Method and apparatus for recovering a call resource from a call session
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1. A method for recovering a call resource from a call session, comprising:
- during a call session comprising a plurality of media streams each communicated from one of a plurality of devices to a call resource via a communication network, detecting if one of the media streams becomes inactive;
in response to one of the media streams becoming inactive during the call session, deleting the media stream that has become inactive from the call session;
repeating detection and deletion of inactive media streams from the call session until only one media stream remains in the call session; and
in response to only one media stream remaining in the call session, terminating the one remaining media stream to release the call resource from the call session.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for recovering a call resource from a call session are disclosed. A call resource detects if a media stream communicated from a device via a communication network becomes inactive during the call session and deletes the inactive media stream. The call resource deletes the inactive media streams until one media stream remains in the call session, which is terminated to release the call resource from the call session.
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1. A method for recovering a call resource from a call session, comprising:
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during a call session comprising a plurality of media streams each communicated from one of a plurality of devices to a call resource via a communication network, detecting if one of the media streams becomes inactive;
in response to one of the media streams becoming inactive during the call session, deleting the media stream that has become inactive from the call session;
repeating detection and deletion of inactive media streams from the call session until only one media stream remains in the call session; and
in response to only one media stream remaining in the call session, terminating the one remaining media stream to release the call resource from the call session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A call resource, comprising:
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a network port operable to communicate media streams between a plurality of devices in a call session;
a media processor coupled to the network port, the media processor operable to conduct the call session; and
a controller coupled to the network port, the controller operable to release the media processor from the call session if a call manager becomes unavailable and one device remains as a participant in the call session. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of devices operable to couple to a packet-based network;
a call manager operable to couple to the packet-based network, the call manager further operable to manage a call session between the devices; and
a call resource operable to couple to the packet-based network, the call resource further operable to;
exchange a plurality of media streams between the devices participating in the call session; and
terminate the call session if the call manager becomes unavailable and one device remains as a participant in the call session. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. Logic encoded in media for recovering a call resource from a call session and operable to perform the following steps:
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during a call session comprising a plurality of media streams each communicated from one of a plurality of devices to a call resource via a communication network, detecting if one of the media streams becomes inactive;
in response to one of the media streams becoming inactive during the call session, deleting the media stream that has become inactive from the call session;
repeating detection and deletion of inactive media streams from the call session until only one media stream remains in the call session; and
in response to only one media stream remaining in the call session, terminating the one remaining media stream to release the call resource from the call session. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An apparatus for recovering a call resource from a call session, comprising:
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means for, during a call session comprising a plurality of media streams each communicated from one of a plurality of devices to a call resource via a communication network, detecting if one of the media streams becomes inactive;
means for, in response to one of the media streams becoming inactive during the call session, deleting the media stream that has become inactive from the call session;
means for repeating detection and deletion of inactive media streams from the call session until only one media stream remains in the call session; and
means for, in response to only one media stream remaining in the call session, terminating the one remaining media stream to release the call resource from the call session. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48)
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