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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2004
J. Michael Holloway, Austin, TX (US);
Samuel R. Shiffman, Austin, TX (US);
J. Michael Holloway, Austin, TX (US);
Samuel R. Shiffman, Austin, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
Systems and methods limit capacity available for VoIP or other packetized data communications over a communications network. An initiator of the call is communicatively connected to the network, for example, by a gateway switch. The call has a particular destination communicatively connected to the network, such as a market gateway. An identifier of the destination is communicated over the network to a database. The database, via a load distribution proxy and capacity limiting proxies, controls whether or not the call is ultimately communicated to the destination, based on capacity loading then occurring at the destination.