Patents by Inventor Paul Volkaerts

Paul Volkaerts 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).

  • Patent number: 8054828
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system identifies an Internet Protocol (IP) device as a calling party for calls from either a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) portion or a cellular portion of a multi-protocol phone. As a result, return calls to the multi-protocol phone are always sent through an IP device to allow call handling or Single Number Reach (SNR) functionality for the return calls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Volkaerts, Paul Andrew Gelsthorpe
  • Publication number: 20090028130
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system identifies an Internet Protocol (IP) device as a calling party for calls from either a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) portion or a cellular portion of a multi-protocol phone. As a result, return calls to the multi-protocol phone are always sent through an IP device to allow call handling or Single Number Reach (SNR) functionality for the return calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Volkaerts, Paul Andrew Gelsthorpe
  • Patent number: 7433358
    Abstract: An embodiment may include an apparatus comprising a dejitter buffer to receive packets containing audio data, a codec coupled with the dejitter buffer, the codec to receive coded audio frames from the dejitter buffer and decode them, and a concealed seconds meter coupled with the dejitter buffer, the concealed seconds meter to record concealment events by the decoder to provide an objective measure of media impairment. Another exemplary embodiment may be a method comprising receiving packets containing audio information at a dejitter buffer, decomposing the packets to coded audio frames, sending the coded audio frames to a decoder and decoding the frames, generating a concealment output stream if the decoder does not receive a valid frame from the dejitter buffer, and recording concealment events to provide an objective measure of media impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Volkaerts, Kevin Joseph Connor, James C. Frauenthal, Rajesh Kumar