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Method and device for handling a multimedia call

US7206589B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateApr 17, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W28/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention proposes a method for performing a communication between two terminal equipments (TE1, TE2) via at least one communication network (NW1, NW2), said method comprising the steps of establishing (S2) a first connection for a communication signal (V/S) between the two terminal equipments, detecting (S3) a connection changing condition, and, if said connection changing condition is detected, dividing (S4) said communication signal at least into a first signal component (V) and a second signal component (S) and establishing (S5) at least one second connection, said first signal component being transmitted via the first connection and said second signal component being transmitted via the second connection. The present invention proposes also a corresponding device (100) and a corresponding system.

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