Synthetic bridging for networks

US7984178B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Ted Beers · Corvallis, US
• Mark E. Gorzynski · Corvallis, US
• William C. Wickes · Corvallis, US
• Jon A. Brewster · Monmouth, US
• Garrett Daniel Gargan · Corvallis, US
• Jeffrey Thielman · Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES
• Scott Grasley · Corvallis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2010
• Grant date: Jul 19, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M3/56
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus has a content node to logically select a first A/V stream from an application layer of a first network and a collaboration node to logically select a second A/V stream from an application layer of a second network. A set of non-network media link interfaces are configured to transmit the second A/V stream from the collaboration node to the content node, and to transmit the first A/V stream from content node to the collaboration node. The non-network media link interfaces provide for limited information encoding to prevent network protocol information from being transferred between the first and second networks.