I co-invented that one. It's a good one. A lot of my input went into it, but the final product was much more general than I was originally led to believe.
Somehow this patent was slowly changed from "disclosing sip contact center technologies" to a patent on "using SIP". The original intention was to do this for disclosure purposes in order defend against clowns like Katz. However, the company that owns this patent has since transferred rights to one of their subsidiary IP PBX firms and eventually they may decide to use this patent for other purposes besides "defensive disclosure". I imagine that they could always whip this patent out on competing SIP PBX companies... It certainly would be annoying to deal with. -------------------------------------------------- Salvatore Giudice [EMAIL PROTECTED] VoIP Security Training, LLC http://VoIPSecurityTraining.com 848 N. Rainbow Blvd. #1676 Las Vegas, NV 89107 Phone: (702) 979-2906 Fax: (212) 279-2906 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Collins Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:05 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Verizon-Vonage Lawsuit > Salvatore Giudice wrote: > > Take a look at this patent: > > http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20060098624.html > > > > > > Title: Using session initiation protocol > > Document Type and Number:United States Patent 20060098624 > > Inventors: > > Morgan, David P. (Lexington, MA, US) > > Sullivan, Daniel B. (Charlestown, MA, US) > > Erickson, Jon A. (Scituate, MA, US) > > Giudice, Salvatore R. (Charlestown, MA, US) > > > > This is the kind of stuff that goes on in corporate America when it > comes to > > new technology and patent law. =) > > Holy cow. > > -Stephen- You ain't kidding!!! Next thing you know someone will try to patent this: "User picks up communications unit human interface device, a.k.a. 'handset', in response to audible ringing indication (visual 'ring' indication is optional)." Just when I thought I couldn't have a lower expectation for a government agency - here comes the USPTO. Monumental foolishness. -MC P.S. - in broader terms, are there any of these patents that threaten FOSS telephony projects? _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users