System and method for a communication system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8560828
APP PUB NO 20070245412A1
SERIAL NO

11403548

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A communication system is made up of several communication communities. Each community provides for communication between the endpoints connected into that community by connecting the endpoints and communication controllers located behind a firewall with an external communication controller outside of the firewall. In selected embodiments, such a community may be configured to connect an internal controller that is connected to a plurality of endpoints with another controller that is designed for connection to only one endpoint. When communication is desired outside of the individual communities, the external controller for that community establishes a connection with the external controller for the desired community. Once established, the communication data can be transmitted across community borders. In some embodiments, there may be a central external controller that is in communication with each of the external controllers for the other individual communities. In such embodiments, all inter-community communication will pass through that central controller.

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  • DIRECTPACKET RESEARCH, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Opsahl, Tom W Flower Mound, US 8 81
Riley,, III Edward M Flower Mound, US 8 50
Signaoff, Christopher S Hutto, US 8 81
Signaoff, Justin S Round Rock, US 8 81

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