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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Marco Schneider, Austin, TX (US);

Yi Zhang, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04M 3/58 (2006.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04L 65/1083 (2013.01); H04L 67/148 (2013.01); H04M 3/58 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/1327 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method are disclosed for migrating between terminals. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network proxy having a controller that manages a communications interface in a communication system. The controller can be programmed to receive a request to migrate a first terminal to a third terminal while active communications are taking place on a first voice channel connecting the first terminal to a second terminal, establish a second voice channel with the third terminal, connect the first and second voice channels, and terminate without action of an end user of the first terminal a connection between the first terminal and the first voice channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed.


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