Patents by Inventor Don D. Brown

Don D. Brown 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).

  • Techniques for implementing telephone call back for a multimedia conferencing platform
    Patent number: 10334001
    Abstract: A method is described and in one embodiment includes receiving a request to participate in a web-based conferencing session using an IP phone, wherein the web-based conferencing session is hosted by a server; establishing an encrypted connection to the server; requesting network routing information for the IP phone from a call manager; receiving from the call manager the requested routing information; and establishing a connection with the IP phone using the received routing information. The method may further include embodiments in which the request to participate in the web-based conferencing session is initiated by a user via a client application executing on a computer device and in which the encrypted connection is established over an Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanghua Liu, Don D. Brown
  • TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING TELEPHONE CALL BACK FOR A MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCING PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180063207
    Abstract: A method is described and in one embodiment includes receiving a request to participate in a web-based conferencing session using an IP phone, wherein the web-based conferencing session is hosted by a server; establishing an encrypted connection to the server; requesting network routing information for the IP phone from a call manager; receiving from the call manager the requested routing information; and establishing a connection with the IP phone using the received routing information. The method may further include embodiments in which the request to participate in the web-based conferencing session is initiated by a user via a client application executing on a computer device and in which the encrypted connection is established over an Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yanghua Liu, Don D. Brown