Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Combined circuit switching and packet switching
Patent
1996-11-18
1999-02-02
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
058674942
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 participate in video conference calls in which each participant can simultaneously view the video from each other participant and hear the mixed audio from all participants. Users can also share data and documents with other video conference participants. Users can manage more aspects of a network than previously possible, and control network activities from a central site. Billing of the conference call is accomplished utilizing a billing detail record to capture events associated with a call as they occur and debit the appropriate bill.
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Elliott Isaac K.
Forgy Glen A.
Krishnaswamy Sridhar
Reynolds Tim E.
Solbrig Erin M.
Carman Melissa Kay
Chin Wellington
MCI Communication Corporation
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