# US 12,225,064 B2 · Conference system

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- Number: US 12,225,064 B2
- Document ID: US12225064B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/155,731
- Filed: 2023-01-17
- Published: 2023-07-20
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2022-01-20
- Assignees: Yealink (Xiamen) Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Yealink (Xiamen) Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Bin Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225064B2

## CPC

- H04L 65/1053: IP private branch exchange [PBX] functionality entities or arrangements (circuit switched PBXs H04M3/00)
- H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15)
- H04L 12/1822: {Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission}
- H04L 12/1827: {Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation}
- H04L 65/1045: Proxies, e.g. for session initiation protocol [SIP]
- H04L 65/1079: {of unsolicited session attempts, e.g. SPIT}
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A conference system includes an Internet Protocol-Private Branch Exchange (IP-PBX) subsystem and a conference subsystem, where the IP-PBX subsystem includes a PBX service module, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy service module, and a plurality of session border controller (SBC) modules; the SIP proxy service module is configured to transmit signaling between the PBX service module and the SBC modules, find an accessible conference subsystem, and enable the IP-PBX subsystem to interwork with the accessible conference subsystem; and the conference subsystem includes a conference room connector, and the conference room connector is configured to connect a videoconferencing device to the conference system for registration, and receive the signaling between the PBX service module and several SBC modules that is transmitted by the SIP proxy service module. The present disclosure realizes interworking between the IP-PBX subsystem and the conference subsystem, and improves experience and competitiveness of communication technologies and solutions.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A conference system, comprising an Internet Protocol-Private Branch Exchange (IP-PBX) subsystem and a conference subsystem, wherein
the IP-PBX subsystem comprises a PBX service module, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy service module, and a plurality of Session Border Controller (SBC) modules;
the SIP proxy service module is configured to transmit signaling between the PBX service module and the SBC modules, find an accessible conference subsystem, and enable the IP-PBX subsystem to interwork with the accessible conference subsystem; and
the conference subsystem comprises a conference room connector, and the conference room connector is configured to connect a videoconferencing device to the conference system for registration, and receive the signaling between the PBX service module and the SBC modules that is transmitted by the SIP proxy service module;
wherein the SBC module is configured to connect a telephone terminal to the IP-PBX subsystem; the telephone terminal comprises second SIP terminals that are respectively connected to the SBC modules; and the videoconferencing device comprises first SIP terminals connected to the conference room connector;
wherein the conference subsystem uses a private protocol; and the PBX service module is configured to process calls from the second SIP terminals connected to the SBC modules and from the conference room connector; and
when an IP-PBX number is invited to join a conference, the conference room connector is further configured to send an invitation message to the PBX service module, to enable the second SIP terminal to join the conference.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The conference system according to claim 1, further comprising a conference terminal, wherein
the conference terminal is connected to the SBC module or a conference module, wherein the conference terminal is a terminal device that is of the conference subsystem and has the private protocol, and the conference module is configured to provide a conference service for the conference subsystem.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The conference system according to claim 2, wherein the PBX service module is configured to execute steps of actively joining a conference by the second SIP terminal, and the steps of actively joining the conference by the second SIP terminal are specifically as follows:
receiving a conference joining request generated and sent by the second SIP terminal, wherein the conference joining request comprises a conference number; and
after verifying the conference number, returning a temporary redirection response to the SBC module corresponding to the second SIP terminal, such that the SBC module corresponding to the second SIP terminal generates a request and sends the request to the conference room connector, so as to enable the second SIP terminal to join the conference actively.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The conference system according to claim 2, wherein the PBX service module is configured to execute steps of inviting the second SIP terminal to join a conference by the conference subsystem, and the steps of inviting the second SIP terminal to join the conference by the conference subsystem are specifically as follows:
receiving an invitation message sent by the conference room connector, wherein the invitation message comprises SIP information corresponding to the second SIP terminal; and
sending, based on the invitation message, an invitation to the second SIP terminal corresponding to the SIP information to enable the second SIP terminal to join the conference.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The conference system according to claim 2, wherein the PBX service module is configured to execute a conference upgrade step, and the conference upgrade step is specifically as follows:
receiving an upgrade request sent by a first conference terminal, processing and transmitting the upgrade request, and then returning an acknowledgement message to the first conference terminal, such that the first conference terminal performs conference upgrade, so as to create and join a conference.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The conference system according to claim 5, wherein after the returning an acknowledgement message to the first conference terminal, such that the first conference terminal performs conference upgrade, so as to create and join a conference, a following operation is further comprised:
enabling a second conference terminal, the first SIP terminal, or the second SIP terminal to join the conference based on a REFER parameter generated by the first conference terminal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The conference system according to claim 6, wherein a specific step of enabling the second conference terminal to join the conference is as follows:
transmitting the REFER parameter generated by the first conference terminal to the SBC module corresponding to the second conference terminal, such that the second conference terminal directly connects to the conference module by the private protocol, so as to join the conference created by the first conference terminal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The conference system according to claim 6, wherein a specific step of enabling the first SIP terminal to join the conference is as follows:
transmitting the REFER parameter generated by the first conference terminal to the SBC module corresponding to the second SIP terminal, such that the SBC module corresponding to the second SIP terminal processes the REFER parameter and sends a generated conference joining request, to enable the conference room connector to add the connected the first SIP terminal to the conference.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The conference system according to claim 6, wherein a specific step of enabling the second SIP terminal to join the conference is as follows:
transmitting the REFER parameter generated by the first conference terminal to the SBC module corresponding to the second SIP terminal, such that the second SIP terminal generates a conference joining request and sends the conference joining request to the conference room connector, so as to join the conference.