Qualcomm Incorporated

Cisco Managed Solutions, Inc.

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Wayne Fenton

Gilad Bornstein

Nathan Felix Altman

Gabriel Berelejis

Joshua Dickenson Hershberg

David Bieselin

Brandon Fuller

Darin Dunlap

Glenn Hahn

Bart Narter

Jeff Ou

Wesley Yu

Nathan Altman

A control device executing a networking framework for controlling a network of smart objects registered with a framework may interact with only those smart objects in a room. A radio frequency signal broadcast on the networking framework for reception by smart objects registered with the networking framework may cause each of the plurality of smart objects to transmit an ultrasound signal that may include an identifier, such as a generic identifier of the smart object that was assigned during registration with the network framework. The control device may receive the ultrasound signals only from the smart objects in the room. The control device may rename each smart object from which ultrasound signals were received with new identifying information that may include a reference to the room. The device may then communicate with the smart objects via the networking framework using the new identifying information.

Methods, smart objects, and systems for naming and interacting with smart objects

A user connected to a data network controls a parallel teleconference network by sending requests through the data network. The requests are validated against permissions granted to the user and an action associated with a request is performed at the teleconferencing network if the request is validated. A status for a teleconference hosted by the teleconferencing network may be sent when the action is performed or when other changes occur during the teleconference. A voice message also may be sent to a user that is affected by the action. In one aspect, the allowed actions are presented to the user through the data network. In another aspect, a graphical user interface for controlling the teleconferencing network is presented to the user through the data network.

End user control of a teleconferencing network through a data network

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Wayne Fenton