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Scalable conference bridge

US8675847B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Shmuel Shaffer · Palo Alto, US
Labhesh Patel · San Francisco, US
Mukul Jain · Sayla, IN
Sanjeev Kumar · Redmond, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 3, 2007
Grant date	Mar 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N7/15
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a conference bridge receives a call initiated by a first caller endpoint. The conference bridge identifies a conference to which the call requests entry and determines whether the conference bridge has available resources to process the call. The conference bridge enables the call to join the conference via a second conference bridge associated with a second caller endpoint participating in the conference according to whether the conference bridge has available resources to process the call.

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