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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Diaa Eldin Ali Mohamed Mahmoud Ali, Doha, QA;
Hitham Ahmed Assem Aly Salama, Dublin, IE;
Christian B. Kau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Patrick J. O'Sullivan, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/927 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01); H04M 7/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Voice-over-IP (VOIP) system includes a plurality of multi-control units (MCUs). A first MCU in the VOIP system hosts a first VOIP session that joins a plurality of conference devices. Based on an impact metric being acceptable, and an alternate MCU accepting to host the VOIP session, the system joins the plurality of conference devices to a replacement VOIP session hosted on the alternate MCU.