SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING UNIVERSAL REAL TIME PROTOCOL BRIDGING
First Claim
1. A telecommunications apparatus using RTP based bridging for establishing interlaced, two-way audio communications between communications devices connected to both PSTN and IP communications networks, the telecommunications apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving data from at least one of a calling parties TDM phone, a calling, party'"'"'s intelligent communications device, and a calling parties alternative SIP signaling device;
means for authenticating the calling party'"'"'s identify using at least one of ANI, Caller ID, PIN number, IVR, IP address, or a signaling protocol;
means for recording the calling party'"'"'s identity for later identification;
means for requesting the calling party to identify at least one party to be called by entry of a number or address associated with called party'"'"'s telecommunications equipment;
means for placing at least one call to a local PSTN telephone number using at least one of SIP-PSTN proxy services, IP-PSTN, direct connection to a SIP telephone number, or sending RTP packets to a communications device capable of recording or converting RTP data streams to a different media type.
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for Real Time Protocol (RTP) based bridging to create calls to and From any communication devices connected to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or any public or private Internet Protocol network. The methods are represented in controls residing either in an RTP Bridge apparatus or as middleware on a service creation platform, softswitch, or SIP proxy services incorporating SIP bridging and SIP call relay technologies, with an interface to a TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) switch operated by a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) or Competitive LEC (CLEC), or hosted by an Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) with connectivity to the PSTN through media gateways. The method permits a party to request an on demand conference call by either dialing into the apparatus from the PSTN or from any type of RTP communication device such as an IP phone; or using a form of signaling from RTP translation device. The moderator initiates the request, enters the participant(s) to be included in the call, and the launch sequence is initiated and the apparatus makes contact with the phone/end point and uses RTP bridging to interlace the packet streams and deliver one stream back to all the devices. The advantage is an on demand conference call to one or many participants, on similar or different communications platforms.
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20 Claims
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1. A telecommunications apparatus using RTP based bridging for establishing interlaced, two-way audio communications between communications devices connected to both PSTN and IP communications networks, the telecommunications apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving data from at least one of a calling parties TDM phone, a calling, party'"'"'s intelligent communications device, and a calling parties alternative SIP signaling device;
means for authenticating the calling party'"'"'s identify using at least one of ANI, Caller ID, PIN number, IVR, IP address, or a signaling protocol;
means for recording the calling party'"'"'s identity for later identification;
means for requesting the calling party to identify at least one party to be called by entry of a number or address associated with called party'"'"'s telecommunications equipment;
means for placing at least one call to a local PSTN telephone number using at least one of SIP-PSTN proxy services, IP-PSTN, direct connection to a SIP telephone number, or sending RTP packets to a communications device capable of recording or converting RTP data streams to a different media type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for establishing a conference call between a calling party and a called party using an RTP bridge device, the method comprising the steps of:
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from a calling device of the calling party, calling a predefined telephone number that terminates to the RTP bridge device;
recording an identifier of the calling device, the identifier comprising at least one of an ANI, SIP number, or IP addresser other signaling device;
authenticating the identifier against a registration database;
dropping the call received from the calling device;
dialing back the calling device;
providing instructions to the calling party via the calling device, prompting the calling party to enter at least one number corresponding to a called device of the called party in a conference call;
determining a type of communications protocol used by the called device; and
establishing a native form connection to the called device by translating the communications protocol using at least one of software codecs and hardware micro controller units into a common RTP data stream; and
passing through the identifier of the calling device to the called device as an indication to the called party to recognize an incoming request for communications. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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