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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2006
Phillip D. Crable, Falcon, CO (US);
David E. Phelps, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian S. Badger, Divide, CO (US);
Phillip D. Crable, Falcon, CO (US);
David E. Phelps, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian S. Badger, Divide, CO (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving a session initiation protocol (SIP) invite message and identifying a particular service associated with the SIP invite message. The method may also include identifying a destination for the SIP invite message using status information associated with a number of servers and forwarding the SIP invite message to the destination. The method may also further include identifying a first application server based on the SIP invite message and allocation information associated with allocating traffic among a number of application servers.