Patent ID: 7339927

Claim:
A method for providing an accurate address of a device which receives media, comprising the steps of: receiving a request signal to establish communication with the device, the request signal comprising an origination field with a virtual address of the device; extracting data from the request signal; determining the accurate address of the device from the extracted data, the accurate address being an actual address of the device; responding to the request signal with a response signal which includes the accurate address in a data portion of the response signal, the data portion separate from a header portion of the response signal; and after responding to the request signal, receiving a registration signal from the device to register the device with a communication control system for streaming media communications between the device and an endpoint device coupled to the communication control system, the registration signal comprising an origination field with the virtual address of the device, a target field with an address of the communication control system and a data portion with the accurate address of the device.