Patents by Inventor James Douglas Free
James Douglas Free 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).
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Patent number: 9806965Abstract: The embodiments presented herein provide an automated process for provisioning a user in a communication system. A session manager, which can be a server in the communication system that provides call connection and routing, may receive registration request from communication device (e.g. a cellular telephone, an IP-enabled phone, etc.). The session manager may determine one or more characteristics about the communication device and/or determine a load on one or more other session managers in a cluster of session managers. Based on both the communication device characteristics and/or the loads on the two or more session managers, the session manager can determine a set of session managers, which may include a primary session manager and a secondary session manager, which can manage the user data for the communication device. This session manager set information may then be sent to the communication device and to other session managers in the cluster.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: James Douglas Free, Kenneth Owen Michie, Chandra Mouli Ravipati
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Patent number: 9100467Abstract: Methods and systems for supporting the alternate routing of calls between endpoints, such as session initiation protocol (SIP) endpoints, are provided. An inner gateway alternate route (IGAR) application is invoked when the primary, Internet protocol, communication network is overloaded or otherwise unable to handle a call. The IGAR application assigns incoming and outgoing trunks, and serves as a contact point for session managers in routing the trunk call.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Baldwin, Milo{hacek over (s)} Pujić, Kurt H. Haserodt, Benny Rodrig, Dan Gluskin, Harsh V. Mendiratta, Amerjit Sandhu, Mark Rolfs, James Douglas Free
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Patent number: 8782240Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems for managing resources, for example in connection with call admission control or other communications or transactions in a system. In particular, a plurality of resource pools are established. At least a first or priority resource is associated with a minimum resource amount, while at least a second or normal resource pool is associated with a maximum resource amount. From the system resource pools, allocations are made to each of a plurality of system servers. If a server receives a request for priority resources that cannot be satisfied from the allocation of priority resources made to that server, that server may borrow from an allocation of normal resources. Resources can also be shared between servers. Accordingly, if required resources are not available from an allocation made to a server receiving the request for resources, that server can request resources from another server.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: James Douglas Free, Kenneth Owen Michie, Chandra Mouli Ravipati
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Patent number: 8718261Abstract: A distributed call control system is provided that can allot bandwidth amongst several call controllers. The distributed call control system includes one or more access elements that interface with a cloud that execute two or more instances of call processing servers that administer call control. The cloud members negotiate and determine bandwidth allocation amongst the members and the access elements. If an access element requires more bandwidth, the access element assesses its own needs and requests more bandwidth from the cloud. The negotiation and requests for bandwidth are accomplished with a set of dynamic and static bandwidth data that regiment the control of the bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: James Douglas Free, Christopher D. Baldwin, Chandra Mouli Ravipati, Gordon R. Brunson
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Publication number: 20130163433Abstract: Methods and systems for supporting the alternate routing of calls between endpoints, such as session initiation protocol (SIP) endpoints, are provided. An inner gateway alternate route (IGAR) application is invoked when the primary, Internet protocol, communication network is overloaded or otherwise unable to handle a call. The IGAR application assigns incoming and outgoing trunks, and serves as a contact point for session managers in routing the trunk call.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: Avaya Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Baldwin, Milos Pujic, Kurt H. Haserodt, Benny Rodrig, Dan Gluskin, Harsh V. Mendiratta, Amerjit Sandhu, Mark Rolfs, James Douglas Free
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Publication number: 20130022192Abstract: A distributed call control system is provided that can allot bandwidth amongst several call controllers. The distributed call control system includes one or more access elements that interface with a cloud that execute two or more instances of call processing servers that administer call control. The cloud members negotiate and determine bandwidth allocation amongst the members and the access elements. If an access element requires more bandwidth, the access element assesses its own needs and requests more bandwidth from the cloud. The negotiation and requests for bandwidth are accomplished with a set of dynamic and static bandwidth data that regiment the control of the bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2011Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: James Douglas Free, Christopher D. Baldwin, Chandra Mouli Ravipati, Gordon R. Brunson
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Publication number: 20120096167Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems for managing resources, for example in connection with call admission control or other communications or transactions in a system. In particular, a plurality of resource pools are established. At least a first or priority resource is associated with a minimum resource amount, while at least a second or normal resource pool is associated with a maximum resource amount. From the system resource pools, allocations are made to each of a plurality of system servers. If a server receives a request for priority resources that cannot be satisfied from the allocation of priority resources made to that server, that server may borrow from an allocation of normal resources. Resources can also be shared between servers. Accordingly, if required resources are not available from an allocation made to a server receiving the request for resources, that server can request resources from another server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: James Douglas Free, Kenneth Owen Michie, Chandra Mouli Ravipati
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Publication number: 20120076129Abstract: The embodiments presented herein provide an automated process for provisioning a user in a communication system. A session manager, which can be a server in the communication system that provides call connection and routing, may receive registration request from communication device (e.g. a cellular telephone, an IP-enabled phone, etc.). The session manager may determine one or more characteristics about the communication device and/or determine a load on one or more other session managers in a cluster of session managers. Based on both the communication device characteristics and/or the loads on the two or more session managers, the session manager can determine a set of session managers, which may include a primary session manager and a secondary session manager, which can manage the user data for the communication device. This session manager set information may then be sent to the communication device and to other session managers in the cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: AVAYA INC.Inventors: James Douglas Free, Kenneth Owen Michie, Chandra Mouli Ravipati