US 10,122,678 B2 · Internet protocol endpoints database in a telecommunications network

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing a directory or database of IP endpoints associated with users of a telecommunications network. The IP endpoints directory may be accessed by users or other networks to determine or obtain destinations within the network or accessible through the network that are associated with users or participants of the network. Through the database, networks and users may determine one or more endpoints for communications intended for a particular user. The results from the IP endpoint database may be then utilized to route communications along one or more routes through the network based on the information stored in the database.

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Dependent claims

A method for routing a communication in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:

maintaining a database of a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) endpoints associated with a particular user of the telecommunications network;
receiving a request for an IP endpoint for the particular user from a customer network in communication with the database, the request based on a intended communication for the user received at the customer network;
analyzing the request to determine a type of the intended communication;
and providing the IP endpoint for the particular user to the network based at least on the type of the intended communication, the IP endpoint comprising a routing information for transmitting the communication through the telecommunications network,
wherein the IP endpoint for the particular user comprises an IP address for a terminating device configured to play a recorded message based on the current availability status of the particular user.

2 more elements

A system for managing a telecommunications network, the system comprising:

a database storing a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) endpoints associated with a particular user of the telecommunications network;
and
a database management server comprising:
at least one communication port for receiving a request for one of the plurality of IP endpoints associated with the particular user from a requesting network, the request based on an intended communication for the particular user received at the customer network;
a processing device;
and
a computer-readable medium connected to the processing device configured to store instructions that, when executed by the processing device, performs the operations of:
analyzing the request to determine a type of the intended communication;
and
providing the one of the plurality of IP endpoints for the particular user to the requesting network based at least on the type of the intended communication, the IP endpoint comprising a routing information for transmitting the communication through the telecommunications network,
wherein the processing device further performs the operations of:
receiving user schedule information from a scheduling application associated with the particular user;
and
storing a current availability status of the particular user in the database.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Internet protocol endpoints database in a telecommunications network

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Abstract

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