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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Shoretel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pramod Madabhushi, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Prasannakumar Mallappa, Union City, CA (US);
Puneet Saran Sarna, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shoretel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04M 3/2227 (2013.01); H04M 3/56 (2013.01); H04M 3/562 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conference call solution with one or more conference server, one or more conference bridge and one or more media mixer. A conference server is chosen as the conference bridge for the conference call using various optimization techniques. A media mixer for the conference call may also be chosen using various optimization techniques. The media mixer mixes media data from one or more conference bridge. If a conference bridge or the media mixer fails, the system recovers from the failure with minimal interruption to the users.