Patents by Inventor Russell Norman Anson

Russell Norman Anson 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).

  • Method and apparatus for expanding conference sizes
    Patent number: 7990899
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for conference expansion in a conferencing system. For example, a method of providing for conference expansion in a conferencing system includes the following steps. At least one port is reserved in an original conference allocated in the conferencing system. A hub conference is allocated, when a maximum number of participants for the original conference is reached. A calculated number of ports in the hub conference are reserved for linking to the original conference and to a corresponding number of expansion conferences when allocation of at least one of the number of expansion conferences is called for. The hub conference is linked to the original conference via the reserved port of the original conference and one of the reserved ports of the hub conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Norman Anson, Ignacio Miranda Gonzalez
  • Method and Apparatus for Expanding Conference Sizes
    Publication number: 20080043645
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for conference expansion in a conferencing system. For example, a method of providing for conference expansion in a conferencing system includes the following steps. At least one port is reserved in an original conference allocated in the conferencing system. A hub conference is allocated, when a maximum number of participants for the original conference is reached. A calculated number of ports in the hub conference are reserved for linking to the original conference and to a corresponding number of expansion conferences when allocation of at least one of the number of expansion conferences is called for. The hub conference is linked to the original conference via the reserved port of the original conference and one of the reserved ports of the hub conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Russell Norman Anson, Ignacio Miranda Gonzalez