Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for providing managed point to point services
- Patent Title (中): 提供管理点对点服务的系统和方法
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Application No.: US10669171Application Date: 2003-09-23
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Publication No.: US07752550B2Publication Date: 2010-07-06
- Inventor: Brian Gonsalves , Kenneth Roger Jones , Zesen Chen
- Applicant: Brian Gonsalves , Kenneth Roger Jones , Zesen Chen
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Toler Law Group
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00

Abstract:
A system and method for providing managed point-to-point services are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a services management center may be capable of receiving a request for connection to a video content source. A requesting user may be part of one managed network and the content source may be part of another network. The content source may be able output an information stream. In operation, the center may determine an address for the video content source and initiate the formation of at least a portion of a point-to-point communication link between the requesting user and the video content source. In some embodiments, the center may be able to track a metric associated with communication of the information stream and may generate a billing record at least partially based upon the metric.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050064875A1 System and method for providing managed point to point services Public/Granted day:2005-03-24
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