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Peer-to-peer broadcasting in a VoIP system

  • US 8,817,955 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2006
  • Issued: 08/26/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for broadcasting a message from a device to recipient devices over a digital voice communication channel, comprising:

  • composing a content of a broadcast message;

    identifying a first group of recipient devices based on the content, the recipient devices being communicatively connected according to a peer-to-peer protocol that is used to transmit messages as part of a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) conversation;

    wherein at least a portion of the recipient devices are connected through a communication channel that is used to transmit and receive contextual data packets and conversational data packets between the at least the portion of the recipient devices;

    wherein the conversational data packets are for conversation data and the contextual data packets are for data other then the conversation data;

    formatting at least one broadcast message in accordance with profile information of a recipient device from the first group;

    transmitting the formatted broadcast message to a recipient device from the first group;

    in response to receiving the broadcast message, the recipient device, automatically sends the broadcast message to another recipient devices from the first group connected according to the peer-to-peer protocol; and

    receiving a response to the transmitted broadcast message from the recipient device.

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