The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

May. 11, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Chaoxin Qiu, Austin, TX (US);

Robert F. Dailey, Austin, TX (US);

Arshad Khan, Austin, TX (US);

Satish Parolkar, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey L. Scruggs, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04M 9/08 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04M 7/0081 (2013.01); H04M 9/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling a call volume for an office that serves as a protecting site for another office in a packet network are disclosed. For example, the method collects one or more customer registration counts from one or more session border controllers located in a first office, determines if the one or more customer registration counts have reached or exceeded a threshold. The method directs all of said one or more session border controllers located in said first office to enact one or more throttling rules if the one or more customer registration counts have reached or exceeded the threshold.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…