses a route list to determine a port of a gateway device that can transmit the call request to the second telephony device. The route list process communicates the call request to a second call manager that is coupled to the packet-based network and that controls the gateway device included in the route list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger V. Beathard, Clint D. Entrop
  • Publication number: 20100226364
    Abstract: A system for device registration replication in a packet-based network includes a first call manager and a second call manager that are coupled to the packet-based network. The first and second call managers each control one or more devices and store composite registration information associated with the devices. The first call manager communicates status information to the second call manager in response to a change in the control status of a device controlled by the first call manager. The second call manager updates the composite registration information stored by the second call manager in response to receiving status information from the first call manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Pearce, Clint D. Entrop
  • Patent number: 7733845
    Abstract: A system for device registration replication in a packet-based network includes a first call manager and a second call manager that are coupled to the packet-based network. The first and second call managers each control one or more devices and store composite registration information associated with the devices. The first call manager communicates status information to the second call manager in response to a change in the control status of a device controlled by the first call manager. The second call manager updates the composite registration information stored by the second call manager in response to receiving status information from the first call manager.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Pearce, Clint D. Entrop
  • Publication number: 20080292088
    Abstract: A call manager includes a first device process that controls a first telephony device and that receives a call request from the first telephony device. The call request includes a telephone number associated with a second telephony device. The call manager also includes a call control module that receives the call request from the first device process, and the call manager further includes a route list control process that is associated with the telephone number and that receives the call request from the call control module. The route list process accesses a route list to determine a port of a gateway device that can transmit the call request to the second telephony device. The route list process communicates the call request to a second call manager that is coupled to the packet-based network and that controls the gateway device included in the route list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger V. Beathard, Clint D. Entrop
  • Patent number: 7412051
    Abstract: A call manager includes a first device process that controls a first telephony device and that receives a call request from the first telephony device. The call request includes a telephone number associated with a second telephony device. The call manager also includes a call control module that receives the call request from the first device process, and the call manager further includes a route list control process that is associated with the telephone number and that receives the call request from the call control module. The route list process accesses a route list to determine a port of a gateway device that can transmit the call request to the second telephony device. The route list process communicates the call request to a second call manager that is coupled to the packet-based network and that controls the gateway device included in the route list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger V. Beathard, Clint D. Entrop