Patent ID: 7103066

Claim:
A method of providing common value-added services for two-way point-to-point, multi-point-to-multi-point, point-to-multi-point, and/or multi-point-to-point real-time communications using various communication protocols, the method comprising: receiving a request from a first of a plurality of communication protocol sources for a first value-added service using a first common value-added service protocol, the first common value-added service protocol adapted to communicate information regarding a value added service selected from a Policy service, a Security service, a Billing/Accounting service, and a Visitor/Home Location service, the first common value-added service protocol adapted to communicatively interface with H.323 protocol, H.310 protocol, and H.324 protocol; providing the requested first value-added service to the first communication protocol source using said first common value-added service protocol; receiving a request from a second of said plurality of communication protocol sources for the first value-added service using said first common value-added service protocol; and providing the requested first value-added service to the second communication protocol source using said first common value-added service protocol.