Communication traffic management

• US 9,374,401 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2013
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dunne, Jonathan, Galvin, James Patrick Jr., O'Sullivan, Patrick J., Wallace, Mark E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Zarni
• Application Number:
  US13/897,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20140344357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,128 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-205, 709223-229, 709/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing communication traffic relaying in a multiparty communication session. In an implementation, a method may include receiving a request from a first computing device to join a multiparty communication session. The method may also include associating the first computing device with a second computing device for the multiparty communication session, the second computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via a multipoint control unit. The method may further include relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the second computing device.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations including:

receiving a request from a first computing device to join a multiparty communication session;

associating the first computing device with a second computing device for the multiparty communication session, the second computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via a multipoint control unit; and

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the second computing device.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, further including instructions for:

analyzing a network quality of service factor for a network connection between the first computing device and the multipoint control unit; and

analyzing a network quality of service factor for a network connection between the first computing device and the multipoint control unit via the second computing device;

wherein associating the first computing device with the second computing device is in response to identifying a preferred network quality of service criteria for the network connection between the first computing device and the multipoint control unit via the second computing device.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, further including instructions for:

determining a network quality of service requirement of the first computing device.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, further including instructions for:

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the first computing device to the multipoint control unit by the second computing device.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, further including instructions for:

identifying a change in the network quality of service factor; and

un-associating the first computing device with the second computing device for relaying communication traffic from the multipoint control unit.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, further including instructions for:

associating the first computing device with a third computing device for the multiparty communication session, the third computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via the multipoint control unit; and

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the third computing device.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, further including instructions for:

associating the first computing device directly with the multipoint control unit for the multiparty communication session; and

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit directly to the first computing device.

8. A computing system comprising:

at least one processor device and at least one memory architecture coupled with the at least one processor device, the at least one processor device configured for;

receiving a request from a first computing device to join a multiparty communication session;

associating the first computing device with a second computing device for the multiparty communication session, the second computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via a multipoint control unit; and

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the second computing device.

9. The computing system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured for:

analyzing a network quality of service factor for a network connection between the first computing device and the multipoint control unit; and

analyzing a network quality of service factor for a network connection between the first computing device and the multipoint control unit via the second computing device;

wherein associating the first computing device with the second computing device is in response to identifying a preferred network quality of service criteria for the network connection between the first computing device and the multipoint control unit via the second computing device.

10. The computing system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured for:

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the first computing device to the multipoint control unit by the second computing device.

11. The computing system of claim 8, the at least one processor further configured for:

identifying a change in the network quality of service factor; and

un-associating the first computing device with the second computing device for relaying communication traffic from the multipoint control unit.

12. The computing system of claim 11, the at least one processor further configured for:

associating the first computing device with a third computing device for the multiparty communication session, the third computing device participating in the multiparty communication session via the multipoint control unit; and

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit to the first computing device by the third computing device.

13. The computing system of claim 11, the at least one processor further configured for:

associating the first computing device directly with the multipoint control unit for the multiparty communication session; and

relaying communication traffic for the multiparty communication session from the multipoint control unit directly to the first computing device.