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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
John D. Ehrsam, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Tony A. Stewart, Shawnee Mission, KS (US);
Benjamin P. Blinn, Overland Park, KS (US);
John D. Ehrsam, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Tony A. Stewart, Shawnee Mission, KS (US);
Benjamin P. Blinn, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method and system for reducing latency in establishment of a real-time communication session, such as an instant chat session for instance. The method and system provides for detecting the occurrence of a triggering event that indicates a user is likely to soon request initiation of a real-time media session, before the user actually makes the request. In response to detection of the triggering event, the method and system then provides for reserving a data connection through which the session can be set up and carried and maintaining that data connection for a certain period of time. Thereafter, if and when the user actually requests initiation of a session, a data connection will already exist, or procedures will have already begun to establish the data connection.