Conferencing system with firewall

• US 20080005245A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Virtualdesign Net Incorporated
• Inventors: Deboy, Scott, Majors, Kenneth
• Application Number:
  US11/824,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20080005245A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes

Abstract

A conferencing system with at least one user and a conferencing server where the firewalls of the user are selected to use port 80.

Claims

1. A conferencing system comprising:

(a) a first user of said conferencing system that selectively transmits a video stream, an audio stream, and a data stream to a conferencing server;

(b) a first user firewall associated with said first user that receives and then transmits said video stream on port 80 of said first user firewall from said first user, said audio stream on port 80 of said first user firewall from said first user, and said data stream on port 80 of said first user firewall from said first user;

(c) a conferencing firewall associated with said conferencing server that receives and then transmits said video stream on port 80 of said conferencing firewall from said first user firewall, said audio stream on port 80 of said conferencing firewall from said first user firewall, and said data stream on port 80 of said conferencing firewall from said first user firewall;

(d) said conferencing server receiving said video stream from said conferencing firewall, said audio stream from said conferencing firewall, and said data stream from said conferencing firewall;

(e) said conferencing server transmitting said video stream, said audio stream, and said data stream to a second user;

(f) said conferencing firewall associated with said conferencing firewall that receives and then transmits said video stream on port 80 of said conferencing firewall from said conferencing system, said audio stream on port 80 of said conferencing firewall from said conferencing system, and said data stream on port 80 of said conferencing firewall from said conferencing system;

(g) a second user firewall associated with said second user that receives and then transmits said video stream on port 80 of said second user firewall from said conferencing firewall to said second user, said audio stream on port 80 of said second user firewall from said conferencing firewall to said second user, and said data stream on port 80 of said second user firewall from said second user to said second user;

(h) said second user of said conferencing system receives said video stream, said audio stream, and said data stream from said second user firewall.