Call processing method and gateway

• US 10,291,882 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liao, Shuzhao
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, Ondrej C
• Application Number:
  US14/984,481
• Publication Number:
  US 20160119584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: 709204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/152 Multipoint control units therefor

Abstract

A call processing method and a gateway are disclosed, where the gateway is configured to process a call between a multipoint control unit (MCU) and a terminal device. The method includes receiving, by the gateway, a call initiated by the terminal device; negotiating, by the gateway, with the terminal device, to establish a first call between the gateway and the terminal device and determine a media type of the first call; and adding the negotiated media type of the first call to a call established between the gateway and the MCU, where the media type of the first call is different from that of the established call. In this way, the negotiated media type of the call is added to the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

Claims

1. A call processing method, comprising:

receiving, by a gateway, a preset binding relationship from a user, the preset binding relationship identifying a plurality of terminal devices;

storing, by the gateway, the preset binding relationship in a memory of the gateway;

receiving, by the gateway, a call initiated by a terminal device;

negotiating, by the gateway, with the terminal device, to establish a first call between the gateway and the terminal device and determine a media type of the first call; and

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to a call established between the gateway and a multipoint control unit (MCU) by;

searching for the preset binding relationship in the memory of the gateway;

determining, according to the preset binding relationship, whether the terminal device has a binding relationship with a second terminal device that is associated with the call established between the gateway and the MCU;

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU when the terminal device and the second terminal device have the binding relationship; and

establishing a second call between the gateway and the MCU for the terminal device when the terminal device and the second terminal device do not have the binding relationship.

2. The call processing method of claim 1, wherein adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises:

determining whether a third call that comprises a negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU; and

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the third call when the third call that comprises the negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

3. The call processing method of claim 2, wherein adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises initiating, by the gateway, a call to the MCU and establishing a fourth call between the gateway and the MCU when the third call that comprises the negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship does not exist in the call established between the gateway and the MCU, and a media type of the fourth call is the media type of the first call.

4. The call processing method of claim 1, wherein adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises:

determining whether at least one call that does not comprise a media type a same as the media type of the first call exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU; and

selecting a third call from the at least one call according to a preset rule, and adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the third call, when the at least one call that does not comprise the media type the same as the media type of the first call exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

5. The call processing method of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises establishing a fourth call between the gateway and the MCU when a call that does not comprise the media type a same as the media type of the first call does not exist in the call established between the gateway and the MCU, and a media type of the fourth call is the media type of the first call.

6. The call processing method of claim 1, wherein the media type of the first call is different from that of the established call.

7. The call processing method of claim 6, wherein the media type of the first call comprises an audio type, a video type, or a data type.

8. The call processing method of claim 1, wherein the preset binding relationship from the user comprises that the plurality of terminal devices are selected by the user and are uploaded to the gateway by the terminal device.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions, the computer-executable instructions, when executed by a processor of a gateway, cause the gateway to perform operations comprising:

receiving a preset binding relationship from a user, the preset binding relationship identifying a plurality of terminal devices;

storing the preset binding relationship in a memory of the gateway;

receiving a call initiated by a terminal device;

negotiating with the terminal device to establish a first call between the gateway and the terminal device and determine a media type of the first call; and

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to a call established between the gateway and a multipoint control unit (MCU) by;

searching for the preset binding relationship in the memory of the gateway;

determining, according to the preset binding relationship, whether the terminal device has a binding relationship with a second terminal device that is associated with the call established between the gateway and the MCU;

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU when the terminal device and the second terminal device have the binding relationship; and

establishing a second call between the gateway and the MCU for the terminal device when the terminal device and the second terminal device do not have the binding relationship.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the operation of adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises:

determining whether a third call that comprises a negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU; and

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the third call when the third call that comprises the negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the operation of adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises initiating a call to the MCU and establishing a fourth call between the gateway and the MCU when the third call that comprises the negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship does not exist in the call established between the gateway and the MCU, and a media type of the fourth call is the media type of the first call.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the operation of adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises:

determining whether at least one call that does not comprise a media type a same as the media type of the first call exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU; and

selecting a third call from the at least one call according to a preset rule, and adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the third call when the at least one call that does not comprise the media type the same as the media type of the first call exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise establishing a fourth call between the gateway and the MCU when a call that does not comprise the media type a same as the media type of the first call does not exist in the call established between the gateway and the MCU, and a media type of the fourth call is the media type of the first call.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the media type of the first call is different from that of the established call, the media type of the first call comprises an audio type, a video type, or a data type, and the preset binding relationship from the user comprises that the plurality of terminal devices are selected by the user and are uploaded to the gateway by the terminal device.

15. A gateway comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium which contains computer-executable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer readable medium and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

receiving a preset binding relationship from a user, the preset binding relationship identifying a plurality of terminal devices;

storing the preset binding relationship in a memory of the gateway;

receiving a call initiated by a terminal device;

negotiating with the terminal device to establish a first call between the gateway and the terminal device and determine a media type of the first call; and

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to a call established between the gateway and a multipoint control unit (MCU) by;

searching for the preset binding relationship in the memory of the gateway;

determining, according to the preset binding relationship, whether the terminal device has a binding relationship with a second terminal device that is associated with the call established between the gateway and the MCU;

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU when the terminal device and the second terminal device have the binding relationship; and

establishing a second call between the gateway and the MCU for the terminal device when the terminal device and the second terminal device do not have the binding relationship.

16. The gateway of claim 15, wherein the operation of adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises:

determining whether a third call that comprises a negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU; and

adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the third call when the third call that comprises the negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

17. The gateway of claim 16, wherein the operation of adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises initiating a call to the MCU and establishing a fourth call between the gateway and the MCU when the third call that comprises the negotiated media type of any terminal device in the preset binding relationship does not exist in the call established between the gateway and the MCU, and a media type of the fourth call is the media type of the first call.

18. The gateway of claim 15, wherein the operation of adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the call established between the gateway and the MCU comprises:

determining whether at least one call that does not comprise a media type a same as the media type of the first call exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU; and

selecting a third call from the at least one call according to a preset rule, and adding the negotiated media type of the first call to the third call when the at least one call that does not comprise the media type the same as the media type of the first call exists in the call established between the gateway and the MCU.

19. The gateway of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise establishing a fourth call between the gateway and the MCU when a call that does not comprise the media type a same as the media type of the first call does not exist in the call established between the gateway and the MCU, and a media type of the fourth call is the media type of the first call.

20. The gateway of claim 15, wherein the media type of the first call is different from that of the established call, the media type of the first call comprises an audio type, a video type, or a data type, and the preset binding relationship from the user comprises that the plurality of terminal devices are selected by the user and are uploaded to the gateway by the terminal device.