System and method for cross protocol communication
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1. A method for multimedia communication comprising:
- receiving a multimedia data stream at a communication controller in a first protocol from a communication device, wherein the first protocol comprises a signaling protocol;
detecting a type of said first protocol;
converting said first protocol into an intermediate protocol;
translating said intermediate protocol into a second protocol, wherein the second protocol comprises a signaling protocol; and
transmitting said multimedia data stream in said second protocol to a target communication device;
wherein said first protocol comprises one of a text-based protocol and a binary protocol and wherein said second protocol comprises one of a binary protocol and a text-based protocol.
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Abstract
A multimedia communication system and method are described where a communication controller receives a multimedia data stream from a communication device in a first protocol. The controller detects a type of the first protocol, such as text-based protocol or a binary protocol and then converts the first protocol into an intermediate protocol. The multimedia data stream in this intermediate protocol is then transmitted to a second communication controller connected to the destination communication device. The multimedia data stream is then converted at the second communication controller from the intermediate protocol into a second protocol which is then used to transmit the multimedia data stream to the destination communication device.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for multimedia communication comprising:
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receiving a multimedia data stream at a communication controller in a first protocol from a communication device, wherein the first protocol comprises a signaling protocol; detecting a type of said first protocol; converting said first protocol into an intermediate protocol; translating said intermediate protocol into a second protocol, wherein the second protocol comprises a signaling protocol; and transmitting said multimedia data stream in said second protocol to a target communication device; wherein said first protocol comprises one of a text-based protocol and a binary protocol and wherein said second protocol comprises one of a binary protocol and a text-based protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communication controller in a multimedia communication system, said communication controller comprising:
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a message interface to transceive multimedia data from a communication endpoint in a first protocol, wherein the first protocol comprises a signaling protocol, and wherein said first protocol is either a text-based protocol or a binary protocol; a protocol signaler to determine a type of said first protocol; a first protocol conversion table that contains a plurality of first protocol messages and a plurality of interim protocol messages, wherein said plurality of interim protocol messages correspond to ones of said plurality of first protocol messages; a protocol conversion utility to convert said first protocol into an interim protocol using said first protocol conversion table; and a network interface to transceive said multimedia data in said interim protocol to a target communication endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for multimedia communication comprising:
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receiving a multimedia data stream at a communication controller in a first protocol from a communication device; detecting a type of said first protocol; converting said first protocol into an intermediate protocol, wherein said converting is performed irrespective of a second protocol in which the multimedia data stream is to be transmitted to a target communication device; translating said intermediate protocol into said second protocol; and transmitting said multimedia data stream in said second protocol to the target communication device; wherein said first protocol comprises one of a text-based protocol and a binary protocol and wherein said second protocol comprises one of a binary protocol and a text-based protocol. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product having a computer readable storage medium with computer program logic recorded thereon for multimedia communication, said computer program product comprising:
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code for receiving a multimedia data stream at a communication controller in a first protocol from a communication device; code for detecting a type of said first protocol; code for converting said first protocol into an intermediate protocol, wherein said converting is performed irrespective of a second protocol in which the multimedia data stream is to be transmitted to a target communication device; code for translating said intermediate protocol into the second protocol; and code for transmitting said multimedia data stream in said second protocol to the target communication device; wherein said first protocol comprises one of a text-based protocol and a binary protocol and wherein said second protocol comprises one of a binary protocol and a text-based protocol. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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