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Method and apparatus for providing fault tolerance to intelligent voice-over-IP endpoint terminals

US7436820B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. · US

Inventors

Andre Beck · Batavia, US
Volker Hilt · Stuttgart, DE
Markus Hofmann · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 29, 2004
Grant date	Oct 14, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L65/80
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When an intelligent VoIP endpoint terminal on a VoIP network becomes inoperative for any reason and can't respond to a service request that it had been programmed for, rather than leaving that service request unfulfilled, a VoIP network-hosted instance of that primarily endpoint terminal-provided service is invoked to handle that request and provide the service that would have otherwise been provided by the endpoint terminal. The network-hosted instance thus executes the requested service on behalf of the unavailable endpoint terminal.

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