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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin J. Parker, Overland Park, KS (US);
Shane R. Werner, Olathe, KS (US);
Charles Diaz, Olathe, KS (US);
Terry M. Frederick, Lenexa, KS (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company, LP, Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 ;
Abstract
The present invention establishes a direct communication session between separate users that are engaged in active sessions in an Internet chat or instant messaging environment. Within these active sessions, a video telephony call is initiated for sending video over a public data network simultaneously with sending voice within a telephone call placed over a public telephone network.