Patent ID: 9350942
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for visually communicating among endpoints, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a video session manager, a request from an endpoint to commence a visual communications session with one or more other endpoints; matching, by the video session manager, certain information contained in the request or received from the one or more other endpoints, to one of a plurality of visual communications session policies, thereby determining which visual communication session policy applies; connecting, by the video session manager, the endpoints to commence the visual communications session if an open policy match is found between the certain information contained in the request and the visual communication session policy that applies; determining, by the video session manager, whether the visual communications session is viable if a further evaluate policy match is found between the certain information contained in the request and the visual communication session policy that applies; and rejecting, by the video session manager, the request to commence the visual communications session if a closed policy match is found between the certain information contained in the request and the visual communication session policy that applies.