Patent ID: 9692710
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A method for managing at least one media stream from a media source to a media destination, said media stream passing through at least one network, comprising the steps of: providing a media manager for managing said media stream and said at least one network and for performing at least one of a plurality of management functions, wherein the plurality of management functions include bandwidth management, media hairpin detection, media path control, equal access, or preventing media backhauling, wherein a media manager has an interface path to a session layer protocol proxy and an interface path to a media gateway, the media gateway being linked to either a media source or a media destination; receiving, from the session layer protocol proxy, a media stream update message to establish a plurality of media stream information types for the media stream; storing in said media manager at least one of the plurality of media stream information types, wherein the plurality of media stream information types include media routing, receive transport address, routed receive transport address, source network, destination network, media stream identifier, or bandwidth of the media stream for a time period during which said at least one media stream exists in said at least one network; and said media manager using at least one of said stored information types for performing at least one of said management functions.