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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2006
Tripti Agarwal, Fremont, CA (US);
Ho Bao, Richardson, TX (US);
David R. Daiker, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Frisk, Cary, NC (US);
David Wayne Mills, Raleigh, NC (US);
John K. Restrick, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tripti Agarwal, Fremont, CA (US);
Ho Bao, Richardson, TX (US);
David R. Daiker, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Richard A. Frisk, Cary, NC (US);
David Wayne Mills, Raleigh, NC (US);
John K. Restrick, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize signaling capabilities of the first and second endpoints. The apparatus also includes a media termination point (MTP) operable to communicate with the endpoints and the communications platform, the media termination point being provisioned by the communications platform in a stream that involves the first and second endpoints if a signaling compatibility issue is present amongst the endpoints. If an out-of-band digit from the first endpoint is received by the communications platform, the out-of-band digit is sent to the MTP, which is operable to inject a digit associated with the second protocol into the communication session such that a mapping occurs between the digits for the first and second protocols.