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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:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Burwell Goode, Weston, CT (US);
Min LU, Freehold, NJ (US);
Leopold Strahs, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a centralized or regionalized transcoding function are disclosed. For example, the method detects a codec mismatch during a call setup between a calling party endpoint device and a called party endpoint device. The method then invokes a transcoding function directly by at least one border element (BE) to handle the detected mismatch, where the transcoding function is performed by at least one centralized or regionalized transcoding server and at least one media resource.