Method and apparatus for enabling peer-to-peer communication between endpoints on a per call basis
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsMarian Croak, Hossein Eslambolchi
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling a user to signal to the network that a call to be initiated or a call that is in progress needs to occur in a peer-to-peer relationship with the terminating endpoint. The network will then remove itself from the call signaling and media path and direct the signaling and media communication to occur directly between the two endpoints.
Claims20
A method for enabling peer-to-peer communication between endpoints in a communication network, comprising:
- receiving a pre-defined signal to enable a peer-to-peer communication mode on a per call basis from a calling endpoint device;
- and
- disabling said communication network from processing at least one signaling message from said calling endpoint device.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions including instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of a method for enabling peer-to-peer communication between endpoints in a communication network, comprising:
- receiving a pre-defined signal to enable a peer-to-peer communication mode on a per call basis from a calling endpoint device;
- and
- disabling said communication network from processing at least one signaling message from said calling endpoint device.
An apparatus for enabling peer-to-peer communication between endpoints in a communication network, comprising:
- means for receiving a pre-defined signal to enable a peer-to-peer communication mode on a per call basis from a calling endpoint device;
- and
- means for disabling said communication network from processing at least one signaling message from said calling endpoint device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.