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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Thang C Nguyen, Coppell, TX (US);
LI Ji, Plano, TX (US);
Liang Wu, Frisco, TX (US);
Delon R Whetten, Allen, TX (US);
Christopher E Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Thang C Nguyen, Coppell, TX (US);
Li Ji, Plano, TX (US);
Liang Wu, Frisco, TX (US);
Delon R Whetten, Allen, TX (US);
Christopher E Pearce, Dallas, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for sharing distributed media resources includes determining at a first call manager that a telephony device controlled by the first call manager requires the use of a media resource device. The method further includes selecting an appropriate media resource device from a media resource group list associated with the telephony device. In addition, the method includes communicating an allocation request to a device process that is associated with the selected media resource device and that is executing at a second call manager controlling the selected media resource device.