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Method and apparatus for managing communication resources

US11637873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Reuben Klein · East Brunswick Township, US
Richard Bennett · Southlake, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2015
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L65/403
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that performs operations including receiving a request for a communication session, determining participants of the communication session, determining a location of each participant of the communication session, selecting a virtual media server from among a group of media servers according to a location that reduces a communication path among the participants for the communication session, instantiating the virtual media server at a start time of the communication session, grouping the participants of the communication session into end points, and relaying communication session data between the end points. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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