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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:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2000
Applicants:
Josephus Kuster, Plano, TX (US);
Eric Valentine, Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Josephus Kuster, Plano, TX (US);
Eric Valentine, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Telefonktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04J 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and protocol for providing direct, per-call address information exchange () between two distinct IP media gateways, including establishment of a first termination point () in an originating media gateway (), transferring address information for the first termination point () to a receiving media gateway (), establishing () of a second termination point () in the receiving media gateway, and using the address information to establish direct communication between the first and second termination points.