Patent · US Active

Joining ongoing communications

US12388904B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC · US

Inventors

Michael Connelly · Philadelphia, US
Sharma Kanchinadham · King of Prussia, US
Bhagabati Prasad Maharana · Bensalem, US
Louis Rubin · Ruskin, US
Michael J. Cook · Flemington, US
James Tobin · San Francisco, US
Jeffrey Lewis · Wayne, US
Bavani Subramaniam · Chennai, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/306
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A user device may join an ongoing communication of another user device by sending a request to the other user device to join the ongoing communication. The other user device may provide an option for the user of the other device to accept the request. Alternatively, the other user device may automatically add the user device to the ongoing communication or decline to the add the user device to the ongoing communication.

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