Patents by Inventor Ram Shankar

Ram Shankar 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).

  • System and method for enhanced media brokering in VoIP network
    Patent number: 9479606
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to broker and control media resources. In particular, solutions are described which broker and control a media request sent from an application server. The media request is received at a device capable of brokering and controlling the media request such that a media server capable of providing the request may be selected. A screening functionality is also presented such that an optimal media server may be selected based on a comparison between information contained in an incoming media request and information contained in a previously provisioned Service Level Agreement; such information may relate to media service and capacity information. Further, solutions are presented to support providing media services in heterogeneous environments where an application server and a media server may communication using different media control protocols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sheridan Ross P.C.
    Inventors: Manish Chatterjee, Biswajyoti Pal, Ram Shankar
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED MEDIA BROKERING IN VOIP NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140095655
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to broker and control media resources. In particular, solutions are described which broker and control a media request sent from an application server. The media request is received at a device capable of brokering and controlling the media request such that a media server capable of providing the request may be selected. A screening functionality is also presented such that an optimal media server may be selected based on a comparison between information contained in an incoming media request and information contained in a previously provisioned Service Level Agreement; such information may relate to media service and capacity information. Further, solutions are presented to support providing media services in heterogeneous environments where an application server and a media server may communication using different media control protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: AVAYA INC.
    Inventors: Manish Chatterjee, Biswajyoti Pal, Ram Shankar