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System and method for a directory service supporting a hybrid communication system architecture

  • US 6,754,181 B1
  • Filed: 11/18/1996
  • Issued: 06/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for routing a media communication to an internet telephony gateway in a hybrid network comprising:

  • receiving a request from a client computer by a directory service for a list of one or more candidate internet telephony gateways;

    accessing a database of a plurality of internet telephony gateways;

    selecting by the directory service one or more candidate internet telephony gateways from the database based on a set of criteria;

    transmitting a message to each of the one or more candidate internet telephony gateways from the database which were selected based on a set of criteria wherein the message instructs the candidate internet telephony gateways to ping the client computer;

    receiving the ping results from the candidate internet telephony gateways;

    ranking the order of the candidate internet telephony gateways based on the ping results; and

    transmitting the list of the one or more candidate internet telephony gateways to the computer client.

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