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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Robert C. Stein, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert C. Stein, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J003/16 ; H04L012/16 ; H04L012/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A broadband telephony network changes a number of users in a multiuser call. The network initially has active users. Each initial active user has a one-way connection as an origin and a one-way connection as a destination. In response to a change in the number of users, for each active user maintaining an active status, the destination of one of the connections where that active user is the origin is changed while that active user remains as that connection's origin.