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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Cullen Jennings0
Date of Patent
March 16, 2010
Patent Application Number
11038737
Date Filed
January 18, 2005
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A system and method allowing control of VoIP communications by configuring a Network Address Translator (NAT) is provided. In a first NAT configuration, such a port-restricted NAT, peer-to-peer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications are permitted between a VoIP originator and a receiver. In a second NAT configuration, such as a symmetrical NAT, peer-to-peer communications are not possible without further cooperation of the NAT. In this manner, an entity that has control of the NAT, such as an ISP, is able to have a degree of control over traffic using network resources such as bandwidth.
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