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Security and support for flexible conferencing topologies spanning proxies, firewalls and gateways

  • US 7,409,455 B2
  • Filed: 11/08/2004
  • Issued: 08/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for setting up a conference over a computer network, said method comprising:

  • communicating with a potential-new-node using a decentralized protocol for establishing a link and a discovered address spanning gateways, proxies or firewalls;

    using the discovered address to invoke a centralized protocol to add the potential-new-node to the conference; and

    setting up a plurality of tear-down procedures for releasing resources in accordance with the centralized protocol.

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