Method and apparatus for an audio bridge
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1. A method to provide an audio bridge, comprising:
- receiving a request at a gatekeeper to create an audio bridge session over a packet network between a plurality of call terminals from one of said plurality of call terminals;
providing a bridge table at said gatekeeper, said bridge table having an access number for one of said plurality of call terminals and information indicating whether said access number is also a bridge number;
determining whether said access number associated with said one of said plurality of call terminals is also said bridge number; and
creating said audio bridge session between said plurality of call terminals in accordance with said determination.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to form an audio bridge session are described.
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1. A method to provide an audio bridge, comprising:
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receiving a request at a gatekeeper to create an audio bridge session over a packet network between a plurality of call terminals from one of said plurality of call terminals; providing a bridge table at said gatekeeper, said bridge table having an access number for one of said plurality of call terminals and information indicating whether said access number is also a bridge number; determining whether said access number associated with said one of said plurality of call terminals is also said bridge number; and creating said audio bridge session between said plurality of call terminals in accordance with said determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method to form an audio bridge over a packet network, comprising:
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receiving a call request to form a first call connection between a first call terminal and a second call terminal using an access number for said second call terminal; establishing said first call connection; receiving a call request to form a second call connection between a third call terminal and said second call terminal; determining whether said access number is a bridge number; creating an audio bridge session in accordance with said determination; and designating an access number associated with at least one of said first, second, and third call terminals participating in said audio bridge session as said bridge number. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. An audio bridge system, comprising:
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a gateway to convert audio information to packets; a gatekeeper connected to said gateway, said gatekeeper having a bridge table, said bridge table having an access number for a call terminal and information indicating whether said access number is also a bridge number; and a multi-point control unit (MCU) connected to said gatekeeper and said gateway to form an audio bridge session using said access number and packets received from said gateway, said gatekeeper to use said access number of said call terminal as a bridge number designated by said call terminal participating in said audio bridge session. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An article comprising:
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a storage medium; said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in providing an audio bridge by receiving a request to create an audio bridge session over a packet network between a plurality of call terminals from one of said plurality of call terminals, providing a bridge table having an access number for one of said plurality of call terminals and information indicating whether said access number is also a bridge number, determining whether said access number associated with said one of said plurality of call terminals is a also said bridge number, and creating said audio bridge session between said plurality of call terminals in accordance with said determination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An article comprising:
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a storage medium; said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in forming an audio bridge over a packet network by receiving a call request to form a first call connection between a first call terminal and a second call terminal using an access number for said second call terminal, establishing said first call connection, receiving a call request to form a second call connection between a third call terminal and said second call terminal, determining whether said access number is a bridge number, and creating an audio bridge session in accordance with said determination, and designating an access number associated with at least one of said first, second, and third call terminals participating in said audio bridge session as said bridge number. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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