SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL AUDIO CONFERENCING
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1. A conference bridge, comprising:
- a first digital signal processing circuit adapted to process voice signals in an internet protocol format;
a network interface circuit connected to the digital signal processing circuit, adapted for connection to a data network, and capable of transmitting and receiving voice over internet protocol (VoIP) signals between the data network and the first digital signal processing circuit;
a plurality of call-in numbers associated with the conference bridge to facilitate connection by a conferee to one of said call-in numbers to participate in a conference carried by the conference bridge;
data storage that stores one or more sets of call handling parameter defining information and associates at least one of the sets of parameter defining information with a grouping of one or more of said call-in numbers; and
one or more processing mechanisms associated with the digital signal processing circuit and the data storage, operating to detect a received call, obtain information identifying the call-in number dialed by the conferee, identify the grouping to which the dialed call-in number belongs, retrieve from the data storage the call handling parameter defining information corresponding to the identified grouping, and processing the call according to said retrieved call handling parameter defining information.
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Abstract
An embodiment of a conference bridge adapted for voice-over-IP applications has a modular, scalable architecture and establishes and internally relocates conference calls using SIP protocol commands for efficient processing. Further embodiments of the conference bridge support a plurality of conference access numbers. Dialed Number Identification Service groups may be programmed to selectively vary functions of the conference bridge depending on the DNIS identification of the called number.
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1. A conference bridge, comprising:
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a first digital signal processing circuit adapted to process voice signals in an internet protocol format;
a network interface circuit connected to the digital signal processing circuit, adapted for connection to a data network, and capable of transmitting and receiving voice over internet protocol (VoIP) signals between the data network and the first digital signal processing circuit;
a plurality of call-in numbers associated with the conference bridge to facilitate connection by a conferee to one of said call-in numbers to participate in a conference carried by the conference bridge;
data storage that stores one or more sets of call handling parameter defining information and associates at least one of the sets of parameter defining information with a grouping of one or more of said call-in numbers; and
one or more processing mechanisms associated with the digital signal processing circuit and the data storage, operating to detect a received call, obtain information identifying the call-in number dialed by the conferee, identify the grouping to which the dialed call-in number belongs, retrieve from the data storage the call handling parameter defining information corresponding to the identified grouping, and processing the call according to said retrieved call handling parameter defining information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating a conference bridge, comprising:
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defining a plurality of call-in numbers associated with the conference bridge that can be dialed by a conferee to access a conference in Internet protocol format carried by the conference bridge;
defining and storing one or more sets of call handling parameter defining information and associating at least one of said sets with a grouping of one or more of said call-in numbers;
detecting a received call;
obtaining information identifying the call-in number dialed by the conferee;
identifying the grouping to which the dialed call-in number belongs;
retrieving from storage the call handling parameter defining information corresponding to the identified grouping; and
processing the call according to said retrieved call handling parameter defining information associated with the particular call-in number. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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