Patent ID: 8774165
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of signaling in a network comprising: in a closed group comprising a first end station and a second end station, selecting in the first end station a destination telephone network address of the second end station from a private local list; determining in the first end station a private intermediate Internet address corresponding to the destination telephone network address from the private local list; in response to determining the private intermediate Internet address, retrieving an Internet address of the second end station from an address list at the private intermediate Internet address, the address list maintained by an owner in the closed group; establishing an end-to-end Internet connection directly between the first end station and the second end station with the Internet address of the second end station: and updating the Internet address of the second end station in the address list at the private intermediate Internet address by the second end station.