US Patent Application 17852275. ALLOCATING A PACKET TO A MEDIA SESSION CONTROLLER simplified abstract

ALLOCATING A PACKET TO A MEDIA SESSION CONTROLLER

Organization Name

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC

Inventor(s)

Robert Keith Day of Reading (GB)

Andrew John Tylee of Leamington Spa (GB)

Charles Richard Stedman of Cambridge (GB)

Sebastian Kenelm Rex of London (GB)

Christian Dominic Lund of London (GB)

Matthew Gareth Peter Meredith of Cambridge (GB)

ALLOCATING A PACKET TO A MEDIA SESSION CONTROLLER - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17852275 titled 'ALLOCATING A PACKET TO A MEDIA SESSION CONTROLLER

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a network device that allocates packets to a Media Session Controller (MSC) based on the port number in the packet header.

• The network device receives a packet and inspects the port number in the packet header.
• It compares the port number with MSC-port allocations stored in a database.
• Based on this comparison, it selects an MSC from a group of MSCs.
• The network device then forwards the received packet to the selected MSC.

Original Abstract Submitted

A network device comprising: a processor; and a memory comprising instructions which when executed by the processor cause the device to allocate a packet to a Media Session Controller (MSC) by receiving the packet; inspecting a port number in the packet header of the packet; comparing the port number with one or more MSC-port allocations in a database; selecting based on the comparison an MSC from a plurality of MSCs; and forwarding the received packet to the selected MSC.