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Absence assistance system for multimedia-enabled communication systems

US8028016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 2006
Grant dateSep 27, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 9, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M7/0063
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The absence assistance system for at least one multimedia-enabled communication system comprising a plurality of packet-oriented client communication systems, in which the packet-oriented client communication systems support at least in part different multimedia services and at least one multimedia service of a packet-oriented client communication system is in each case assigned to at least one communication subscriber, has in each case at least one absence assistance unit per packet-oriented client communication system, the packet-oriented client communication systems being connected to one another via a peer-to-peer transmission protocol. The absence assistance units manage, in the absence of a communication subscriber, the communication connections directed to the absent communication subscriber via the at least one assigned multimedia service.

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