Patents by Inventor T. Terrence Clancy

T. Terrence Clancy 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).

  • Dynamically modifying functionality in a configurable communications protocol stack
    Patent number: 7039703
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for dynamically modifying functionality in a configurable communications protocol stack includes, at an interface device, operating a protocol stack that includes existing protocol stack software operable to process events associated with connections initiated subsequent to the existing protocol stack software being activated for new connections. The method also includes communicating new protocol stack software from a system controller to the interface device, which may be connected to multiple telephony resources, for purposes of modifying the existing protocol stack software operating on the interface device. At the interface device, new protocol stack software is received from the system controller and is operable to process events associated with connections initiated subsequent to the new protocol stack software being activated for new connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Terrence Clancy, Vijayakrishna H. Kachinthaya