Dynamic Federations
First Claim
1. A method of establishing IP telephony sessions between enterprises, the method comprising:
- receiving an association request by a first enterprise to associate with a second enterprise, the first enterprise and the second enterprise both belonging to a federation;
accepting the association request on behalf of the second enterprise to establish an association between the first enterprise and the second enterprise;
responsive to the acceptance, establishing a direct routed path between the first enterprise and the second enterprise;
receiving a request by one of the enterprises to activate an IP telephony service; and
if the request to activate references the association, establishing an IP telephony session using the direct routed path.
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Abstract
Systems and methods of establishing IP telephony sessions between enterprises are disclosed. A first enterprise requests an association with a second enterprise. Both enterprises and the second enterprise belong to the same federation. The association request is accepted, to establish an association between the first and second enterprises. In response to the acceptance, a direct routed path is established between the first enterprise and the second enterprise. One of the associated enterprises requests activation of an IP telephony service. If the request to activate references the association, an IP telephony session is established using the direct routed path.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of establishing IP telephony sessions between enterprises, the method comprising:
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receiving an association request by a first enterprise to associate with a second enterprise, the first enterprise and the second enterprise both belonging to a federation; accepting the association request on behalf of the second enterprise to establish an association between the first enterprise and the second enterprise; responsive to the acceptance, establishing a direct routed path between the first enterprise and the second enterprise; receiving a request by one of the enterprises to activate an IP telephony service; and if the request to activate references the association, establishing an IP telephony session using the direct routed path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for establishing IP telephony sessions between enterprises, the system comprising:
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a dynamic federation system; a pair of service provider session border controllers (SBCs), each service provider SBC communicatively coupled to the dynamic federation system; and a pair of enterprise SBCs, each enterprise SBC communicatively coupled to a respective one of the service provider SBCs via a corresponding SIP trunk; wherein a first one of the enterprise SBCs is configured to send an association request, to the dynamic federation system via a first one of the SIP trunks, to associate with a second one of the enterprise SBCs, wherein the dynamic federation system is configured to establish an association between the first one of the enterprise SBCs and the second one of the enterprise SBCs in response to the association request and then establish a direct routed path between the first one of the enterprise SBCs and the second one of the enterprise SBCs, and wherein one of the enterprise SBCs is further configured to send a request, to the dynamic federation system via one of the SIP trunks, to activate an IP telephony service, and wherein the dynamic federation system is further configured to establish an IP telephony session using the direct routed path if the request to activate references the association. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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