Mechanism for status and control communication over SIP using CODEC tunneling
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1. A method comprising:
- connecting at least two contact center site endpoints together;
establishing a Real-Time Protocol (RTP) stream between the at least two contact center site endpoints;
accessing at least one of real time status information and control signals from a first of the at least two contact center site endpoints, the real time status information and control signals each being other than audio or video content; and
transferring, using the RTP stream, the accessed at least one of the real time status information and the control signals from the first of the at least two contact center site endpoints to a second of the at least two contact center site endpoints.
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Abstract
A distributed contact center and method of managing data transfers between the distributed parts of the contact center is provided. Distributed parts of the contact center are joined together through a known communications initiation protocol such as SIP, then status information and/or control signals are transferred between the distributed parts using lossless communication protocols.
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1. A method comprising:
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connecting at least two contact center site endpoints together; establishing a Real-Time Protocol (RTP) stream between the at least two contact center site endpoints; accessing at least one of real time status information and control signals from a first of the at least two contact center site endpoints, the real time status information and control signals each being other than audio or video content; and transferring, using the RTP stream, the accessed at least one of the real time status information and the control signals from the first of the at least two contact center site endpoints to a second of the at least two contact center site endpoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a multiple site contact center, comprising a plurality of agents for servicing contacts, a method comprising:
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connecting a first contact center site endpoint having a first set of resources to a second contact center site endpoint having a second set of resources; establishing a data tunnel between the first contact center site endpoint and the second contact center site endpoint; accessing at least one of a real time status information and a control signal from the first contact center site endpoint, the real time status information and control signal each being other than audio or video content; and transferring, using a Real Time Protocol (RTP) stream, the accessed at least one of the real time status information and the control signal from the first contact center site endpoint to the second contact center site endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A communication endpoint, comprising:
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a first contact center site; at least one of a generator and a consumer of at least one of a real time status information and a control signal from the generator, the real time status information and control signal each being other than audio or video content; and at least one of a transmitter for transmitting and a receiver for receiving a Real-time Transfer Protocol (RTP) stream containing the at least one of the real time status information and the control signal, to or from a second communication endpoint comprising a second contact center site. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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