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Methods, systems and program products for a distributed communications configuration

US8023437B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 2006
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/1813
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One example embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for communicating streaming data between a plurality of users participating in a real-time communications event over a packet based data network. One example method comprises steps of a source identifying a first sink corresponding to a request, the request including at least a method and method parameters, the source using a sink data repository to determine a first sink address corresponding to the first sink, and the source communicating the request to the first sink at the first sink address. Additional steps include a resource executing the method using the parameters and the resource communicating a response to the source following execution of the method.

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