Methods and systems for communicating voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data

• US 20060265509A1
• Filed: 04/21/2006
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shrihari B. Pandit
• Original Assignee: Shrihari B. Pandit
• Inventors: Pandit, Shrihari B.
• Application Number:
  US11/409,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20060265509A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4535 using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes, e.g. rendezvous servers, session initiation protocols [SIP] registrars or H.323 gatekeepers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1074 for supporting data block transmission mechanisms file transfer H04L67/06

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing peer-to-peer voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications between subscriber hosts over a private packet-switched network communicating data pursuant to a first protocol are provided. Routing data is distributed to a plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts coupled to the private network sufficient to enable peer-to-peer data communications therebetween pursuant to a second protocol, each of the plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts having a unique second protocol address for communication pursuant to the second protocol. A second protocol address is communicated by means of a user identifier translation application running on a host coupled with the private network to a respective one of the plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communication hosts in response to a user identifier identifying a system user.

Claims

1. A system for providing peer-to-peer voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications between subscriber hosts over a private packet-switched network, comprising:

a routing application running on a host coupled with a private network communicating data pursuant to a first protocol, the routing application being operative to distribute routing data to a plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts coupled to the private network sufficient to enable peer-to-peer data communications therebetween pursuant to a second protocol, each of the plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts having a unique second protocol address for communication pursuant to the second protocol; and

a user identifier translation application running on a host coupled with the private network, the user identifier translation application being operative to communicate a second protocol address to a respective one of the plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communication hosts in response to a user identifier identifying a system user.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the routing application and the user identifier translation application run on the same host.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the routing application and the user identifier translation application run on different hosts.

4. A method for providing peer-to-peer voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications between subscriber hosts over a private packet-switched network communicating data pursuant to a first protocol, comprising:

distributing routing data to a plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts coupled to the private network sufficient to enable peer-to-peer data communications therebetween pursuant to a second protocol, each of the plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts having a unique second protocol address for communication pursuant to the second protocol; and

communicating a second protocol address by means of a user identifier translation application running on a host coupled with the private network to a respective one of the plurality of voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communication hosts in response to a user identifier identifying a system user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia-communication hosts comprise a plurality of voice and/or video communication hosts.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the voice and/or video communication hosts comprise a plurality of voice communication hosts.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the voice and/or video communication hosts comprise a plurality of video communication hosts.

8. A method for conducting voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications using a host coupled to a private packet-switched network, comprising:

using a first voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host coupled with a private packet-switched network, communicating with a host running a routing application to obtain routing data for communicating with a second voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host via the private packet-switched network pursuant to a predetermined protocol;

using the first voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host, communicating a desired user identifier to a user identifier translation application to obtain a corresponding host address of a desired second voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host to communicate voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data thereto pursuant to the predetermined protocol; and

communicating voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data on a peer-to-peer basis from the first communications host to the second voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host via the private packet-switched network using the host address pursuant to the predetermined protocol.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host comprises a first voice and/or video communications host, the second voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications host comprises a second voice and/or video communications host and communicating voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data on a peer-to-peer basis comprises communicating voice and/or video data on a peer-to-peer basis from the first voice and/or video data communications host to the second voice and/or video data communications host.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first voice and/or video communications host comprises a first voice communications host, the second voice and/or video communications host comprises a second voice communications host and communicating voice and/or video data on a peer-to-peer basis comprises communicating voice data on a peer-to-peer basis from the first voice data communications host to the second voice data communications host.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the first voice and/or video communications host comprises a first video communications host, the second voice and/or video communications host comprises a second video communications host and communicating voice and/or video data on a peer-to-peer basis comprises communicating video data on a peer-to-peer basis from the first video data communications host to the second video data communications host.

12. A system for providing peer-to-peer voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications between OSI layer 3 devices over an OSI layer 2 network, comprising:

An OSI layer 3 routing application running on an OSI layer 3 device, communicating OSI layer 3 routing data, to a plurality of OSI layer 3 devices over an OSI layer 2 network sufficient to enable peer-to-peer data communications between OSI layer 3 devices;

a plurality of OSI layer 3 communications devices, coupled with the OSI layer 2 network, having at least one uniform resource identifier for communication pursuant to an OSI layer 4 or higher protocol; and

a directory service application running on an OSI layer 3 device coupled with the OSI layer 2 network, the directory service application operative to communicate a uniform resource identifier to a respective one of the plurality of OSI layer 3 communications devices in response to a user identifier identifying a system user.

13. A method for providing peer-to-peer voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia communications between OSI layer 3 devices over an OSI layer 2 network communicating data pursuant to an OSI layer 3 protocol, comprising:

distributing OSI layer 3 routing data to a plurality of OSI layer 3 devices pursuant to an OSI layer 3 routing protocol, coupled to the OSI layer 2 network sufficient to enable peer-to-peer data communications therebetween pursuant to an OSI layer 4 or higher protocol, each of the plurality of OSI layer 3 communication devices having at least one uniform resource identifier for communication pursuant to the OSI layer 4 or higher protocol; and

communicating a uniform resource identifier by means of a directory service application running on an OSI layer 3 device coupled with the OSI layer 2 network to a respective one of the plurality of OSI layer 3 communications hosts in response to a user identifier identifying a system user.

14. A method for conducting peer-to-peer voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data communications between OSI layer 3 subscriber systems coupled with an OSI layer 2 network, comprising:

using a first OSI layer 3 subscriber system coupled with the OSI layer 2 network, communicating with an OSI layer 3 system coupled with the OSI layer 2 network and running an OSI layer 3 routing application to obtain OSI layer 3 routing data for communicating with a second OSI layer 3 subscriber system via the OSI layer 2 network pursuant to an OSI layer 3 protocol;

using the first OSI layer 3 subscriber system, communicating a desired user identifier to a directory service application coupled with the OSI layer 2 network to obtain a corresponding uniform resource identifier of a desired second OSI layer 3 subscriber system to communicate voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data thereto pursuant to an OSI layer 4 or higher protocol; and

communicating voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data from the first OSI layer 3 subscriber system to the desired second OSI layer 3 subscriber system via the OSI layer 2 network using the uniform resource identifier.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein communicating voice, audio, video, text and/or multimedia data comprises communicating voice and/or video data from the first OSI layer 3 subscriber system to the desired second OSI layer 3 subscriber system.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein communicating voice and/or video data comprises communicating voice data from the first OSI layer 3 subscriber system to the desired second OSI layer 3 subscriber system.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein communicating voice and/or video data comprises communicating video data from the first OSI layer 3 subscriber system to the desired second OSI layer 3 subscriber system.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined OSI layer 3 protocol comprises one of an IP protocol, an IPv4 protocol, and an IPv6 protocol.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined OSI layer 4 or higher protocol comprises one of an SIP protocol, an H323 protocol, a WWW protocol, an MGCP protocol, an MPEG protocol, an MP3 protocol, a TCP protocol and a UDP protocol.