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EP2561439 - UNIFIED FRAMEWORK AND METHOD FOR CALL CONTROL AND MEDIA CONTROL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 15.01.2021 Database last updated on 21.03.2026
Former	The patent has been granted Status updated on 07.02.2020
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 22.09.2019
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 19.01.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	08.07.2022	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): MK	published on 10.08.2022 [2022/32]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Cisco Technology, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134 / US
	[2016/32]
Former [2015/36]	For all designated states Tropo, Inc. 800 Menlo Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 / US
Former [2013/38]	For all designated states Voxeo Labs, Inc. 800 Menlo Avenue Menlo Park, CA 94025 / US
Former [2013/09]	For all designated states Voxeo Corporation 189 South Orange Avenue 2050 Orlando, FL 32801 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / CHEN, Wei 12197 Candy Lane Saratoga, California 95070 / US
	02 / LIU, Zhiyu Room 22-8-1401 No. 380 Changping Road Changping District Beijing 100193 / CN
	03 / ZHU, Xiaopu No.1 Wang Chen Lane Daxing District Beijing 102604 / CN
	04 / DE CASTRO, JR., Jose Maria 155 S Court Ave 1005 Orlando, Florida 32801 / US
	[2013/09]
Representative(s)	Mathys & Squire 32 London Bridge Street The Shard London SE1 9SG / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2020/11]	Mathys & Squire The Shard 32 London Bridge Street London SE1 9SG / GB
Former [2013/09]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
Application number, filing date	11717858.2	18.04.2011
	[2020/11]
	WO2011US32909
Priority number, date	US201113088396	17.04.2011 Original published format: US201113088396
	US20100325355P	18.04.2010 Original published format: US 325355 P
	[2013/13]
Former [2013/09]	US20110088396	17.04.2011
	US20100325355P	18.04.2010
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2011133472
	Date:	27.10.2011
	Language:	EN
	[2011/43]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP2561439
	Date:	27.02.2013
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 27.10.2011 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2013/09]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2561439
	Date:	11.03.2020
	Language:	EN
	[2020/11]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	27.10.2011
Classification	IPC:	G06F8/20, H04L29/06	[2019/42]
	CPC:	G06F8/20 (EP,US); H04L65/1104 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [2013/09]	G06F9/44
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2013/09]
Extension states	BA	Not yet paid
	ME	Not yet paid
Title	German:	EINHEITLICHES RAHMENWERK UND VERFAHREN ZUR RUFSTEUERUNG UND MEDIENSTEUERUNG	[2013/09]
	English:	UNIFIED FRAMEWORK AND METHOD FOR CALL CONTROL AND MEDIA CONTROL	[2013/09]
	French:	STRUCTURE UNIFIÉE ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT UN CONTRÔLE D'APPELS ET UN CONTRÔLE MULTIMÉDIA	[2013/09]
Entry into regional phase	17.10.2012	National basic fee paid
	17.10.2012	Designation fee(s) paid
	17.10.2012	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	17.10.2012	Examination requested [2013/09]
	06.06.2013	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	17.01.2018	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	21.05.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	22.08.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M02)
	30.08.2019	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.09.2019	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	03.02.2020	Fee for grant paid
	03.02.2020	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	03.02.2020	Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 17.01.2018
Opposition(s)	14.12.2020	No opposition filed within time limit [2021/07]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.04.2013	Renewal fee patent year 03
	24.10.2014	Renewal fee patent year 04
	01.07.2015	Renewal fee patent year 05
	27.04.2016	Renewal fee patent year 06
	27.04.2017	Renewal fee patent year 07
	27.04.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	29.04.2019	Renewal fee patent year 09
	Penalty fee
	Additional fee for renewal fee
	30.04.2014	04 M06 Fee paid on 24.10.2014
	30.04.2015	05 M06 Fee paid on 01.07.2015
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	HU	18.04.2011
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MK	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	IE	18.04.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	BE	30.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
	[2022/31]
Former [2022/30]	HU	18.04.2011
	AL	11.03.2020
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	IE	18.04.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	BE	30.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2022/27]	HU	18.04.2011
	AT	11.03.2020
	CY	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	MT	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	IE	18.04.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	BE	30.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2022/26]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	TR	11.03.2020
	IE	18.04.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	BE	30.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/20]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	IE	18.04.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	BE	30.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/10]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	PL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SI	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	BE	30.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/09]	AT	11.03.2020
	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	IT	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/08]	CZ	11.03.2020
	DK	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	ES	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	LU	18.04.2020
	CH	30.04.2020
	LI	30.04.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2021/04]	CZ	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	MC	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/50]	CZ	11.03.2020
	EE	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/49]	CZ	11.03.2020
	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SK	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/48]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RO	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	SM	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
	PT	05.08.2020
Former [2020/47]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LT	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/46]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
	IS	11.07.2020
Former [2020/45]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	NL	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/39]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	BG	11.06.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/38]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
	GR	12.06.2020
Former [2020/37]	FI	11.03.2020
	HR	11.03.2020
	LV	11.03.2020
	RS	11.03.2020
	SE	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Former [2020/35]	FI	11.03.2020
	NO	11.06.2020
Cited in	International search	[YD] US2007280226 (SONALKAR ROHIT et al.)
		[Y] ERICH GAMMA, RICHARD HELM, RALPH JOHNSON, JOHN VLISSIDES: "Design Patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software", January 2000, ADDISON - WESLEY, Reading, Massachusetts, US, ISBN: 0201633612, article "Facade", pages: 185 - 193, XP002656793
		[YD] ERICH GAMMA, RICHARD HELM, RALPH JOHNSON, JOHN VLISSIDES: "Design Patterns: elements of reusable object-oriented software", January 2000, ADDISON - WESLEY, Reading, Massachusetts, US, ISBN: 0201633612, article "Chain of Responsibility", pages: 223 - 232, XP002656794
	by applicant	US6922411
		US7865607

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