Global directory service with intelligent dialing
First Claim
1. A system for providing intelligent global dialing service to a dial-up communication device, comprising:
- a first communication device connected to a telephone network, configured for communicating with a second communication device through the telephone network, the telephone network being further connected to a second network; and
a directory server connected to the second network, configured for receiving information from the first communication device, determining a dialing sequence to connect the first communication device to the second communication device through the telephone network based on the received information, and transmitting the dialing sequence to the first communication device.
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Abstract
A central directory system for a network of dial-up communication devices is described. In a preferred embodiment, the communication devices are videoconferencing devices. The system includes a directory management module coupled to the network and configured for importing and exporting directory information to and from a communication device. The directory information received by the management module can be grouped into address books by an access control module coupled to a database in which the address books can be stored. The access control module is further functional to manage access to the address books. Embodiments of the directory system provide systems and methods for providing intelligent dialing service to the dial-up communication device. A dialing algorithm determines a dialing sequence to connect communication devices through a network based on geographic dialing rules and information related to the requesting device.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for providing intelligent global dialing service to a dial-up communication device, comprising:
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a first communication device connected to a telephone network, configured for communicating with a second communication device through the telephone network, the telephone network being further connected to a second network; and a directory server connected to the second network, configured for receiving information from the first communication device, determining a dialing sequence to connect the first communication device to the second communication device through the telephone network based on the received information, and transmitting the dialing sequence to the first communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A central directory system for a network of communication devices, the communication devices being coupled to a network for communication with remote communication devices, the central directory system comprising:
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a directory management module coupled to the network, configured for importing directory information from at least one communication device; a database coupled to the directory management module, configured for storing the directory information; and an access control module coupled to the database, configured for grouping the directory information into at least one address book for recordation in the database and for managing access to the address book. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a machine to perform method steps for providing dialing service to a dial-up communication device, the method steps comprising:
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receiving from the communication device a request for connection to a second communication device; retrieving a dialing code related to the second communication device; retrieving a dialing rule related to the communication device; and determining a dialing sequence to connect the communication device to the second communication device through a telephone network based on the dialing code and the dialing rule, wherein the dialing sequence comprises at least one of a telephone number, an E.164 dial string and an IP address. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A global directory server for providing dialing service to a communication device coupled to a network, comprising:
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a rules database comprising geographic dialing rules; a directory management module coupled to a first communication device, configured for importing information from the first communication device; and a dialing algorithm coupled to the rules database and to the directory management module, configured for determining a dialing sequence to connect the first communication device to a second communication device based on the geographic dialing rules and the imported information, wherein the dialing sequence comprises at least one of a telephone number, an E. 164 dial string, and an IP address. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A machine-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a machine to perform method steps for providing dialing service to a communication device, the method steps comprising:
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receiving from the communication device a request for connection to a second communication device; retrieving a dialing code related to the second communication device; retrieving a dialing rule related to the communication device; determining a dialing sequence to connect the communication device to the second communication device through a network based on the dialing code and the dialing rule, wherein the dialing sequence comprises at least one of a telephone number, an E.164 dial string, and an IP address; and converting the dialing sequence to a dialing signal for transmission to the communication device.
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