Columbia University Names SIPCOMM to License SIP Software.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2001 Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. has concluded an exclusive agreement with SIP Communications, Inc. (SIPCOMM) for licensing of its leading-edge Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP) communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems developed in Columbia's Internet Real-Time Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Henning Schulzrinne. SIP is a signaling protocol It is a protocol used to identify signaling encapsulation. Signaling is used to identify the state of connection between telephones or VOIP terminals ( IP telephone or PCs or VoWLAN units ). List of signaling protocols:
in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. that enables devices and servers from a variety of manufacturers to exchange information seamlessly. SIP allows for the scalable and extensible implementation of a wide variety of applications including audio, voice, video, TV, chat, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or and whiteboard. Prof. Schulzrinne, associate professor of computer science and electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. at Columbia's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (popularly known as SEAS) is a school of Columbia University which awards degrees in engineering, applied physics and applied mathematics. , is the co-author of the SIP protocol and also serves as SIPCOMM's chief scientific advisor. "We have been involved in many new venture companies as a means of introducing Columbia University technologies into commercial activities that will provide important societal value," said Dr. Michael Cleare, executive director of Columbia Science & Technology Ventures (S&TV), formerly known as the Columbia Innovation Enterprise, which manages the University's technology transfer activities. "This new licensing arrangement will make SIP technologies more readily available for the next generation of communication services. It will provide an excellent technical base for SIPCOMM and, we hope, will lead to very significant advances in the telecommunications industry." SIPCOMM was formed in 1999 to commercialize Columbia's SIP technology, pursuant to license and research agreements executed that same year. SIPCOMM is a Columbia S&TV portfolio company. Under prior agreements with Columbia, SIPCOMM has exclusive rights to certain SIP technologies emerging from Prof. Schulzrinne's laboratory. The new agreement enhances that relationship by having SIPCOMM act as the exclusive licensing vehicle for all such SIP related technologies sought by third parties. "Prof. Schulzrinne is one of the leading authorities on SIP and there is considerable demand for the SIP related software developed in his laboratory," said Joseph R. Flicek, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SIPCOMM. "This agreement will enable us to offer SIP software The following list of SIP software documents software applications which use SIP as a voice over IP protocol. SIP communications products Proprietary license
About SIP Communications SIP Communications, Inc. (www.sipcomm.com) develops comprehensive solutions based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) that enable new levels of information delivery, transaction support and service applications made possible with the convergence of voice, data, graphics and video capabilities on Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Through licensing and research agreements with Columbia University, SIPCOMM has rights to the core and derivative technologies developed by Prof. Henning Schulzrinne, co-author of SIP. SIPCOMM's first commercial products are plugnSIP(TM) and the quickSIP(TM) API. plugnSIP is Windows(R) based SIP client for end-point communications over IP networks as well as a SIP/JAVA based client. The quickSIP API provides a simple yet powerful mechanism to help developers build customizable and brandable SIP user agent applications. In addition, SIPCOMM has established the SIPCOMM Universal MultiMedia Integrated Testbed (SUMMIT) to demonstrate end-to-end applications in customer environments. SIPCOMM has successfully participated in several interoperability tests of its products. |
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