Patents by Inventor James Dixson

James Dixson 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).

  • Proxy server for internet telephony
    Patent number: 7809126
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for proxying communications between devices on an IP telephony network. In a preferred embodiment, an appliance comprising a network server and proxy server software includes filtering rules which can be modified to enable proxied communication between an IP phone on a first data network, such as, for example, the internet, and a call processing server located on a second data network. In another embodiment, an appliance comprises a proxy server that proxies call-processing and signaling communications between an authenticated IP phone on a first data network and a call processing server located on a second data network. In another embodiment, the appliance relays voice traffic between IP phones. In another embodiment, the proxy server software operates in a secure mode to permit encryption and decryption of voice and control communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis R. Marascio, Adam Chaney, Paul Long, James Dixson, Robert Scott Comer
  • Proxy server for internet telephony
    Publication number: 20060262916
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for proxying communications between devices on an IP telephony network. In a preferred embodiment, an appliance comprising a network server and proxy server software includes filtering rules which can be modified to enable proxied communication between an IP phone on a first data network, such as, for example, the internet, and a call processing server located on a second data network. In another embodiment, an appliance comprises a proxy server that proxies call-processing and signaling communications between an authenticated IP phone on a first data network and a call processing server located on a second data network. In another embodiment, the appliance relays voice traffic between IP phones. In another embodiment, the proxy server software operates in a secure mode to permit encryption and decryption of voice and control communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Louis Marascio, Adam Chaney, Paul Long, James Dixson, Robert Comer
  • Tie with pocket
    Patent number: D482511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Reginald James Dixson