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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 03, 2006
Falguni Sarkar, Redmond, WA (US);
Falguni Sarkar, Redmond, WA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for providing bandwidth efficient voice over internet protocol conference calls is disclosed. The system uses softswitches, also known as media gateway controllers, that can track active calls by recording information regarding those calls in the memory of the softswitches. Upon receipt of an instruction, at a softswitch, to issue an invitation to another party to join an existing call, the softswitch examines its table of call information to determine if the invitation should be issued from that softswitch or forwarded to another softswitch involved in the existing call. In this manner, the invitation can be issued by a softswitch involved in the existing call that is nearer to the invited party than would be the case with prior art methods. This avoids the transmission of redundant data and conserves bandwidth.
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