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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2002
Applicants:

John William Richardson, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Jens Cahnbley, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

John William Richardson, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Jens Cahnbley, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Kumar Ramaswamy, Princeton, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04L 29/06027 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 65/4038 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a network having routing elements for routing information through the network, there is provided a method for providing an ability to set up a Quality of Service contract for a videoconference session between clients. A reservation is received for a time period for the videoconference session. Configuration information, for filtering real-time traffic corresponding to the videoconference session from other traffic traversing the network, is sent to at least one of the routing elements after the time period is reserved.


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