Network call back to add conference participants and/or media capabilities

• US 20100034367A1
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Provenance Asset Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Sathyanath, Ajay, Das, Kamala Prasad
• Granted Patent: US 8,249,236 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/202.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/72 using reservation actions during connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/786 Mapping reservation between domains
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction

Abstract

An exemplary method includes receiving at a calling party network a notice of an intended communication between a calling endpoint and a plurality of called endpoints located in a plurality of called party networks, wherein the intended communication requires a resource in each of the calling party network and the called party networks for supporting a streaming data protocol. The notice is forwarded toward the plurality of called party networks and in parallel with said forwarding, a determination of resource availability for the calling party network is initiated for the intended communication. The method further includes determining for the intended communication the determination of resource availability for the calling party network, wherein the determination is for a first resource for the first network; and verifying resource availability for the intended communication based on the determination for the calling party network and a resource availability indicator for each called party network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at a calling party network a notice of an intended communication between a calling endpoint and a plurality of called endpoints, the plurality of called endpoints located in a plurality of called party networks, wherein the intended communication requires a resource in each of the calling party network and the called party networks for supporting a streaming data protocol;

forwarding the notice of an intended communication toward the plurality of called party networks;

in parallel with said forwarding, initiating for the intended communication a determination of resource availability for the calling party network;

determining for the intended communication the determination of resource availability for the calling party network, wherein the determination is for a first resource for the first network; and

verifying resource availability for the intended communication based on the determination for the calling party network and a resource availability indicator for each of the called party networks.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising

receiving a resource availability indicator for ones of the called party networks.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning a resource availability indicator for ones of the called party networks.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the resource availability indicator is one of a held indicator indicative of availability of resource for the intended communication at the corresponding called party network and a queued indicator indicative of an insufficiency of resource for the intended communication at the corresponding called party network.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein determining for the intended communication the determination of resource availability for the calling network comprises:

reserving for the intended communication the first resource for the calling party network in the event the first resource is available for the intended communication.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining for the intended communication the determination of resource availability for the calling party network comprises:

reserving for the intended communication the first resource for the calling party network in the event the first resource is available above a threshold level.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

forwarding a re-invite for the intended communication toward the plurality of called party networks in the event verifying resource availability for the intended communication indicates availability of resources from the calling party network to each of the called party networks.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the resource is bandwidth.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein resource availability is accessibility of a resource above a threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in the event verifying resource availability for the intended communication indicates availability of resources from the calling party network to a set of the called party networks, wherein the set of called party networks less than all of the called party networks, forwarding a re-invite for the intended communication toward the plurality of called party networks based on a constraint.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the constraint is an endpoint priority status, a ranking of endpoint priority, endpoints that are required for initiation of the intended communication, endpoints that are optional for initiation of the intended communication, a minimum resource requirement for the intended communication, a minimum fractional bandwidth resource requirement for the intended communication.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

in the event verifying resource availability for the intended communication indicates availability of resources from the calling party network to a set of the called party networks, wherein the set of called party networks less than all of the called party networks, forwarding an instruction to connect the calling party endpoint to a media server.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

receiving a call continuation instruction from the calling party endpoint; and

forwarding a re-invite for the intended communication toward the set of called party networks based on the call continuation instruction.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein forwarding a re-invite for the intended communication toward the set of called party networks based on the call continuation instruction is further based satisfaction of a constraint.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

disconnecting the calling party endpoint based on the call continuation instruction; and

forwarding a re-invite for the intended communication toward the calling party network based on satisfaction of a constraint.

16. A method comprising:

receiving at a calling party network a notice of an intended communication between a calling endpoint and a plurality of called endpoints, the plurality of called endpoints located in a plurality of called party networks, wherein the intended communication requires a resource in each of the calling party network and the called party networks for supporting a streaming data protocol;

verifying resource availability of at least one resource in the first network; and

in parallel with said verifying resource availability in the first network, forwarding the notice of an intended communication to the plurality of called party networks prior determining a first indication of resource availability of the at least one resource in the first network;

receiving a corresponding indication of resource availability for each of the called party networks; and

forwarding a re-invite for the intended communication based on the first indication of resource availability and the corresponding indication of resource availability for each of the called party networks.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein receiving a corresponding indication includes:

assigning a default value for the corresponding indication of resource availability for ones of the called party networks in the event the corresponding indication of resource availability is not received within a predetermined period of time.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the re-invite is forwarded toward each of the plurality of called party networks in the event the first indication and the corresponding indications signify a required availability of resource.

19. The method of claim 16 wherein the re-invite is forwarded toward a first subset of the plurality of called party networks in the event of a constraint being satisfied and both the first indication and the corresponding indications for the first subset signifying a required availability of resource.

20. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

forwarding an instruction for connecting the calling party endpoint to a media server in the event of a constraint not being satisfied, wherein forwarding a re-invite is additionally based on the constraint and a call continuation instruction received from the calling party endpoint.