Patent ID: 8560828

Claim:
A method for a multimedia communication comprising: receiving, at a controller that is behind a firewall and that is communicatively coupled with a plurality of endpoint communication devices, a plurality of multiport packets of data in a multiport communication protocol for communication from at least one of the plurality of endpoint communication devices; converting, by said controller, said plurality of multiport packets into a plurality of single-port packets in a single-port communication protocol; receiving at an external controller a communication request from said controller behind said firewall, wherein said external controller is not behind said firewall; establishing a communication channel between said controller and said external controller; opening a second communication channel between said external controller and at least one other controller behind another firewall, wherein said at least one other controller is configured to service a single endpoint communication device; transmitting multimedia communication data between said controller and said at least one other controller wherein said multimedia communication data passes through said external controller; and distributing said multimedia communication data to one or more of said plurality of endpoint communication devices and said single endpoint communication device.