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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2004
Christopher M. Schmidt, Rockville, MD (US);
Daniel L. Becker, Frederick, MD (US);
Patrick J. Foy, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Christopher M. Schmidt, Rockville, MD (US);
Daniel L. Becker, Frederick, MD (US);
Patrick J. Foy, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
3E Technologies International, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A method and system for fast setup of group Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications. The method and system provide a lower VoIP signaling overhead and a faster setup-time of group calls such as N-way audio and/or audio-video conference calls. Multi-party VoIP connections are quickly set-up over one or more virtual communications channels established between plural network devices using a session layer application, one or more group transport layer ports and a broadcast destination network address.