Patents by Inventor William M. Hudson, Jr.

William M. Hudson, Jr. 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 providing a dial plan conversion in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment
    Patent number: 7899175
    Abstract: A method to be executed in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment is provided that includes initiating a conversion process that involves a change from a first communications platform to a second communications platform. One or more routing tables associated with the first communications platform are then dumped. A conversion script is executed such that one or more patterns associated with a dial plan corresponding to the second communications platform are provided in a dial plan format. One or more files associated with the dial plan are loaded into one or more endpoints that are designated to change to the second communications platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise G. Caballero-McCann, William M. Hudson, Jr., Stephen Levy, Daniel P. Linton, Carleton M. Luck, Jr., Louis L. Pratt, Christopher E. Pearce
  • System and method for providing a dial plan conversion in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment
    Patent number: 7778404
    Abstract: A method to be executed in a session initiation protocol (SIP) environment is provided that includes initiating a conversion process that involves a change from a first communications platform to a second communications platform. One or more routing tables associated with the first communications platform are then dumped. A conversion script is executed such that one or more patterns associated with a dial plan corresponding to the second communications platform are provided in a dial plan format. One or more files associated with the dial plan are loaded into one or more endpoints that are designated to change to the second communications platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise G. Caballero-McCann, William M. Hudson, Jr., Stephen Levy, Daniel P. Linton, Carleton M. Luck, Jr., Louis L. Pratt, Christopher E. Pearce
  • Bubble tower
    Patent number: D388838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Inventor: William M. Hudson, Jr.