Cisco Technology, Inc.

United States Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology

Other

John Albert Toebes

Bryan C Turner

Douglas Jay Walker

Wen-hsiung Chen

Fang Wu

Gregory Pelton

Ilya Slain

Matthew Kuhlke

Philip Clifford Jacobs

Dov Rosenfeld

Glenn Thomas Millican, Iii

John Christopher Davi

Gary T Chou

Anthony John Wasilewski

Lisa Louise Bobbitt

Roger Melton

David Frank Baker

Ari Daniel Scheinman

Mary Ellen Toebes

Pascal Thubert

Eric Michel Levy-Abegnoli

Alpesh S Patel

Dihong Tian

Arthur Gerald Howarth

Brian Lawler

Pi Sheng Chang

Denise G Caballero-McCann

Jack Chi Cham

Guido Jouret

Ping Li

Mickey Sartin

Josh D Williams

Robert Michael Bracalente

Keith Siracuse

Xiaorong Tai

Sam Gupta

Eric Chan

Shmuel Shaffer

Labhesh Patel

Billy Gayle Moon

Luke K Surazski

Philip Roland Graham

Stephen Levy

Michael Pereira

Joseph Brian Burton

Deepali Apurva Brahmbhatt

Surendra Prajapat

Mark Lane Craig, Jr

The present embodiments relates to wireless adaptors. In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method may include obtaining an adaptor-device identification that identifies both a wireless adaptor and a wired device coupled with the wireless adaptor; and communicating with a network device via a wireless network using the adaptor-device identification, the wired device being distinguishable from other wired devices using the adaptor-device identification.

Wireless adapter

Techniques are presented herein to enable a port of an electrical device to be selectively connected to either a first component or a second component of the electrical device. The port is configured to physically interface with an external device. The first component and second component perform different functions. A signal directing circuit is coupled to the port, and is configured to selectively connect the port to one of the first and second components.

Selectively connecting a port of an electrical device to components in the electrical device

The present invention includes a device, method, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text. In one form, a method for providing selectable characters within a user interface includes determining an operating mode of a communication device and receiving an input associated with a selected input key. The method determines a group of characters associated with the selected key based on the operating mode and displays the group of characters within the user interface. The user interface may display a first character of the group of characters within a first portion of the user interface and the group of characters proximal to the first character within a second portion of the user interface.

Device, methods, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text

In one embodiment, a method comprises a presenter device controlling a web-based collaboration session with session participants via a collaboration server; receiving by the presenter device a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) response from a web server, the HTTP response dynamically generated by the web server according to a presenter context associated with a presenter using the presenter device; the presenter device delegating the presenter context based on sending the HTTP response to the collaboration server for presentation of the HTTP response to the at least one session participant, enabling the at least one session participant to independently control viewing of at least a portion of the HTTP response according to the presenter context.

Presenter device as web proxy for collaborative sharing of web content having presenter context

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a request for access to a first system and obtaining a visual image including at least a first piece of information associated with the request. The visual image is associated with a first device and obtained using a second device. The method also includes determining if the at least first piece of information indicates that the access to the first system is to be granted, wherein determining if the at least first piece of information indicates that the access to the first system is to be granted includes implementing a visual recognition algorithm to process the at least first piece of information. Finally, the access to the first system is granted if it is determined that the at least first piece of information indicates that the access to the first system is to be granted.

Method and apparatus for identifying and associating devices using visual recognition

A user device is provided that includes an authentication application that runs on the user device. A calibration device is also provided that includes authentication algorithm configuration information and an authentication token. The user device is connected to the calibration device to receive the authentication algorithm configuration information and the authentication token. The user device then supplies to a target device to be authenticated an authentication request that includes the authentication token. The user device receives an authentication response from the target device. The user device then analyzes the authentication response with the authentication application based on the authentication algorithm configuration information to determine whether the target device is authenticated.

Attesting authenticity of infrastructure modules

In one embodiment, a first controlling device includes a processor to send a first pairing request to a remote device, receive a grant of access from the remote device, receive user input commands, receive a second pairing request from a second controlling device, grant access to the second controlling device, receive control commands from the second controlling device, and send control commands to the remote device based on the control commands received from the second controlling device and the user input commands, after the first controlling device loses a connection with the remote device, the processor being operative to send a third pairing request to the remote device and receive a denial of the third pairing request and an identification of the second controlling device from the remote device, send a fourth pairing request to the second controlling device, receive a grant of access from the second controlling device.

Multi-master wireless remote control

In one embodiment, a method includes determining when an incoming call from a caller to a callee is to be routed for processing by a voice mail arrangement, and obtaining status information associated with the callee when the incoming call is to be routed for processing by the voice mail arrangement. The method also includes generating a first greeting based on the status information, and processing the call. Processing the call includes causing the first greeting to be played for the caller.

Automatic updating of voicemail greetings based on networking status

In one embodiment, a method includes recording a sequence of online activities of a first user. The online activities include online consumption of online content by the first user. The method includes constructing a path based on the sequence of online activities of the first user. The path includes a sequence of online activity points that each correspond to one of the online activities in the sequence of online activities of the first user, and the path enables a second user to experience personally for themselves at least an approximation of the sequence of online activities of the first user. The method includes communicating the path for traversal of a portion of the path by the second user.

Recording a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) session for playback

Methods and apparatus for using a presence status to generate a list of possible contacts based on a partial entry of a contact address are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method includes obtaining at least a partial entry of a destination address that identifies a first destination to be accessed. The method also includes identifying a plurality of potential destinations that each includes the partial entry, and determining a presence status of each potential destination. Finally, the method also includes ordering the potential destinations based on the presence status of each potential destination.

Presence based connecting number search

Embodiments provide techniques for providing copy protection from capturing a displayed image using one or more camera devices. Embodiments generate a plurality of frames, based on the received image, such that when the plurality of frames are displayed using at least a threshold refresh rate, the displayed plurality of frames appears as the received image when viewed by a user, and the displayed plurality of frames appears as one of a plurality of other images when captured by an image capture device. The plurality of frames are then output for display on one or more display devices configured to use at least the threshold refresh rate.

Copy protection from capture devices for photos and videos

In particular embodiments, a method for editing a web page includes identifying a plurality of components that collectively form a programmatic representation of a first web page. At least one of the components has content that dynamically changes in response to data retrieved externally from the content. A second web page is generated. The second web page includes a plurality of parameters. Each parameter of the second web page corresponds to a respective one of the identified plurality of components. One or more modifications made to the plurality of parameters are interpreted. A programmatic representation of a third web page is generated, the generation based at least in part on the interpretation.

Editing web pages

In one embodiment, a method includes identifying when a call to a callee has been initiated by a system. Once the call is identified as being initiated, status information associated with the callee is obtained. The status information is then displayed on the system.

Method and apparatus for displaying a social networking status message on a dialing phone

In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a user identifier circuit, a button pressure signature specifying a sequence of button pressure values sampled while a corresponding identified button of a user input device is pressed by a user; the user identifier circuit identifying the user of the user input device based on the button pressure signature; and the user identifier circuit outputting a message identifying the identified button and the identified user.

Identifying user by measuring pressure of button presses on user input device

In one embodiment, a method comprises supplying, by a network node to a peer network node, a randomization seed assigned to the network node for generating a prescribed sequence of pseudorandom numbers according to a prescribed pseudorandom number generation function; encoding each data block having a corresponding position in an ordered sequence of a stream of data blocks, into a corresponding differentially-encoded data block based on applying a product of the corresponding data block and the corresponding pseudorandom number, having the corresponding position in the prescribed sequence, to a corresponding successively-preceding differentially-encoded data block from the prescribed ordered sequence, the data block recoverable solely based on a determined difference between the corresponding differentially-encoded data block and the corresponding successively-preceding differentially-encoded data block relative to the corresponding pseudorandom number; and outputting each differentially-encoded data block in a corresponding packet that identifies the network node and the corresponding position.

Streaming network coding

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Cary, NC, United States of America

John Albert Toebes