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System and method for interconnecting portable information devices through a network based telecommunication system

US6681252B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1999
Grant dateJan 20, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M7/1205
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A personal information device (PID) is coupled to an IP Telephony phone in order to provide end-to-end connectivity to another PID through a network. The architecture disclosed includes a pair of internet-enabled phones that are able to establish a call session using a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and a Session Description Protocol (SDP). Each phone is also provided with an interface configured to communicate with a PID. Each PID is registered to a corresponding internet-enabled phone using each PID user's SIP URL. The user of a first PID connected to a first phone requests a call to a SIP URL corresponding to the user of the second PID that is connected to a second phone. The SIP URL for the user of the second PID is resolved to the network address of the second phone and connection is established between the first and second phones. The connection includes a media stream for transferring data between each of the PIDs. A data object transmitted by the first PID through its interface with the first phone is transmitted to the second phone through the media stream of the connection between the first and second phones. The data object received by the second phone is transmitted …

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