SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLIENT COMMUNICATION IN A DISTRIBUTED TELEPHONY NETWORK

• US 20170093688A1
• Filed: 12/12/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Twilio, Inc.
• Inventors: Tarricone, Brian, Kim, Edward, Lokare, Ameya, Borjesson, Jonas
• Granted Patent: US 10,063,461 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/126 minimising geographical or physical path length
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/3065 for real time traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/102 Gateways arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways, H04L12/66
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1045 Proxies, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks

Abstract

A system and method for regional routing of internet protocol based real-time communication that includes registering a set of client application endpoint routes, comprising registering at least a first client gateway route of a first endpoint in a first region; receiving a communication invitation of the first endpoint; processing a set of communication instructions associated with the communication invitation and identifying a set of communication resources and at least a second endpoint; querying the client application endpoint routes and identifying a client gateway route of the second endpoint; and dynamically directing signaling path and media path of the communication according to the regional availability of the communication resources, the client gateway route of the first endpoint, and client gateway instance route of the second endpoint.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

a communication processing server of a hardware system;

registering a first client gateway of a first geographic region and a second client gateway of a second geographic region for a first communication endpoint;

responsive to a first communication invitation provided by a second client device of a second communication endpoint, selecting one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway according to at least one of user preference, geographic location and usage history information; and

negotiating a first peer-to-peer media path between the second client device and a first client device of the first communication endpoint via the selected one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first client device is constructed to communicate with the first client gateway and the second client gateway by using application based communication.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second client device and the first client device are external to the hardware system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication processing server receives the first communication invitation from the second client device via a third client gateway registered for the second communication endpoint, wherein the third client gateway is a gateway of the first geographic region.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the second client device is constructed to communicate with the third client gateway by using application based communication.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication processing server identifies the first client gateway and the second client gateway registered for the first communication endpoint.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication processing server processes a set of communication instructions associated with the first communication invitation, and identifies a set of communication resources of the hardware system and at least the first communication endpoint.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the communication processing server dynamically directs a signaling path and a media path of a communication of the first communication invitation according to regional availability of the communication resources, the first client gateway, the second client gateway, and the third client gateway.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication processing server selects one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway according to geographic location, and the communication processing server selects the first client gateway having the same geographic region as a third client gateway registered for the second communication endpoint, wherein the third client gateway is a gateway of the first geographic region.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication processing server dynamically updates selection of the client gateway of the first communication endpoint according to a change in at least one of user preference, location, usage history and presence information, and responsive to the change of selection, the communication processing server negotiates a second peer-to-peer media path between the second client device and the first client device via the third client gateway and one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway based on the updated selection.

11. The method of claim 10,

wherein the first client gateway, the second client gateway and the third client gateway are constructed to provide real-time media communication over an internet protocol, and

wherein the media communication includes one of audio media stream communication and video media stream communication.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the communication processing server selects one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway according geographic location of the first client gateway and geographic location of the second client gateway.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the first geographic region is different from the second geographic region.

13. A hardware system comprising:

a first client gateway of a first geographic region;

a second client gateway of a second geographic region; and

a communication processing server constructed to;

register the first client gateway and the second client gateway for a first communication endpoint;

responsive to a first communication invitation provided by a second client device of a second communication endpoint, select one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway according to at least one of user preference, geographic location and usage history information; and

negotiate a first peer-to-peer media path between the second client device and a first client device of the first communication endpoint via the selected one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the second client device and the first client device are external to the hardware system.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the communication processing server is constructed to receive the first communication invitation from the second client device via a third client gateway registered for the second communication endpoint, wherein the third client gateway is a gateway of the first geographic region.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the communication processing server is constructed to dynamically update selection of the client gateway of the first communication endpoint according to a change in at least one of user preference, location, usage history and presence information, and responsive to the change of selection, the communication processing server is constructed to negotiate a second peer-to-peer media path between the second client device and the first client device via the third client gateway and one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway based on the updated selection.

17. The system of claim 15,

wherein the first client gateway, the second client gateway and the third client gateway are constructed to provide real-time media communication over an internet protocol, and

wherein the media communication includes one of audio media stream communication and video media stream communication.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the communication processing server is constructed to select one of the first client gateway and the second client gateway according geographic location of the first client gateway and geographic location of the second client gateway.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the first geographic region is different from the second geographic region.