Providing communication services using sets of I/O user devices
US11330041B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 20, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/0268
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user terminal emulation server maintains a database identifying network addresses, UI capabilities, and locations of I/O user devices. Communication sessions are established between first and second user terminal emulation applications and respective first and second I/O user devices proximately located to respective first and second users and which provide acceptable combined I/O user interfaces to the first and second users. When a direct path criterion is satisfied for creating a direct traffic flow, a traffic flow that was from the first I/O user devices to the first user terminal emulation applications is redirected to now be from the first I/O user device to the second I/O user device without passing through either of the first and second user terminal emulation applications.
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