Access independent common architecture for real-time communications services for networking environments

US8625578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Radhika R. Roy · Howell, US
• Siroos K. Afshar · Englishtown, US
• Marian Croak · Fair Haven, US
• Enrique G. Cuevas · Holmdel, US
• Alireza Faryar · Fair Haven, US
• Steve Fisher · San Francisco, US
• Samuel Glazer · New York, US
• Barbara Joanne Kittredge · Brunswick, US
• Karen McGregor-Barnes · Manalapan, US
• Magda K. Nassar · Red Bank, US
• Larry Arnise Russell · Atlantic Highlands, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M7/126
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An access architecture for real-time communications is described. The architecture includes an inter-architecture network utilizing a single protocol, a plurality of border elements in communication with the inter-architecture network and with an external network, and one or more call control elements in communication with said inter-architecture network. The external network utilizes any of a variety of known networking technologies and protocols. The inter-architecture network utilizes a single protocol such as SIP. The present architecture provides a single common infrastructure for offering real-time communications services independent of call control protocols and networking technologies.