Patent ID: 8199760

Claim:
A method of policy-based routing of packets over a peer-to-peer, quality of service connection, comprising: sending a connection setup request, over a control connection to a connection establishing device, to dynamically establish the peer-to-peer, quality of service connection between a source peer implemented on at least one device and a destination peer implemented on at least one device; transmitting from the source peer implemented on at least one device, over the peer-to-peer, quality of service connection, packets originating from an application requiring a specified level of service; and transmitting from the source peer implemented on at least one device, over a best effort connection, packets originating from an application that does not require the specified level of service, wherein the connection establishing device establishes the peer-to-peer, quality of service connection in response to the connection setup request, and wherein the application requiring the specified level of service comprises a video conference application.