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

  • US 9,560,085 B2
  • Filed: 07/30/2012
  • Issued: 01/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of communicating data packets bearing media of a telephony communication, comprising:

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

    establishing a second communications channel through the network of the service provider between the telephony device and an element of the IP telephony system, wherein at least one or more of a first endpoint and a second endpoint of the first communications 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;

    receiving what was sent by the telephony device as a first sub-stream of a stream of data packets bearing the media of the telephony communication from the element of the IP telephony system over the first communications channel;

    receiving what was sent by the telephony device as a second sub-stream of the stream of data packets bearing the media of the telephony communication from the element of the IP telephony system over the second communications channel; and

    combining the first and second sub-streams to re-create the stream of data packets bearing the media of the telephony communication.

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