Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent end user devices for clearinghouse services in an internet telephony system
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Application No.: US14558714Application Date: 2014-12-02
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Publication No.: US09614971B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Stephen A. Thomas
- Applicant: TRANSNEXUS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: TRANSNEXUS, INC.
- Current Assignee: TRANSNEXUS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Smith Tempel
- Agent Steven P. Wigmore
- Main IPC: H04M7/00
- IPC: H04M7/00 ; H04L29/06 ; H04M7/12

Abstract:
Clearinghouse services architectures that support the use of end user devices, such as personal computers, Internet Protocol (IP) phones, cable multimedia terminal adapters, and residential gateways, in an Internet telephony system. The innovative architectures include a proxy-based system model, a direct communication model, and a hybrid proxy/direct communication model. A user can operate an “intelligent” end user device. i.e., a device running a client program with knowledge of the architecture particulars, to access a clearinghouse service on an IP network. This enables the user to communicate a telephony call over the IP network and via the combination of a terminating gateway identified by the clearinghouse service and the Public Switched Telephone Network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150189093A1 INTELLIGENT END USER DEVICES FOR CLEARINGHOUSE SERVICES IN AN INTERNET TELEPHONY SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-07-02
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