System and method for assuring quality real-time communication experience in virtual machine

• US 9,094,420 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2012
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Matula, Valentine C., Erhart, George W., Skiba, David J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anwah, Olisa
• Application Number:
  US13/351,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20120218374A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,288 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/466, 709/204, 709/205, 709/224, 709227-228, 379/201.12, 379/93.01, 348/14.12
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42

Abstract

Method to provide SIP session management of a real-time communication to a softphone client in a virtual machine, including: accepting an invitation to join a SIP session; receiving, by a server-based softphone in the SIP session, a real-time communication that is encoded with at least one SIP session aspect; transmitting the real-time communication and the at least one SIP session aspect to a client-based softphone; and using the at least one SIP session aspect for SIP session management.

Claims

1. A method to provide session management of a real-time communication to a softphone client in a virtual machine, via a predetermined signaling protocol, comprising:

accepting an invitation to join a session;

receiving, by a server-based softphone in the session, a real-time communication that is encoded with at least one session aspect;

transmitting the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect to a client-based softphone bypassing the virtual machine and directly connecting with the client-based softphone; and

using the at least one session aspect for session management.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising before accepting an invitation to join the session:

registering the server-based softphone in the session with a control system; and

privately registering the client-based softphone with the server-based softphone.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising before accepting an invitation to join session:

registering the server-based softphone in the session with a control system; and

registering the client-based softphone with the control system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a back-to-back logical network element to transmit the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect to the client-based softphone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect comprises shuffling the real-time communication to the client-based softphone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect is by use of full signaling.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

negotiating a media by use of the server-based softphone; and

extending an identification of the negotiated media to the client-based softphone.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

negotiating a media by use of the client-based softphone.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined signaling protocol is selected from the group consisting of SIP, H.323 and ISDN/TDM.

9. A system to provide session management of a real-time communication to a softphone client in a virtual machine, via a predetermined signaling protocol, comprising:

a receiver configured to accept an invitation to join a session;

a server-based softphone in the session configured to receive a real-time communication that is encoded with at least one session aspect;

a transmitter configured to transmit the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect to a client-based softphone bypassing the virtual machine and directly connecting with the client-based softphone; and

a session manager configured to use the at least one session aspect for session management.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a server-based module configured to register the server-based softphone in the session with a control system; and

a client-based module configured to privately register the client-based softphone with the server-based softphone.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a server-based module configured to register the server-based softphone in the session with a control system; and

a client-based module configured to register the client-based softphone with the control system.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a back-to-back logical network element configured to transmit the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect to the client-based softphone.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmitter comprises a module configured to shuffle the real-time communication to the client-based softphone.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect by use of full signaling.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising an interface to a communication channel configured to carry signaling communication separate from the real-time communication.

16. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a negotiation module configured to negotiate a media by use of the server-based softphone,

wherein an identification of the negotiated media is extended to the client-based softphone.

17. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a negotiation module configured to negotiate a media by use of the client-based softphone.

21. The method of claim 9, wherein the predetermined signaling protocol is selected from the group consisting of SIP, H.322 and ISDN/TDM.

18. A system to provide session management of a real-time communication to a softphone client in a virtual machine, via a predetermined signaling protocol, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory configured to store software that, when executed by the processor, performs the steps of;

accepting an invitation to join a session;

receiving, by a server-based softphone in the session, a real-time communication that is encoded with at least one session aspect;

transmitting the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect to a client-based softphone bypassing the virtual machine and directly connecting with the client-based softphone; and

using the at least one session aspect for session management.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the memory is further configured to store software that, when executed by the processor, performs the step of:

providing a back-to-back logical network element to transmit the real-time communication and the at least one session aspect to the client-based softphone.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the predetermined signaling protocol is selected from the group consisting of SIP, H.323 and ISDN/TDM.