Patent ID: 8624956
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: establishing, via a server device, a circuit-switched connection between a first device associated with a first party and a second device associated with a second party; based on establishing the circuit-switched connection, retrieving, via the server device and from a memory, a first network address and a second network address for a packet switched network, the first address being associated with a third device associated with the first party, and the second network address being associated with a fourth device associated with the second party; establishing, via the server device and on the packet-switched network, a packet-switched connection between the third device and the second device, the packet-switched connection being based on the first network address and the second network address; terminating the circuit-switched connection based on establishing the packet-switched connection; and transmitting video, for a video conference between the third device and the fourth device, via the packet-switched connection.