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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Stephen Ballard, Plano, TX (US);
Bill Kewin, Rowlett, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Ballard, Plano, TX (US);
Bill Kewin, Rowlett, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method may include receiving handshake signals to establish a media session between at least two endpoints, determining location information of the at least two endpoints based on the handshake signals, and releasing media exchanged between the at least two endpoints if it is determined that the location information of the at least two endpoints indicates that the at least two endpoints are in a same location.