Internet Protocol (IP) serverless Page Party (SPP) station and systems and methods for deploying multiple SPP stations
US10609222B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 2018 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M7/0081
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A serverless Page Party (SPP) station is provided for page announcing and party line conferencing that is configured to implement mutual provisioning to allow all SPP stations within a system to mutually maintain their configurations in runtime, and multiple master station negotiation and master failover. Plural SPP stations are connected with Ethernet cable or WIFi to a network and therefore without need for expensive and cumbersome cabling and daisy-chain configuration among stations. SPP stations route packets between each other via multicast technology and without need for a IP-PBX or other server (e.g., a SIP server) for controlling inter-station connections. In Mutual Provisioning Mode, SPP stations operate using a system configuration obtained from other SPP stations already on the network using a command channel. System configuration is maintained by a SPP station designated as a master station. Plural SPP stations can negotiate among themselves to designate a new master station.
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