Central conferencing routing server
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1. A system for selecting a conference bridge associated with a network for hosting a collaboration conference event, the system comprising:
- a network interface unit configured to receive a communication from a user of a communications network to establish a collaboration conference on the network;
a processing device in communication with the network interface unit; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store information and instructions that, when executed by the processing device, performs the operations of;
transmitting one or more requests for performance information to one or more conference bridges associated with the network;
analyzing the performance information received from the one or more conference bridges associated with the network;
wherein the performance information comprises a number of available ports from each of the one or more conference bridges; and
selecting one of the one or more conference bridges associated with the network for hosting the collaboration conference event based at least on the performance information, wherein the selection is at least based on a percentage of available ports from one of the one or more conference bridges.
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants.
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1. A system for selecting a conference bridge associated with a network for hosting a collaboration conference event, the system comprising:
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a network interface unit configured to receive a communication from a user of a communications network to establish a collaboration conference on the network; a processing device in communication with the network interface unit; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store information and instructions that, when executed by the processing device, performs the operations of; transmitting one or more requests for performance information to one or more conference bridges associated with the network; analyzing the performance information received from the one or more conference bridges associated with the network;
wherein the performance information comprises a number of available ports from each of the one or more conference bridges; andselecting one of the one or more conference bridges associated with the network for hosting the collaboration conference event based at least on the performance information, wherein the selection is at least based on a percentage of available ports from one of the one or more conference bridges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for routing one or more collaboration conference access requests comprising:
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receiving a collaboration conference access request from a requester'"'"'s communication device, the request comprising a requester identification and an access code; associating a conference identification number with the requester identification and an access code of the collaboration conference access request; selecting a conference bridge from a plurality of conference bridges associated with the telecommunications network and configured to host a collaboration conference, wherein the conference bridge is a session initiation protocol (SIP) based telecommunication device; transmitting a SIP-based request message to the selected conference bridge, wherein the SIP-based request message comprises at least the conference identification number and a number of requested communication ports from the conference bridge; and transmitting one or more SIP refer routing messages to the telecommunications network, wherein the one or more routing messages comprises at least an internet protocol (IP) address of the selected conference bridge, wherein the selection of a conference bridge is at least based on a percentage of available ports from one of the plurality of conference bridges. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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