System and method for configuration of Cisco's callmanager VoIP telephony

• US 20050243809A1
• Filed: 04/28/2004
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Unified Solutions Incorporated (NEC Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC America (NEC Corporation)
• Inventors: Best, James Floyd, Rajczi, Chris
• Application Number:
  US10/833,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20050243809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/356
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• 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

There is provided a method and system for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location, the VoIP telephone system including a server for managing communication to and from one or more VoIP telephones via a network, comprising: collecting information associated with a dial plan for a plurality of users for location and updating the dial plan; automatically generating a plurality of output data files comprising data from the dial plan, each output data file being generated for each unique combination of VoIP telephone type, number of extensions per VoIP telephone and calling search space for the location; and configuring the server of the VoIP system via each unique output data file.

Claims

1. A method for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location, the VoIP telephone system including a server for managing communication to and from one or more VoIP telephones via a network, the method comprising the step of:

(a) collecting information associated with a dial plan for a plurality of users for a location and updating the dial plan;

(b) automatically generating a plurality of output data files comprising data from the dial plan, each output data file being generated for each unique combination of VoIP telephone type, number of extensions per VoIP telephone and calling search space for the location; and

(c) configuring the server of the VoIP telephone system via each unique output data file.

2. The method for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location according to claim 1, further comprising a step of installing the VoIP telephone system at the location.

3. The method for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location according to claim 1, further comprising a step of generating a telephone label for each of the VoIP telephones, the telephone label including data from the dial plan to help deploy an associated VoIP telephone to a proper place in the location.

4. The method for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location according to claim 1, the method further comprising a step of generating a case label for a plurality of the VoIP telephones, the case label including data from the dial plan to help deploy the plurality of associated VoIP telephones to a proper places in the location.

5. A system for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location, the VoIP telephone system including a server for managing communication to and from one or more VoIP telephones via a network, the system comprising:

a dial plan server for storing a dial plan;

a client for (i) collecting information associated with a dial plan for the plurality of users for a location and updating the dial plan at the dial plan server; and

(ii) automatically generating a plurality of output data files comprising data from the dial plan, each output data file being generated for each unique combination of VoIP telephone type, number of extensions per VoIP telephone and calling search space for the location,

wherein the server of the VoIP telephone system is configured via each unique output data file generated by the client.

6. The system for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location according to claim 5, further comprising a label printer for generating a telephone label for each of the VoIP telephones, the telephone label including data from the dial plan to help deploy an associated VoIP telephone to a proper place in the location.

7. The system for deploying a VoIP telephone system to a location according to claim 5, further comprising a printer for generating a case label for a plurality of the VoIP telephones, the case label including data from the dial plan to help deploy the plurality of associated VoIP telephones to a proper places in the location.