System and method for real-time communication by using a client application communication protocol

• US 10,165,015 B2
• Filed: 01/12/2017
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Inventors: Lawson, Jeffrey, Wolthuis, John, Cooke, Evan, Borjesson, Jonas, Simutis, Rob, Tarricone, Brian, Kim, Edward, Lokare, Ameya
• Primary Examiner(s): Scott, Randy A
• Application Number:
  US15/404,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20170142166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 709228, 370255, 370258, 370400, 370401, 726 8, 726 27, 726 28
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1023 Media gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1046 Call controllers; Call servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A system and method for communicating with a client application that can include establishing a client signaling communication channel with a first client application; receiving a communication request from the first client application through the client signaling communication channel, wherein the communication request contains at least an authentication token and a specified communication destination; verifying the authentication token; if the authentication token is verified, at the system bridge, establishing a signaling communication channel with the communication destination and a second media communication channel with the specified communication destination; at the system bridge, establishing a first media communication channel with the client application; and merging the first media communication channel with the second media communication channel.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a system bridge of a WebRTC real-time client communication hardware system, establishing a persistent client subscription connection with an external WebRTC client device;

receiving from an external system an incoming communication request at the system bridge, the incoming communication request being directed to the external WebRTC client device;

publishing an incoming communication notification from the system bridge to the WebRTC client device via the persistent client subscription connection;

receiving a client communication at the system bridge from the WebRTC client device; and

the system bridge merging the incoming communication request into the client communication at the system bridge by connecting the incoming communication request to the WebRTC client device by using a WebRTC communication protocol,

wherein the system bridge merging the incoming communication request into the client communication at the system bridge comprises;

the hardware system;

opening a first audio channel between the client device and the system bridge,

opening a second audio channel between the system bridge and a server of the hardware system, and

opening a third audio channel between the server and the external system.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

the hardware system providing voice media communication between the external system and the client device via the first audio channel, the second audio channel, and the third audio channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the external system is a PSTN service provider system, and wherein the external PSTN service provider system opens a fourth audio channel between the PSTN service provider system and a PSTN user device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein voice media communication between the PSTN user device and the client device is provided via the first audio channel, the second audio channel, the third audio channel, and the fourth audio channel.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the hardware system publishes the incoming communication notification from the system bridge to the client device based on the incoming communication request received from the external system.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the external system is external to the external client device and external to the real-time client communication hardware system, and wherein the external client device is external to the real-time client communication hardware system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the external client device provides the system bridge with the client communication based on the incoming communication notification received by the client device from the system bridge.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the WebRTC protocol is an application-based real-time communication protocol.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the external system is a WebRTC client device.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the first audio channel between the WebRTC client device and the system bridge is a WebRTC audio channel.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first audio channel between the WebRTC client device and the system bridge is a WebRTC audio channel.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the WebRTC protocol is an application-based real-time communication protocol.