Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. Sanders

Jeffery A. Sanders 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).

  • Extended telephony functionality at end points
    Publication number: 20040028027
    Abstract: A system includes telephony devices that provide services and applications through the execution of scripts in web pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. McClung, Andrew J. Francke, Ronald D. Higgins, James R. Tighe, Jeffery A. Sanders
  • Method and apparatus for accessing a database through a network
    Patent number: 6601065
    Abstract: A system (10) includes a client (14, 21) which can communicate through a network (12) and a database layer (29) with any of several databases (31-33). The client communicates with the database layer using a public network communication protocol, in a manner independent of respective protocols specific to each of the databases. The database layer handles communication with each database according to the respective protocol of that database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark R. Nelson, Jeffery A. Sanders, Alan W. Treece, William C. Forsythe, Clay W. Luther
  • Multimedia client for multimedia/hybrid network
    Patent number: 6587480
    Abstract: A system and method for allowing remote control of an isochronous device. The system comprises: (1) first and second isochronous devices, (2) a packet-based signalling channel coupling the first and second isochronous devices and allowing communication of signalling messages between the first and second isochronous devices, the first isochronous device capable of initiating a request to the second isochronous device to transfer multimedia information from the second isochronous device to the first isochronous device and (3) an isochronous user information path established by the second isochronous device in response to initiation of the request, the isochronous user information path coupling the first and second isochronous devices for transfer of the multimedia information, the first isochronous device thereby effecting remote control of the second isochronous device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Higgins, Jeffery A. Sanders