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Method and apparatus for managing calls

US8724620B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2011
Grant dateMay 13, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M7/0075
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, one or more components for receiving a call request at a first server from a first end user device, transmitting the call request from a first server to an intermediate server for establishing a voice or video call over an IP multimedia subsystem between the first end user device and a second end user device via a second server, and routing the voice or video call request from the first server to the second server using a second IP address when an undesired condition is determined to be associated with the IP multimedia subsystem. The second IP address can be obtained from a group of IP addresses stored in a memory of the first server and the group of IP addresses can be associated with other servers. Other embodiments are disclosed.

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