Patents by Inventor David T. Clough

David T. Clough 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).

  • Integrated signaling between mobile data networks and enterprise networks
    Patent number: 9270709
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request from a first network element associated with a first network for establishing a first communication session between the first network element to a first user device associated with a second network. The request includes a first user identifier used to identify a first user associated with the first user device within the first network. The method further includes translating the first user identifier to a second user identifier in which the second user identifier is used to identify the first user within the second network. The method still further includes sending a first query including the second user identifier to a second network element, and receiving a first response message including quality of service information indicated by a policy associated with the second user identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin D. Shatzkamer, Gibson Soon Teck Ang, Arun C. Alex, Craig Robert Sanderson, David T. Clough
  • INTEGRATED SIGNALING BETWEEN MOBILE DATA NETWORKS AND ENTERPRISE NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20150019746
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request from a first network element associated with a first network for establishing a first communication session between the first network element to a first user device associated with a second network. The request includes a first user identifier used to identify a first user associated with the first user device within the first network. The method further includes translating the first user identifier to a second user identifier in which the second user identifier is used to identify the first user within the second network. The method still further includes sending a first query including the second user identifier to a second network element, and receiving a first response message including quality of service information indicated by a policy associated with the second user identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin D. Shatzkamer, Gibson Soon Teck Ang, Arun C. Alex, Craig Robert Sanderson, David T. Clough