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Systems and methods for communicating a stream of data packets via multiple communications channels

  • US 9,391,810 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2012
  • Issued: 07/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating data packets bearing the media of a telephony communication, comprising:

  • establishing a first communications channel through a network of a service provider between an element of an Internet protocol (IP) telephony system and a telephony device;

    establishing a second communications channel through the network of the service provider between an element of the IP telephony system and the telephony device, wherein at least one or more of a first endpoint and a second endpoint of the first communication channel has at least one or more of an IP address and port number that differs from a corresponding endpoint of the second communication channel;

    transmitting a first sub-stream of a stream of data packets bearing the media of a telephony communication between the telephony device and the IP telephony system over the first communications channel; and

    transmitting a second sub-stream of the stream of data packets bearing the media of the telephony communication between the telephony device and the IP telephony system over the second communications channel.

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