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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Christopher G. Ramsayer, Apex, NC (US);
Philip John Campion, Apex, NC (US);
Jeong Min Kim, Allen, TX (US);
Christopher G. Ramsayer, Apex, NC (US);
Philip John Campion, Apex, NC (US);
Jeong Min Kim, Allen, TX (US);
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composite user agent acting on behalf of a group of member user agents in a communication network. The composite user agent provides its group of member user agents with a specialized proxy function while representing the group to the network as a single user agent. To devices on the communication network, the composite user agent behaves and is viewed as a user agent. To the group of member user agents, the composite user agent behaves and is viewed as both a registrar and a proxy server.