Cisco Technology, Inc.

Prasad Miriyala

Arthur Gerald Howarth

Chandrodaya Prasad

Roland Arthur Saville

Parameswaran Kumarasamy

Jing Li

Soumya Kumar Kalahasti

Harshad Bhaskar Nakil

Mehryar Khalili Garakani

Ming Chi Chen

Ramakrishnan Kunnath

Pascal Thubert

Patrick Wetterwald

Wen-hsiung Chen

Mark Alan Bakke

Vincent Jean Ribiere

Herbert Michael Wildfeuer

Anuraag Mittal

Jianxin Wang

Manjunath Sreedhara Bangalore

Sandeep Singh Kohli

Cheng-Jia Lai

Anantha R Mekala

Patrik Buckingham

Praveen Kumar Konda

Fred M Tada

Chandroadya Prasad

Henry Diep

Jianping Huang

Embodiments include a method of managing operating states of a plurality of digital signal processors (DSPs). The method generally includes determining a first number of the plurality of DSPs to operate in a ready state, determining a second number of the plurality of DSPs to operate in a first energy-saving state, and determining a third number of the plurality of DSPs to operate in a second energy-saving state. In some embodiments, the first energy-saving state corresponds to a dormant mode of the DSPs, and the second energy-saving state corresponds to a reset mode of the DSPs.

Dynamic energy savings for digital signal processor modules using plural energy savings states

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving static profiles each comprising one or more properties of an operating environment, receiving a dynamic profile for identifying a configuration of an interface based on the static profile associated with said dynamic profile, associating the dynamic profile with one of the static profiles based on the operating environment of the interface, and automatically updating the association upon identifying a change in the operating environment. An apparatus is also disclosed.

Dynamic policy based interface configuration for virtualized environments

In an example embodiment, there is described herein an apparatus comprising an interface for communicating with a plurality of digital signal processors and logic operable to send and receive data via the interface. The logic is configured to determine a first set of digital signal processors to be maintained in a ready state, a second set of digital signal processors to be maintained in a first energy saving state, and a third set of digital signal processors to be maintained in a second energy saving state.

In one implementation, a method includes determining first component data by a first aggregation device at a first time, the first aggregation device being associated with a first one of a plurality of device components of a device, the first component data comprising identification data regarding at least a second one of the plurality of device components of the device. The first component data may be stored. A component request may be received

Inventory devices and methods

In one embodiment, a method is provided, including: initiating an interactive voice response (IVR) session between a first endpoint and an IVR system over an IP network; establishing a first media path between the first endpoint and a second endpoint; establishing a second media path between the first endpoint and the IVR system; and receiving at the IVR system a notice of a telephony event from the first endpoint. In another embodiment, a method is provided, including: initiating an interactive voice response (IVR) session between a first endpoint and an IVR system over an IP network; establishing a secure media path between the first endpoint and a second endpoint; and receiving an unsecured notice of a telephony event from the first endpoint.

Interactive voice response and secure media system integration

Systems and methods for image processing, comprising receiving a video frame, coding a first portion of the video frame at a different quality than a second portion of the video frame, based on an optical property, and displaying the video frame.

Telepresence system for 360 degree video conferencing

Methods and systems for secure conferencing in a network have been provided. Relevant endpoints from the provided endpoints are selected on the basis of the endpoint selection parameters received in an SRTP extension. Data streams generated from the selected endpoints are decrypted and mixed, to obtain all the possible data stream mixes. A source identifier is inserted in all the possible data stream mixes. On the basis of source identifiers, endpoints can selectively receive any of the generated data streams.

Method and system for secure conferencing

In one implementation, a method includes reading first component data from a first tag associated with a first component of a device. The device may be powered on or off. The first component data indicate components associated with the first component at a first time. The method may involve obtaining second component data from a second tag associated with a support structure. The second component data may indicate components disposed in the support structure at a second time. The method may also involve comparing the first component data with the second component data and determining whether the first component data match the second component data.

A Digital Signal Processor (DSP) cloud architecture for clustering DSP resources across multiple integrated media-services gateways. The control plane components use peer-to-peer overlay connections for DSP resource management. The data plane components use a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) for media stream packet processing.

Digital signal processor clustering in integrated media-services gateways

Some implementations of the invention involve forming 'logical' or 'virtual' devices by aggregating a plurality of physical devices. The physical devices may be, for example, controllers, RFID readers and/or storage devices. Some logical devices comprise components of physical devices, such as individual antennas from a plurality of RFID readers. The physical devices may be located near one another or may be distributed over a wide geographical area. Logical device definitions can also be concatenated to include devices having two or more levels of logical device definitions. A single logical device grouping may include physical devices at differing levels of a network hierarchy.

Virtual readers for scalable RFID infrastructures

A method and system for remotely configuring and/or provisioning a device that is nonoperational is provided. The device may be, in general, any electronic device that includes at least one setting ('device setting') that can be programmatically or otherwise established or adjusted to configure and/or provision the device for its operation. The method includes detecting, via a radio frequency identification ('RFID') tag, a state of a device that is communicatively coupled to the RFID tag; and providing the device setting via the RFID tag when the state signifies that the device is nonoperational.

Method and system for remotely provisioning and/or configuring a device

Mechanisms are provided to inventory groupings of components, e.g., the physical chassis of a networking device as well as the various cards, modules, and/or blades inserted within the chassis. The inventory may be performed remotely. Some implementations also provide mechanisms to determine remotely the physical location of the asset. Preferred implementations of the invention can provide such functionality regardless of whether a main power supply of the physical device is on or off. Some embodiments of the invention employ radio frequency identification ('RFID') technology.

Remote inventory of devices

In one embodiment, a method includes initiating an interactive voice response (IVR) session with a user over an IP network, identifying an imminent secure session event, and initiating an encrypted mode for the IVR session.

Interactive voice response system security

A network device is disclosed. The network device includes a port to allow the device to communicate on a full bandwidth channel, a main processor to control reception and transmission of data and a compressor. The compressor identifies repeated fixed sequences in the data, and replaces repeated fixed sequences with an identifier sequence, a count of repetitions and the fixed sequence. The network device may have a decompressor instead of, or in addition to, the compressor that can decompress received data that is compressed.

Compression of repeated patterns in full bandwidth channels over a packet network

Some implementations of the present invention provide methods and devices for detecting the theft of, and disabling, electronic devices such as computers and network devices. The devices may be disabled when a signal is not detected, e.g., for a predetermined period of time. For example, a radio frequency ('RF') signal (e.g., a beacon), an Internet Protocol ('IP') signal or the like may define a space within which the devices may be operated with complete functionality. Outside this space, the devices will be disabled, at least to some degree. The degree of disablement may depend on the length of time since the signal was last detected. Alternatively, the devices may be disabled when a signal is detected: some such implementations define &#x201c;portals,&#x201d; &#x201c;choke points&#x201d; or the like past which a device may not be transported without some degree of disablement.

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