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Centralized management and allocation of bridges in a telecommunications network for a meet-me conferencing service

  • US 5,812,652 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1996
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a telecommunications network including a plurality of switching systems, one or more of which having one or more conference bridges, a method of effecting a conferencing service comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining routing and availability information with respect to the one or more conference bridges, wherein a bridge that is not allocated to a call is available;

    determining by a service controller, in communication with one of the switching systems processing an initiating call, that the initiating call is to initiate a conference;

    allocating a particular bridges which the availability information indicates is available, to the initiating call;

    updating the availability information associated with the particular bridge to indicate that the particular bridge is allocated to the initiating call; and

    providing by the service controller, to the switching system processing the initiating call, instructions for routing the initiating call based on the routing information associated with the particular bridge, whereby the initiating call is connected through the network to the particular bridge.

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