Systems and methods for adjusting carrier quality metrics for intrinsic impairments
First Claim
1. A method of determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of a group of telephone numbers, comprising:
- determining a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a first telephony carrier for a first period of time;
determining a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a second telephony carrier for a second period of time; and
determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of the group of telephone numbers based on the determined quality of the telephone calls placed via the first and second telephony carriers.
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Abstract
An Internet protocol (IP) telephony system terminates calls to certain groups of telephone numbers via multiple different telephony carriers. The IP telephony system will discontinue using a telephony carrier to terminate calls if the quality provided by the carrier falls below a threshold level. The IP telephony system includes a quality monitoring unit that determines when a particular group of telephone numbers are intrinsically impaired, such that no carrier could provide high quality when terminating calls to those numbers. In these circumstances, the IP telephony system adjusts the quality threshold to which a carrier'"'"'s quality is compared when completing calls to the impaired numbers to account for the intrinsic impairment of the telephone numbers.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of a group of telephone numbers, comprising:
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determining a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a first telephony carrier for a first period of time; determining a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a second telephony carrier for a second period of time; and determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of the group of telephone numbers based on the determined quality of the telephone calls placed via the first and second telephony carriers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of a group of telephone numbers, comprising:
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means for determining a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a first telephony carrier for a first period of time; means for determining a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a second telephony carrier for a second period of time; and means for determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of the group of telephone numbers based on the determined quality of the telephone calls placed via the first and second telephony carriers.
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12. A system for determining a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of a group of telephone numbers, comprising:
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a call quality measuring unit that determines a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a first telephony carrier for a first period of time and that determines a quality of telephone calls that are placed to the group of telephone numbers via a second telephony carrier for a second period of time; and an intrinsic impairment determining unit that determines a degree of intrinsic quality impairment of the group of telephone numbers based on the determined quality of the telephone calls placed via the first and second telephony carriers. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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