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Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Connelly, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Sharma Kanchinadham, King of Prussia, PA (US);

Bhagabati Prasad Maharana, Bensalem, PA (US);

Louis Rubin, Ruskin, FL (US);

Michael Cook, Flemington, NJ (US);

James Tobin, Newton Square, PA (US);

Jeffrey Lewis, Wayne, PA (US);

Bavani Subramaniam, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 65/1033 (2022.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/51 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/51 (2022.05); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 65/1036 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user device may join an ongoing communication of another user device by sending a request to the other user device to join the ongoing communication. The other user device may provide an option for the user of the other device to accept the request. Alternatively, the other user device may automatically add the user device to the ongoing communication or decline to the add the user device to the ongoing communication.


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