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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2004
Michael Tasker, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jawhny Cooke, San Jose, CA (US);
Laure Andrieux, San Jose, CA (US);
Fong Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Najeeb Farhan Haddad, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Tasker, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jawhny Cooke, San Jose, CA (US);
Laure Andrieux, San Jose, CA (US);
Fong Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Najeeb Farhan Haddad, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Approaches for provisioning phones in packet voice networks are disclosed. One approach provides determining that an Internet Protocol (IP) phone has registered in a network; receiving a unique identifier of the IP phone; determining, based on the unique identifier of the IP phone, a user identifier of an individual user associated with the IP phone; generating a configuration for the IP phone based on the user identifier; and providing the configuration to the IP phone. Various approaches for deriving a user identifier based on the unique identifier of the phone are disclosed.