Patent ID: 7623476
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for execution by a first endpoint to establish a conference session in a peer-to-peer hybrid network comprising: requesting, by the first endpoint, that a conference session be established on a host server that is separate from the first endpoint; receiving, by the first endpoint from the host server, information needed to connect to the conference session; joining, by the first endpoint, the conference session on the host server using the information; and sending, by the first endpoint, at least a portion of the information to second and third endpoints so that the second and third endpoints can join the conference session on the host server using the portion of the information, wherein the first endpoint sends signaling information for the conference session directly to the second and third endpoints, wherein the first endpoint receives signaling information for the conference session directly from the second and third endpoints, and wherein conference session media traffic is passed between the first, second, and third endpoints via the host server.