Method and system for media connectivity over a packet-based network

US6724747B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Telcordia Technologies, Inc., A Corp. of Delaware · US

Inventors

• Mauricio Arango · Bogota, CO
• Louis Cahl · Edison, US
• Michael J. Cook · Flemington, US
• Thomas C. Ely · Bound Brook, US
• Christian Huitema · Clyde Hill, US
• Frederick Obrock · Scotch Plains, US
• Darek A. Smyk · Piscataway, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2213/13388
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for a distributed scalable hardware independent system that supports multiple functions regarding management and support of communications over a packet-based network. The communications supported by these methods and systems include, but are not limited to, Voice Over Internet Protocol (“VOIP”), voice over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (“ATM”), video conferencing, data transfer, telephony, and downloading video or other data. These methods and systems use a call agent, which is composed of various objects distributed along a CORBA software bus, for exercising call management over two endpoints communicating over a packet-based network.