System for delivering unified conferences in light of prohibition of toll bypass
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- obtaining geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session;
identifying a first geographic region within which the first party is located, wherein the first geographic region is identified using the geographic information;
identifying a first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session;
establishing a voice over Internet Protocol (VolP) connection, the VoIP connection being configured to shunt video between the first party and a cloud during the collaborative session;
causing the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud, the first audio connection being configured to shunt audio between the first party and the cloud while the VoIP connection shunts the video between the first party and the cloud.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session, and identifying a first geographic region, using the geographic information, within which the first party is located. A first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region is identified for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session. The method also includes establishing a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connection configured to shunt video between the first party and a cloud during the collaborative session, and causing the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud. The first audio connection is configured to shunt audio between the first party and the cloud while the VoIP connection shunts the video between the first party and the cloud.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session; identifying a first geographic region within which the first party is located, wherein the first geographic region is identified using the geographic information; identifying a first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session; establishing a voice over Internet Protocol (VolP) connection, the VoIP connection being configured to shunt video between the first party and a cloud during the collaborative session; causing the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud, the first audio connection being configured to shunt audio between the first party and the cloud while the VoIP connection shunts the video between the first party and the cloud. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code, when executed, configured to:
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obtain geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session; identify a first geographic region within which the first party is located, wherein the first geographic region is identified using the geographic information; identify a first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session; establish a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connection, the VoIP connection being configured to shunt video between the first party and a cloud during the collaborative session; cause the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud, the first audio connection being configured to shunt audio between the first party and the cloud while the VoIP connection shunts the video between the first party and the cloud. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session; means for identifying a first geographic region within which the first party is located, wherein the first geographic region is identified using the geographic information; means for identifying a first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session; means for establishing a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connection, the VoIP connection being configured to shunt video between the first party and a cloud during the collaborative session; means for causing the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud, the first audio connection being configured to shunt audio between the first party and the cloud while the VoIP connection shunts the video between the first party and the cloud.
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a processing arrangement; an input/output (I/O) interface, the I/O interface being arranged to support communications with at least one communications element associated with a collaborative session, a plurality of multipoint control units (MCUs), and a cloud; a logic arrangement, the logic arrangement being configured to obtain geographic information that identifies a first geographic region in which the at least one communications element is located, the logic arrangement further being arranged to allocate a first MCU of the plurality of MCUs to support audio associated with the collaborative session, wherein the first MCU is located in the first geographic region and wherein the logic arrangement is further configured to cause the first MCU to perform a first audio dial out to an audio bridge, the first audio dial out being configured to support the first geographic region during the collaborative session. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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obtaining geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session that includes audio and video; identifying a first geographic region within which the first party is located, wherein the first geographic region is identified using the geographic information; identifying a first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session; and causing the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud, the first audio connection being configured to shunt the audio between the first party and the cloud. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code, when executed, configured to:
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obtain geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session, the collaborative session including audio and video; identify a first geographic region within which the first party is located, wherein the first geographic region is identified using the geographic information; identify a first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session; cause the first MCU to be added to a video cascade; cause the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud, the first audio connection being configured to shunt the audio between the first party and the cloud, wherein the first audio connection is arranged to be used by a plurality of parties at the first geographic location, wherein the plurality of parties includes the first party; and cause a video bridge to be configured, the video bridge being configured to shut the video between the first party and the cloud while the audio is shunted by the first audio connection.
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