Patent ID: 9455924
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An audio- or video-conferencing transport system, comprising: a transport network, comprising multiple points of presence, connected by guaranteed bandwidth channels; a media transport relay in the transport network; a control server configured to provide admission control to the transport network; a first Internet Service Provider (ISP) network, connected to the transport network; a second ISP network, connected to the transport network; a first audio- or video-conferencing terminal, connected to the first ISP network; and a second audio- or video-conferencing terminal, connected to the second ISP network; wherein the first audio- or video-conferencing terminal is configured to send real-time audio or video data to the second audio- or video-conferencing terminal by addressing the real-time audio or video data to the media transport relay in the transport network, so as to cause the real-time audio or video data (i) to travel from the first audio- or video-conferencing terminal to the transport network via the first ISP network, and then (ii) when admitted by the control server, to travel through the transport network over a guaranteed bandwidth channel of the guaranteed bandwidth channels, and then (iii) to travel from the transport network to the second audio- or video-conferencing terminal via the second ISP network.