# US 10,771,944 B2 · Method and system for multipoint access within a mobile network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,944 B2 - Document ID: US10771944B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/590,646 - Filed: 2017-05-09 - Published: 2018-11-15 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-09 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Venson Shaw; Sangar Dowlatkhah - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771944B2 ## CPC - H04L 12/4666: {Operational details on the addition or the stripping of a tag in a frame, e.g. at a provider edge node} - H04L 45/24: Multipath - H04L 45/38: {Flow based routing} - H04L 45/42: Centralised routing - H04L 45/64: using an overlay routing layer - H04L 45/7453: using hashing - H04L 67/1042: using topology management mechanisms - H04L 67/141: Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) - H04L 67/51: Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services - H04W 4/70: Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] - H04W 28/021: {in wireless networks with changing topologies, e.g. ad-hoc networks (self-organizing networks H04W84/18)} - H04W 84/02: Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop] - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04L 45/3065: {for real time traffic} - H04W 92/18: between terminal devices - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a packet data protocol session that supports a first data exchange between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network device. A second recipient device is determined, and a second data exchange is facilitated between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session, wherein the second exchange of data also comprises a directing of the second exchange of data through the network device without modifying the first data exchange. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: identifying a packet data protocol session that supports a first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network element; obtaining a request to identify a second recipient device, prior to a time of initiation of the first exchange of data; in accordance with the request, identifying the second recipient device; and initiating a second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and a first port of the network element and a second point-to-point link between a second port of the network element and the first recipient device, wherein the second exchange of data also comprises a directing of the second exchange of data through the network element without modifying the first exchange of data, wherein the second port of the network element is one of a plurality of ports of the network element providing a plurality of secure data connections, wherein each of the plurality of secure data connections is associated with a different predefined port of the plurality of ports of the network element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the initiating of the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session occurs without interrupting the directing of the first exchange of data through the network element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a port forwarding between the first port of the network element and the second port of the network element, and wherein the initiating of the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device comprises a port forwarding between the first port of the network element and a third port of the network element, and a third point-to-point link between the third port of the network element and the second recipient device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device of claim 3, wherein the network element comprises a multiplexer, and wherein the first point-to-point link, the second point-to-point link, the third point-to-point link, or any combination thereof further comprises application of an encryption protocol to the first exchange of data, the second exchange of data, or both. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and the network element, and wherein the initiating of the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device comprises a second point-to-point link between the network element and the second recipient device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device and the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device a common tunneling protocol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the common tunneling protocol comprises a real-time, peer-to-peer, streaming media exchange protocol. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the second recipient device is based on a request originating at the first mobile device, wherein the request identifies the second recipient device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the second recipient device is based on a request originating at equipment of the second recipient device. ### Claim 10 A method, comprising: determining, by a processing system including a processor, a packet data protocol session that supports a first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device wherein the first exchange of data comprises a directing of the first exchange of data through a network element; obtaining a request to identify a second recipient device, prior to a time of initiation of the first exchange of data; in accordance with the request, determining, by the processing system, the second recipient device; and facilitating, by the processing system, a second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and a first port of the network element and a second point-to-point link between a second port of the network element and the first recipient device, wherein the second exchange of data also comprises a directing of the second exchange of data through the network element without modifying the first exchange of data, wherein the second port of the network element is one of a plurality of ports of the network element providing a plurality of secure data connections, wherein each of the plurality of secure data connections is associated with a different predefined port of the plurality of ports of the network element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the facilitating of the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session occurs without interrupting the directing of the first exchange of data through the network element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a port forwarding between the first port of the network element and the second port of the network element, and wherein the facilitating of the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device comprises a port forwarding between the first port of the network element and a third port of the network element, and a third point-to-point link between the third port of the network element and the second recipient device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the network element comprises a multiplexer, and wherein the first point-to-point link, the second point-to-point link, the third point-to-point link, or any combination thereof further comprises application of an encryption protocol to the first exchange of data, the second exchange of data, or both. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application the first recipient device, and wherein the facilitating of the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device comprises a second point-to-point link between the first recipient device and the second recipient device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the first exchange of data between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device and the second exchange of data between the mobile application and the second recipient device a common tunneling protocol. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the common tunneling protocol comprises a real-time, peer-to-peer, streaming media exchange protocol. ### Claim 17 A machine-readable storage device, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: identifying a packet data protocol session that supports a first data exchange between a mobile application of a first mobile device and a first recipient device, wherein the first data exchange comprises a directing the first data exchange through a network device via a first port of the network device; obtaining a request to identify a second recipient device, prior to a time of initiation of the first data exchange; in accordance with the request, determining the second recipient device; and facilitating a second data exchange between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session, wherein the second data exchange is also directed through the network device without modifying the first data exchange, the second data exchange directed via a second port of the network device, wherein the second port of the network device is one of a plurality of ports of the network device providing a plurality of secure data connections, wherein each of the plurality of secure data connections is associated with a different predefined port of the plurality of ports of the network device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The machine-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the facilitating of the second data exchange between the mobile application and the second recipient device by way of the packet data protocol session occurs without interrupting the directing of the first data exchange through the network device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The machine-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the packet data protocol session comprises a first point-to-point link between the mobile application and the first port of the network device, a port forwarding between the first port of the network device and the second port of the network device, and a second point-to-point link between the second port of the network device and the first recipient device, and wherein the facilitating of the second data exchange between the mobile application and the second recipient device comprises a port forwarding between the first port of the network device and a third port of the network device, and a third point-to-point link between the third port of the network device and the second recipient device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The machine-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the first point-to-point link, the second point-to-point link, the third point-to-point link, or any combination thereof further comprises application of an encryption protocol to the first data exchange, the second data exchange, or both.