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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Anthony James Catanzaro, Jackson, NJ (US);
Steven Jeffrey Corn, Freehold, NJ (US);
Igor Khalatian, Morganville, NJ (US);
Vinod K. Sajja, Somerset, NJ (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A bridging system comprises a router and a number of multipoint servers. For each user requesting to join a particular conference, the router routes the call to a particular server and, if necessary, causes additional servers to be added to increase the capacity for that conference. For example, upon receipt of a user request to join a conference associated with server A, the router first interrogates server A as to current spare capacity. If server A has additional capacity, the router routes the user to server A. However, if server A can not accommodate the user, the router causes server A to invite an additional server—server B—to join the conference. After server B joins the conference, the router routes the user to server B.