Methods and apparatus for automated provisioning of voice over internet protocol gateways
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1. A method comprising:
- performing a query of a database containing database records specifying a communication path between a first communication network and a second communications network via a communication device; and
translating a result of the database query into a configuration parameter for the communication device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for automated provisioning of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) gateways, proxy servers, session border controllers, softswitches and/or softswitch/proxy servers are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises performing a query of a database containing records specifying a communication path between a first communication network and a second communications network via a communication device, translating a result of the database query into a configuration parameter for the communication device, and configuring the communications device with the configuration parameter.
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29 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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performing a query of a database containing database records specifying a communication path between a first communication network and a second communications network via a communication device; and
translating a result of the database query into a configuration parameter for the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:
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receive a request to configure a communication device communicatively coupled between a first network and a second network;
query a database that specifies a first connection between the communication device and the first network and a second connection between the communication device and the second network;
determine a configuration record based on a result of the database query; and
configure the communications device with the configuration record. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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a database querier to query a database containing records specifying a communication path between a first communication network and a second communications network via a communication device;
a translator to determine a first configuration parameter for the communication device based on a result of the database query; and
a configurer to configure the communication device with the configuration parameter. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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