Patent · US Active

System and method for processing media requests during a telephony sessions

US8611338B2 · kind B2 · utility

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124References

14Claims

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Assignee

Twilio Inc. · US

Inventors

Jeffrey Lawson · San Francisco, US
John Wolthuis · San Francisco, US
Evan Cooke · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2009
Grant date	Dec 17, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a preferred embodiment, the method of caching media used in a telephony application includes: receiving a media request; sending the media request to a media layer using HTTP; the a media layer performing the steps of checking in a cache for the media resource; processing the media request within a media processing server; and storing the processed media in the cache as a telephony compatible resource specified by a persistent address. The system of the preferred embodiment includes a call router and a media layer composed of a cache and media processing server.

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