Patent ID: 9525710
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: setting up, by a media gateway, a centralized media stream passing between a first endpoint and a second endpoint and through the media gateway; setting up a decentralized media stream passing between the first and second endpoints, but bypassing the media gateway, the centralized and decentralized media streams being temporally overlapping; calculating, by the media gateway, a first difference between a first segment of the centralized media stream incoming to the media gateway from the first endpoint and a second segment of the centralized media stream outgoing from the media gateway to the second endpoint; sending to the second endpoint the first difference and a first electronic identifier associated with the first endpoint, wherein the first difference and the first electronic identifier are used by the second endpoint to synchronize the centralized media stream to the decentralized media stream; synchronizing, by the second endpoint, the centralized and decentralized media streams; and disconnecting, by the at least one of the first and second endpoints, the centralized media stream while continuing the decentralized media stream.