System for simultaneous delivery of communication session invitation messages to communication devices
US8358765B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2201/14
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for causing the simultaneous, or near simultaneous, receipt by multiple pre-identified communication termination endpoints of electronic messages sent at times respectively delayed relative to one another and inviting each of the communication termination endpoints to join a communication session. The system receives identification of associated communication termination endpoints that are to receive, at substantially the same time, electronic messages to join a communication session. The system determines and stores send time delays for each such communication termination endpoint that are calculated by a respectively appropriate method. Thereafter, when an electronic message is received requesting initiation of a communication session with one of the communication termination endpoints, the system uses the send time delays to respectively delay by an appropriate amount of time the sending of electronic invite messages to join the communication session to each of the communication termination endpoints.
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