METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION BASED ON A NETWORK PROTOCOL, PARTICULARLY TCP/IP AND/OR UDP

摘要

The invention relates to a method for carrying out a multimedia communication based on a network protocol, particularly TCP/IP and/or UDP, particularly video, audio and/or text chats, between an entirety of terminals (2) disposed in a communication network (1). The method is characterized in that a personalized user account is generated on a server (3) or in a peer-to-peer network in the form of a virtual subscriber profile by at least one subscriber. A setup of a multimedia communication occurs on each of the terminals via the setup of the virtual subscriber profile. A mode of a subscriber selection preceding the communication, a communication type, and/or a number of communication links that exist with one of the terminals and/or the type of the data transfer following the communication are freely determined. An arrangement for carrying out a method according to one of the previous claims comprises a communication network having a valid communication protocol, particularly the Internet (1). The invention provides a plurality of terminals (2) having means for transmitting and receiving multimedia content, and a server (3), or a peer-to-peer network having means for operating a hierarchical layer structure comprised of a database layer (4) for the administration of subscriber data, terminal addresses, and multimedia content, a connection layer (5) for carrying out a switching communication between the terminals, a subscriber layer (6) for operating subscriber profiles to be setup by the users of the terminals, and a front-end layer (7) having means for generating and operating a graphical user interface.