Patents by Inventor Phillip Remaker
Phillip Remaker 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: 10373086Abstract: Controlling resource management in a workspace includes, at a controller having connectivity to a network, monitoring one or more physical resources in a physical workspace having a plurality of work stations. An identity of one or more users present in or scheduled to be present in the physical workspace is determined. Status information is determined for each of the one or more physical resources in the physical workspace. Deployment of a particular resource of the one or more physical resources to a particular work station among the plurality of workstations is controlled based on the status information and the identity of the particular user.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Phillip Remaker
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Patent number: 10057210Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for changing a network layer address (e.g., an IPv6 address) on a transaction or request basis. The change may be in response to an explicit request from an application or in response to detecting that certain predefined events have occurred. For example, the address may be changed each time a network transaction (or n-network transactions) is completed. Doing so could allow an email client to send messages (or groups of message) using distinct network addresses, making it difficult, if not impossible for the sending client to be blocked.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Phillip A. Remaker
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Publication number: 20170262779Abstract: Controlling resource management in a workspace includes, at a controller having connectivity to a network, monitoring one or more physical resources in a physical workspace having a plurality of work stations. An identity of one or more users present in or scheduled to be present in the physical workspace is determined. Status information is determined for each of the one or more physical resources in the physical workspace. Deployment of a particular resource of the one or more physical resources to a particular work station among the plurality of workstations is controlled based on the status information and the identity of the particular user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventor: Phillip Remaker
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Patent number: 9220007Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for using varying MAC addresses to provide wireless access point MAC address privacy. A wireless access point may be configured to generate a random (or pseudo-random) MAC address to use on a wireless-side interface (and SSID broadcast), rather than using the burned-in MAC address. The wireless access point may be further configured to periodically change the wireless-side MAC address with a newly generated one whenever user-configurable triggering conditions are satisfied. As a result, a MAC address learned by a wi-fi sniffing device becomes obsolete shortly after being learned and cannot be used to correlate the actual location of the access point with the MAC address for any significant period of time.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Phillip A. Remaker
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Patent number: 8719203Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a plurality of ratings associated with an element, where the plurality of ratings includes at least a first rating and a second rating. The method also includes applying a first weighting factor to the first rating and applying a second weighting factor to the second rating. The first weighting factor is different from the second weighting factor. Finally, the method includes determining a cumulative rating using the first weighting factor, the second weighting factor, and the plurality of ratings. The cumulative rating is associated with the element and the second weighting factor is arranged to discount the second rating.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Phillip A. Remaker
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Publication number: 20130218822Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a plurality of ratings associated with an element, where the plurality of ratings includes at least a first rating and a second rating. The method also includes applying a first weighting factor to the first rating and applying a second weighting factor to the second rating. The first weighting factor is different from the second weighting factor. Finally, the method includes determining a cumulative rating using the first weighting factor, the second weighting factor, and the plurality of ratings. The cumulative rating is associated with the element and the second weighting factor is arranged to discount the second rating.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: August 22, 2013Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventor: Phillip A. Remaker
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Publication number: 20120284375Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for changing a network layer address (e.g., an IPv6 address) on a transaction or request basis. The change may be in response to an explicit request from an application or in response to detecting that certain predefined events have occurred. For example, the address may be changed each time a network transaction (or n-network transactions) is completed. Doing so could allow an email client to send messages (or groups of message) using distinct network addresses, making it difficult, if not impossible for the sending client to be blocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventor: PHILLIP A. REMAKER
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Publication number: 20120213211Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for using varying MAC addresses to provide wireless access point MAC address privacy. A wireless access point may be configured to generate a random (or pseudo-random) MAC address to use on a wireless-side interface (and SSID broadcast), rather than using the burned-in MAC address. The wireless access point may be further configured to periodically change the wireless-side MAC address with a newly generated one whenever user-configurable triggering conditions are satisfied. As a result, a MAC address learned by a wi-fi sniffing device becomes obsolete shortly after being learned and cannot be used to correlate the actual location of the access point with the MAC address for any significant period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2011Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventor: PHILLIP A. REMAKER
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Patent number: 8116442Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing an audio conference bridge initiated remote device muting are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a conference bridge is configured to detect a remote mute request from a remote Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device, such as a VoIP telephone. Responsive to this request, the conference bridge sends an indication to the remote VoIP device to cease transmitting audio traffic while still transmitting out-of-band DTMF data.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Phillip A. Remaker
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Patent number: 7945656Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining reachability of a device connected to a computer network by receiving from a requesting device at least one ICMP echo request, the at least one ICMP echo request having a destination address associated with a non-echoing device; in response to the received ICMP echo request, sending a ping to the non-echoing device; receiving from the non-echoing device a reply to the sent ping; issuing from a routing device a subsequent at least one ICMP echo request to the non-echoing device and determining that no response is received to the issued at least one ICMP echo request; receiving at least one subsequent ICMP echo request from a requesting device, the at least one subsequent having a destination address associated with the non-echoing device; and in response to the received reply to the additional ping, sending a proxy ICMP echo reply to the requesting device.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2004Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Phillip A. Remaker
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Publication number: 20110023134Abstract: A method and apparatus for retrieving lost or stolen network devices. The network devices may be configured with loss prevention logic that may be enabled during initial setup of the network device. The loss prevention logic may detect predefined events that occur at the network device and generate messages to a server upon detecting the predefined events. The messages may include a location, for example, an IP address of the network device, which may enable authorities to locate and retrieve lost or stolen network devices. Once enabled, the loss prevention may be disabled by a predefined message received from the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Inventor: PHILLIP A. REMAKER
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Patent number: 7743174Abstract: An electronic device has a physical port, and a control circuit coupled to the physical port. The control circuit is arranged to electrically sense the physical port, and operate the physical port as one of an Ethernet port and an RS-232 port based on electrically sensing the physical port. In some arrangements, the physical port operates as an Ethernet port at one time and an RS-232 port at another time. In some arrangements, the electronic device senses for Ethernet signals and RS-232 signals concurrently. In other arrangements, the electronic device senses for Ethernet signals and RS-232 signals at different times in an alternating manner.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Phillip Remaker, Roger Karam
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Publication number: 20090172207Abstract: An electronic device has a physical port, and a control circuit coupled to the physical port. The control circuit is arranged to electrically sense the physical port, and operate the physical port as one of an Ethernet port and an RS-232 port based on electrically sensing the physical port. In some arrangements, the physical port operates as an Ethernet port at one time and an RS-232 port at another time. In some arrangements, the electronic device senses for Ethernet signals and RS-232 signals concurrently. In other arrangements, the electronic device senses for Ethernet signals and RS-232 signals at different times in an alternating manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Phillip Remaker, Roger Karam
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Publication number: 20060114884Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing an audio conference bridge initiated remote device muting are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a conference bridge is configured to detect a remote mute request from a remote Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) device, such as a VoIP telephone. Responsive to this request, the conference bridge sends an indication to the remote VoIP device to cease transmitting audio traffic while still transmitting out-of-band DTMF data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2004Publication date: June 1, 2006Inventor: Phillip Remaker