Peer-to-peer telephone system
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Abstract
There is provided a peer-to-peer telephone system comprising a plurality of end-users and a communication structure through which one or more end-users are couplable for communication purposes. The system is distinguished in that the communication structure is substantially de-centralized with regard to communication route switching therein for connecting the one or more end-users. One or more end-users are operable to establish their own communication routes through the structure based on exchange of one or more authorisation certificates, namely User Identity Certificates (UIC), to acquire access to the structure. The structure comprises an administration arrangement for issuing said one or more certificates to said one or more end-users.
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59 Claims
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30. A peer-to-peer telephone system comprising a plurality of end-users and a communication structure through which one or more end-users are couplable for communication purposes, comprising:
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(a) the communication structure is substantially de-centralized with regard to communication route switching therein for connecting said one or more end-users;
(b) said one or more end-users are operable to establish their own communication routes through the structure based on verification of one or more authorisation certificates to acquire access to the structure; and
(c) said structure comprises administrating means for issuing said one or more certificates to said one or more end-users. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 56, 58)
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43. A method of operating a telephone system comprising a plurality of end-users and a communication structure through which one or more end-users are couplable for communication purposes, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) arranging for the communication structure to be substantially de-centralized with regard to communication route switching therein for connecting said one or more end-users;
(b) arranging for said one or more end-users to be operable to establish their own communication routes through the structure based on exchange of one or more authorisation certificates to acquire access to the structure; and
(c) arranging for said structure to comprise administrating means for issuing said one or more certificates to said one or more end-users. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 59)
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