Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Combined circuit switching and packet switching
Patent
1996-11-18
1999-12-07
Chin, Wellington
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Combined circuit switching and packet switching
370389, 370392, 379 9001, 379 9307, 379114, H04L 1266, H04L 1228, H04L 1256
Patent
active
059995254
ABSTRACT:
Telephone calls, data and other multimedia information including video, audio and data is routed through a switched network which includes transfer of information across the internet. Users can transmit video, audio and data communications of designated quality over the internet to other registered video telephony users. Users can manage more aspects of a network than previously possible, and control network activities from a central site.
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Elliott Isaac K.
Forgy Glen A.
Krishnaswamy Sridhar
Reynolds Tim E.
Solbrig Erin M.
Carman Melissa Kay
Chin Wellington
MCI Communications Corporation
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