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Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2007
Applicants:

Vijay Arumugam Kannan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Parameswaran Kumarasamy, San Jose, CA (US);

Kavithadevi Parameswaran, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vijay Arumugam Kannan, Mountain View, CA (US);

Parameswaran Kumarasamy, San Jose, CA (US);

Kavithadevi Parameswaran, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for providing secure blast calls. An example embodiment includes a secure blast call apparatus including a blast component to determine if a secure or a non-secure call connection is needed and to blast a call connection invite to a plurality of destination endpoints; and a connection component to determine if a responding destination endpoint is a secure or a non-secure destination endpoint, to establish a connection with a secure destination endpoint if a secure call connection is needed, and to establish a connection with a non-secure destination endpoint if a non-secure call connection is needed.


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