Patent ID: 6928294
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. In a communications system, an apparatus to form a group of communication devices over a distributed network, said apparatus comprising: a first node to establish a first channel with a first communication device; at least one second node to establish at least one second channel with at least one second communication device; a controller electrically connected to said first node and said at least one second node, said controller further comprising a database module, wherein said database module comprises identification information of each of said communication devices of said group, wherein said controller is dynamically configurable such that any single communication device of said group is capable of sending packet data through its respective channel to the other communication devices of said group; and at least one communication device is connected to at least one communications manager by at least one channel wherein the at least one channel is divided into separate channels comprising a session initiation protocol (SIP) channel, a net broadcast service (NBS) media signalinag channel and a media traffic channel.