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Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2007
Applicants:

Yaan Mirng Jeffrey Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Faisal Sivayudeen, Kerala, IN;

Vijay Arumugam Kannan, Milpitas, CA (US);

Yosef Rizal Tamsil, Burlingame, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yaan Mirng Jeffrey Chen, San Jose, CA (US);

Faisal Sivayudeen, Kerala, IN;

Vijay Arumugam Kannan, Milpitas, CA (US);

Yosef Rizal Tamsil, Burlingame, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and method for negotiating media capabilities is described. The method may comprise receiving an invite to establish a connection between a caller endpoint device and one of a plurality of callee endpoint devices of a shared line and identifying an initial common media capability between the caller endpoint device and the plurality of endpoint devices. Thereafter, the method may comprise negotiating a connection between the caller endpoint device and the callee endpoint device using the common media capability and determining if the caller endpoint device and the callee endpoint device have a common enhanced media capabilities. The connection may be re-negotiated using the enhanced media capability.


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