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Mode shifting communications system and method

CA 2559912 C · Owner: Tummalapenta, Satyanarayana · Inventors: Ahya, Deepak P.; Kaushik, Sriram K.; Tummalapenta, Satyanarayana

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A digital network based communications system that establishes communications sessions to communicate via a simulated circuit-switched environment. Exemplary embodiments communicate between a first communications station and a second communications station using Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) techniques. Calls are setup, maintained and torn down using Session Initiation Protocol and Session Description Protocol messages. Call modes are able to be changed between duplex (404) and simplex (416) without disconnection. Duplex calls are able to be interrupted with a request for a simplex call (406) accept the simplex call (410) or send a response message (424) and then , resume the …

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  • Filed March 10, 2005 and granted May 8, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 10, 2025.
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FiledMarch 10, 2005
GrantedMay 8, 2012
Term endedMarch 10, 2025
Patent numberCA 2559912 C
Classification (IPC)H04B7/00 +2 more

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