Method for Carrying Out a Multimedia Communication Based on a Network Protocol, Particularly TCP/IP and/or UDP
First Claim
1. A method for executing a multimedia communication, in particular at least one of a video, audio or text chat, between a totality of terminals (2) arranged in a communication network (1), which communication is based on a network protocol, in particular at least one of TCP/IP or UDP,characterized in thatat least one subscriber generates a personalized user account in the form of a virtual subscriber profile on a server (3) or in a peer-to-peer network, wherein,by setting up the virtual subscriber profile, the multimedia communication is established at each of the terminals, wherein a mode of a subscriber selection preceding the communication, at least one of a communication type or a number of communication links to one of the terminals or the type of data transmission employed for the communication are freely defined, whereinthe subscriber selection mode includes an activatable random process for setting up a communication link between a selecting terminal of a first subscriber profile to at least another terminal of a random subscriber profile.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for executing a multimedia communication, in particular a video, audio and/or text chat, between a totality of terminals (2) arranged in a communication network (1), which communication is based on a network protocol, in particular TCP/IP and/or UDP. The method is characterized in that at least one subscriber generates a personalized user account in the form of a virtual subscriber profile on a server (3) or in a peer-to-peer network, wherein, by setting up the virtual subscriber profile, the multimedia communication is established at each of the terminals. Thus, a mode of a subscriber selection preceding the communication, a communication type and/or a number of communication links to one of the terminals and/or the type of data transmission employed for the communication are freely defined. An arrangement for executing a process according to the preceding claims comprises a communication network with a valid communication protocol, in particular the internet (1). There are provided a plurality of terminals (2) having means for transmitting and receiving multimedia contents, and a server (3) or a peer-to-peer network having means for operating a hierarchical layer structure consisting of a database layer (4) for managing subscriber data, terminal addresses and multimedia contents, a link layer (5) for executing a switched communication between the terminals, a subscriber layer (6) for operating subscriber profiles set up by the users of the terminals, and a front end layer (7) having means for generating and operating a graphical user interface.
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1. A method for executing a multimedia communication, in particular at least one of a video, audio or text chat, between a totality of terminals (2) arranged in a communication network (1), which communication is based on a network protocol, in particular at least one of TCP/IP or UDP,
characterized in that at least one subscriber generates a personalized user account in the form of a virtual subscriber profile on a server (3) or in a peer-to-peer network, wherein, by setting up the virtual subscriber profile, the multimedia communication is established at each of the terminals, wherein a mode of a subscriber selection preceding the communication, at least one of a communication type or a number of communication links to one of the terminals or the type of data transmission employed for the communication are freely defined, wherein the subscriber selection mode includes an activatable random process for setting up a communication link between a selecting terminal of a first subscriber profile to at least another terminal of a random subscriber profile.
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