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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Guido M. Schuster, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Ikhlaq S. Sidhu, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jerry Mahler, Prospect Heights, IL (US);
Jacek A. Grabiec, Chicago, IL (US);
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically populating an IP telephony address mapper with mapping information for an IP telephony gateway or other device. A self-registering gateway is configured to automatically provide an address mapper with mapping indicia defining the IP address of the gateway and the telephone numbers served by the gateway. In one embodiment, for instance, the gateway places a PSTN modem-to-modem call to the address mapper and conveys its IP address as a modulated data stream, while the address mapper may determine the telephone number of the gateway through established automatic calling number delivery procedures. Based on the telephone number of the gateway, the address mapper may then refer to a telephone number mapping database to identify other telephone numbers that could be served by the gateway. The address mapper may then update its address mapping data files accordingly.
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