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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Herve Provost, Seyssinet-Pariset, FR;
Marc Berenguer, Revel, FR;
Laurent Viroulaud, Grenoble, FR;
France Telecom, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of transferring communication streams, including establishing a first stream via a first communication path between a first terminal and a second terminal, opening a second communication path between the second terminal and the first terminal, sending to the first terminal, via the second communication path, a request to establish a communication stream between the first terminal and a third terminal via a third communication path, and comparing respective capabilities of the first terminal and the third terminal to determine whether it is possible to establish a communication stream between the first terminal and the third terminal, and in the affirmative, interrupting the first stream and establishing a communication stream, between the first terminal and the third terminal.