Interworking of multimedia and telephony equipment
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1. A method for associating multimedia clients with telephony devices comprising:
- a) receiving from a first telephony device having a first telephone number a second telephone number associated with a second telephony device to initiate a voice call from the first telephony device to the second telephony device;
b) determining if the first telephony device is associated with a first multimedia client;
c) obtaining a first address associated with the first multimedia client from a first service node based on the first telephone number;
d) determining if the second telephony device is supported by the first service node;
e) if the second telephony device is not supported by the first service node, routing call signaling for the voice call to a first call server, which controls a trunk gateway interfacing with a packet network; and
f) establishing a voice connection for the voice call to the trunk gateway.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a way to associate multimedia clients with telephony devices and create multimedia sessions related to a voice connection between the telephony devices.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for associating multimedia clients with telephony devices comprising:
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a) receiving from a first telephony device having a first telephone number a second telephone number associated with a second telephony device to initiate a voice call from the first telephony device to the second telephony device; b) determining if the first telephony device is associated with a first multimedia client; c) obtaining a first address associated with the first multimedia client from a first service node based on the first telephone number; d) determining if the second telephony device is supported by the first service node; e) if the second telephony device is not supported by the first service node, routing call signaling for the voice call to a first call server, which controls a trunk gateway interfacing with a packet network; and f) establishing a voice connection for the voice call to the trunk gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 28, 29, 32)
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12. A method for associating multimedia clients with telephony devices comprising:
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a) receiving from a first telephony device having a first telephone number a second telephone number associated with a second telephony device to initiate a voice call from the first telephony device to the second telephony device; b) routing call signaling for the voice call to a telephony switch supporting the second telephony device; c) determining if the first telephony device is associated with a first multimedia client; d) determining if the second telephony device is supported by a service node supporting the first telephony device; e) if the second telephony device is supported by the service node, sending the first and second telephone numbers from the telephony switch to the service node, which will provide a first address associated with a first multimedia client based on the first telephone number and a second address for a second multimedia client based on the second telephone number; and f) sending the first address to the second multimedia client using the second address. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 33)
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15. A method for associating multimedia clients with telephony devices comprising:
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a) routing a voice call from a first telephony device associated with a first multimedia client to a second telephony device associated with a second multimedia client, the first telephony device associated with a first telephone number and the second telephony device associated with a second telephone number; b) obtaining a first address associated with the first multimedia client from a first service node based on the first telephone number; c) determining if the second telephony device is supported by the first service node; d) if the second telephony device is not supported by the first service node, sending a second service node the first address and the second telephone number; e) identifying a second address associated with the second multimedia client at the second service node based on the second telephone number; and f) sending the first address to the second multimedia client using the second address. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, 34)
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24. A system for associating multimedia clients with telephony devices comprising a telephony switch supporting a first telephony device and adapted to:
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a) receive from the first telephony device having a first telephone number a second telephone number associated with a second telephony device to initiate a voice call from the first telephony device to the second telephony device; b) determine whether the first telephony device is associated with a first multimedia client; c) obtain a first address associated with the first multimedia client from a first service node based on the first telephone number; d) determine if the second telephony device is supported by the first service node; e) if the second telephony device is not supported by the first service node, route call signaling for the voice call to a first call server, which controls a trunk gateway interfacing with a packet network; and f) establish a voice connection for the voice call to the trunk gateway. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 31)
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