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Endpoint selection for a call completion response

US8179899B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 11, 2009
Grant dateMay 15, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M3/42374
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for selecting a call completion response from a group of call completion responses based on weights associated with the call completion responses, are provided. A server processes a call invitation for a callee by forwarding the call invitation to each of the callee's endpoints. Each of the callee's endpoints associates a weight to its call completion response it generates to accept or reject the call invitation. The server waits to receive the call completion responses from each of the callee's endpoints or for a predetermined period of time (i.e., a timeout), and uses the weights associated with the received call completion responses to decide which of the received call completion responses to use to complete the call invitation.

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