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Videoconference data relay server

  • US 7,746,374 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2006
  • Issued: 06/29/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a data relay server, the method comprising:

  • the data relay server performing the operations of;

    receiving a request from a videoconference server to relay data for a videoconference between the videoconference server protected from the data relay server by a firewall and N videoconference clients not protected from the data relay server by the firewall, wherein N≧

    1;

    creating a connection pool in response to the request to relay the data for the videoconference comprising accepting at least one first connection from the videoconference server;

    accepting at least one second connections from each of the N videoconference clients after creating the connection pool;

    associating each second connection, one from each of the N videoconference clients, with a different one of the at least one first connections in the connection pool; and

    relaying the data for the videoconference between the videoconference server and the N videoconference clients over the first and second connections.

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