Patents by Inventor Rita L. Chow

Rita L. Chow 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).

  • Automated route plan generation
    Patent number: 6975718
    Abstract: A communication system includes a tenant with multiple physical locations that include a number of packet enabled telecommunications devices managed by one or more call managers. To generate a route plan for use by a call manager in managing calls from these devices, a route plan wizard determines routing options, location information for the tenant, and gateway information for gateways available to the tenant and then automatically generates a route plan for use in routing telephone calls originating from the managed packet enabled telecommunications devices based on this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Pearce, Rita L. Chow
  • Automated route plan generation
    Patent number: 6704406
    Abstract: A communication system includes a tenant with multiple physical locations that include a number of packet enabled telecommunications devices managed by one or more call managers. To generate a route plan for use by a call manager in managing calls from these devices, a route plan wizard determines routing options, location information for the tenant, and gateway information for gateways available to the tenant and then automatically generates a route plan for use in routing telephone calls originating from the managed packet enabled telecommunications devices based on this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Pearce, Rita L. Chow