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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Polycom Israel, Ltd., Petach-Tikva, IL;
Inventors:
Roni Even, Tel Aviv, IL;
Uri Rabinison, Marietta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Polycom, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/60 (2013.01); H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04L 29/06027 (2013.01); H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04L 65/1009 (2013.01); H04L 65/1043 (2013.01); H04L 65/1046 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/607 (2013.01); H04L 65/608 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for providing multimedia communication between a firewall protected, LAN based endpoint and an endpoint that is external to the LAN. A logical port of a multimedia communications control unit is attached to the LAN behind the firewall. Another logical port of the multimedia communications control unit is attached to the external endpoint. Multimedia communication data, consisting of call management data and media data, can be exchanged between the endpoints via the multimedia.