Methods and apparatus to perform outdial communication services
First Claim
1. A method to route an outdial call from a first communication device to a first endpoint, comprising:
- receiving an indial call setup from a second endpoint at the first communication device, wherein the call setup contains an access number used to route an indial call associated with the indial call setup from the second endpoint via a second communication device to the first communication device; and
selecting, based on the access number, a route for the outdial call that includes the second communication device, wherein the second communication device is configured to communicatively couple the first and the second endpoints.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to perform outdial communication services are disclosed. A disclosed method to route an outdial call from a first communication device to a first endpoint comprises receiving an indial call setup from a second endpoint at the first communication device, wherein the call setup contains an access number used to route an indial call associated with the indial call setup from the second endpoint via a second communication device to the first communication device, and selecting, based on the access number, a route for the outdial call that includes the second communication device, wherein the second communication device is configured to communicatively couple the first and the second endpoints.
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33 Claims
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1. A method to route an outdial call from a first communication device to a first endpoint, comprising:
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receiving an indial call setup from a second endpoint at the first communication device, wherein the call setup contains an access number used to route an indial call associated with the indial call setup from the second endpoint via a second communication device to the first communication device; and
selecting, based on the access number, a route for the outdial call that includes the second communication device, wherein the second communication device is configured to communicatively couple the first and the second endpoints. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to route an outdial call from a first voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communication device to a first endpoint, comprising:
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receiving an indial call setup from a second endpoint at the first VoIP communication device, wherein the call setup contains an access number used to route an indial call associated with the indial call setup from the second endpoint via a second VoIP communication device to the first VoIP communication device; and
selecting, based on the access number, a route for the outdial call that includes the second VoIP communication device, wherein the second VoIP communication device is configured to communicatively couple the first and the second endpoints. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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communicatively coupling a first endpoint to a first voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) communication device via a second VoIP communication device and a VoIP gateway based on an access number;
communicatively coupling a second endpoint to the second VoIP communication device based on the access number;
configuring the second VoIP communication device to communicatively couple the first and the second endpoints; and
terminating communication between the first VoIP communication device and the first endpoint. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system comprising:
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a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) application server to receive an indial call and to initiate an outdial call, wherein the indial call is established based on an access number;
a VoIP communication device to route the indial call to the VoIP application server; and
a policy server to select a route including the VoIP communication device for the outdial call; and
a VoIP gateway to configure the VoIP communication device to communicatively couple the indial and the outdial calls. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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