Patent ID: 7499415

Claim:
A method for preserving bandwidth in a Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (RSVP) environment, comprising: facilitating communication between a first endpoint and a second endpoint of a plurality of endpoints, wherein the first endpoint and the second endpoint communicate using a first reservation; determining whether a conference feature has been implemented by the first endpoint during the communication between the first endpoint and the second endpoint; preserving the first reservation between the first endpoint and the second endpoint in accordance with the determination that the conference feature has been implemented; facilitating communication between the first endpoint and a third endpoint of the plurality of endpoints wherein the first endpoint and the third endpoint communicate using a second reservation; preserving the second reservation between the first endpoint and the third endpoint in accordance with the determination that the conference feature has been implemented; facilitating communication between the first endpoint, the second endpoint, and the third endpoint with a conference bridge using third, fourth, and fifth reservations respectively in accordance with the conference feature.